Network Applications

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Network Applications

ATHEN Report on the Accessibility of GMail and Google Calendar

February 29, 2012

The Access Technology Higher Education Network (ATHEN) is continuing its functional evaluation of the components of the Google Application Suite to determine the accessibility of each component f…

Open Wikis and the Protection of Institutional Welfare

February 7, 2012

Much has been written about wikis’ reliability and use in the classroom. This research bulletin addresses the negative impacts on institutional welfare that can arise from participating in a…

ATI Google Apps Accessibility Evaluation

October 11, 2011

The California State University Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) has posted a report on the accessibility of Google Apps. The report stems from a collaborative effort by volunteers from se…

Identity Management in Higher Education, 2011—Key Findings

June 1, 2011

This document presents the key findings from Identity Management in Higher Education, 2011. This ECAR research study illuminates findings from the 2010 survey of identity management (IdM) …

Identity Management in Higher Education, 2011—Roadmap

June 1, 2011

This ECAR roadmap synthesizes the important issues and recommended actions drawn from the study Identity Management in Higher Education, 2011 , by Mark C. Sheehan and Cedric Bennett, with…

Identity Management in Higher Education, 2011 Report

June 1, 2011

Key Findings Higher education has made substantial progress in the last five years, but many institutions are still struggling to deliver the full benefits of IdM. Institutions that report the…

Privacy Considerations in Cloud-Based Teaching and Learning Environments

January 5, 2011

In this white paper, we outline the privacy issues relevant to using cloud-based instructional tools or cloud-based teaching and learning environments for faculty members and those supporting ins…

Copying Right and Copying Wrong with Web 2.0 Tools in the Teacher Education and Communications Classrooms

November 18, 2010

Understanding the tenets of copyright in general, and in particular, in online communication and publishing with Web 2.0 tools, has become an important part of literacy in today’s Information A…

7 Things You Should Know About Privacy in Web 2.0 Learning Environments

September 7, 2010

New media, social networking, collaboration sites, image and video-sharing sites, wikis, and blogs offer tremendous teaching and learning opportunities to educators and students, but their use ra…

Fighting a Copyright Charge

March 4, 2010

UCLA says it will start streaming videos on course Web sites again -- despite legal threats from an educational media trade group. UCLA says it …