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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Students

The Rise of Big Data in Higher Education*

March 22, 2012

“Big data” is the fine-grained information about customer experiences, organizational processes, and emergent trends generated as customers conduct normal business. The organization of t…

Opening the Door to New Possibilities Through the Use of Analytics

February 16, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

Since the time of "intelligent tutoring systems," educational technologists have explored methods to improve learning. Today with the emergence of analytics, an exciting set of tools is b…

uoMobile: Enhancing the University Experience with Mobile Technology

January 13, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2010

Capturing the attention of prospective and current students requires meeting them where they are, which increasingly means delivering campus services through the iPhone, BlackBerry, and other smar…

Taking College Access to the Next Level

October 29, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference

North Carolina's technology-driven access initiative has increased access among first-generation, low-income students by 9 percent in five years. The portal has expanded to include e-transcrip…

Governance and the Student Life Cycle: Who Gets to Say Who Has a Say ?

February 6, 2009

Effective implementation requires a framework that breaks down silos and establishes clear authority. The panelists will discuss different models for governance and how these models allow for effic…

Stage 4: Providing Access to Services Throughout the Student Life Cycle

February 5, 2009

As students travel through our systems from prospect to alum, the services provided also change and so must the processes, roles, and authorization that support these services. Increased outsourcin…

Managing Student Disputes Through Technology

October 31, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference

The University of Phoenix has developed and implemented a comprehensive system for end-to-end processing and tracking of student grievances. This new system provides a structured and streamlined pr…

Can One Institutional Calendar, Used Creatively, Boost Retention?

October 30, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee needs to improve retention of freshman students. We have creatively used technology to strengthen communication and social networking, and our retention numb…

Zimbra and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - One Collaboration Platform for All: How an Integrated E-Mail and Calendaring Solution Can Help Bolster Student Retention

March 18, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2008

The University of Wisconsin and Zimbra will discuss how they have led an effort at UWM to deploy high-quality enterprise collaboration tools and allow for the retirement of pockets of diverse, unco…

Using Data to Change Student (and Faculty) Behavior About Academic Integrity

January 17, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008

To discourage repeat student violations of the UMBC academic integrity policy and to encourage faculty to report them, the Office of Information Technology used the campus portal to track, report, …