Virtual Community

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Virtual Community

Higher Education in the Ultra-Connected Age

April 25, 2013

New forms of scholarship, new educational pathways , and new interconnections and dependencies characterize the digitally rich landscape of higher education today. We are living and workin…

7 Things You Should Know About Video Communication

March 11, 2013

A growing list o f communication tools takes advantage of the proliferation of personal computing devices that feature video cameras , allowing users to easily engage in synchronous vid…

Immersive Interfaces for Engagement and Learning

January 1, 2009

Immersion is the subjective impression that one is participating in a comprehensive, realistic experience. Interactive media now enable various degrees of digital immersion. The more a virtual im…

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…

Approach to Deploying Virtualized Computing in Learning Environments

March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference

As Quinnipiac University has deployed virtualized computing in learning spaces and administrative offices, a number of organizational changes have facilitated this paradigm shift. In this session, …

7 Things You Should Know About Group Texting

December 12, 2012

Group texting is an easy means of sending one brief missive to many people by means of cell phone text messaging . Instructors create a group, or “cell,” for each class or learning tea…

Giving Credit Where and When It Is Due: Adventures in Digital Credentials and Badges

February 5, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting

Groups not traditionally in the degree-granting realm are upending how (and by whom) credit is issued. We will look at how programs outside higher education—as well as some pioneering projects …

The Case for a Campus Makerspace

February 6, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting

What will the college campus of the future look like? How will technology change how we teach and learn at universities? When we attempt to answer those questions, we often emphasize the impact o…

Learning Space Toolkit Community Demo and Training Session

February 4, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting

We will introduce the Learning Space Toolkit, a free online resource for planning, operating, and evaluating technology-rich informal learning spaces being developed by North Carolina State, Brig…

Engaging Students in Community-Based, Collaborative Research Using Geotagging and Free Cloud-Based Tools

February 4, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting

GPS-enabled devices such as iPads and smartphones have opened up opportunities for sending students out in the community to easily and accurately capture visual data. Free cloud-based tools facil…