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Using Google+ to Enhance Student Learning, Engagement, and Communication

April 1, 2013

Key Takeaways The social media tool Google+ lets students participate in a protected online environment that facilitates communication and information sharing about development…

Privacy Officers around the Virtual Water Cooler

January 30, 2013

This conversational webinar explores how three higher education Chief Privacy Officers (CPOs) are addressing current privacy challenges on campus. …

The Annual ECAR Student and IT Study

December 18, 2012

The ECAR Study of Student Technology surveyed over 100,000 students from 195 institutions in 2012. The resulting report represents findings that embody student perspectives about technology in hi…

ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012

September 17, 2012

Key Findings See the 2012 report for a full list key messages, findings, and supporting data. Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best suppor…

Pew Internet Millennials will benefit and suffer due to their hyperconnected lives

February 29, 2012

Teens and young adults brought up from childhood with a continuous connection to each other and to information will be nimble, quick-acting multitaskers who count on the Internet as their extern…

lol…OMG!: What Everyone Needs to Know About Online Reputation Management

January 30, 2012

Speaker: Matt Ivester, founder of JuicyCampus and author of lol...OMG! The ease with which digital content can be shared online, in addition to its many benefits, has created a host of…

Living, Learning, Cyberspace: A Program-Wide Blogging Initiative for Virginia Tech's Honors Residential College

February 15, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting

How can the intimate, engaged experience of small-group learning be a template for a large research university? Virginia Tech's answer: a blogging platform that enables students and professors…

ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011—Infographic

October 13, 2011

Click the image to see a larger version Back to Research Report Hub Beginning in 2004, ECAR has conducted an annual study of und…

ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011—Slide Presentation

October 14, 2011

Beginning in 2004, ECAR has conducted an annual study of undergraduate students and information technology (IT), seeking to understand patterns of ownership and usage, skills with and preference…

ECAR 2011 Student Survey Crosswalk

October 14, 2011

In 2011, ECAR conducted two versions of its annual survey of undergraduates and information technology. This crosswalk compares questions in the two survey instruments: the February 2011 Stude…