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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Students

Sneakin' It In: Finding Opportunities for Information Literacy

February 25, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2009

We will describe models for integrating information technology skills into information literacy courses without compromising the quality of instruction. We will demonstrate how our institution has …

The Digital Divide and Its Impact on Academic Performance

April 1, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2008

This presentation addresses issues of the digital divide and its impact on academic performance. The factors causing the digital divide include socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and geographic locat…

Students Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Podcasting in Teaching and Learning

February 22, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008

Realizing the learning opportunity in students' involvement in their learning process through the use of podcasting, a study was conducted at the University of Southern Mississippi to determin…

Student Research Symposium in Second Life

February 21, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008

This session will describe the planning, development, and implementation of a virtual campus in Second Life to supplement Texas Woman's University's annual Student Creative Arts and Resea…

Student Communication 2017: Meeting the IT and Networking Needs of Tomorrow's Students

February 11, 2008

Students expect their university's network to meet their academic and personal needs. So how can network administrators cope with a student body whose network needs for self-expression, learni…

The Role of Play and Preparing for a Changing Student Population

August 6, 2007

Students are arriving on campus with a set of expectations and behaviors that differ from those of previous generations, including the faculty, who are faced with engaging them in the process of le…

Clair Maple Memorial Address: Knowledge, Freedom, and the Purposes of Learning

August 6, 2007

What do our students need to know, and for what purposes? How can they best learn it? This talk will address some of the philosophical and practical issues academic administrators are presently con…

Creating a New Breed of Math "Learnergizers" with Free Online College Readiness Tools

May 9, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2007

Deficient college readiness in mathematics is a nationwide problem that demands multiple solutions. This session will present RUReady.net, an innovative Web site that helps students refresh their m…

Student Technological Mastery: It's Not Just the Hardware

May 8, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2007

We examined factors which increase the likelihood that students will use technology effectively. Research with a college population assessed the technological skills of students. Results suggest th…

From FITness to Fantasy Congress: The Growth of FITness Within Faculty and Student Projects

May 7, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2007

CMC's FITness program allowed faculty to rapidly integrate teaching with technology and help struggling students catch up. Grants from the Mellon Foundation and the Fletcher Jones Foundation f…