Last IT pro forum, our team presented its plan to improve mobile computing at the University of Illinois. This time around, we bring to you the results and progress in identifying those areas which will cause the greatest impact, obtained directly from students and staff. Some of the findings may surprise you!
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Urbana Campus Mobile Computing Initiatives – Let’s Collaborate!
Tags: Amy Hovious, Jim Caputo, Robert BairdMobile computing is here to stay and growing by leaps and bounds. There are collaborative efforts underway to identify and bring together mobile expertise across campus to share information, identify application needs and help grow and push the envelope on technology. Come learn how students are getting involved and how you can too!
Illinois Future Tech Report: What’s on the Teaching, Learning, and Research Horizon?
Tags: Amy Hovious, Andrew Wadsworth, Jamie Nelson, Rich Furr, Robert BairdInspired by the New Media Consortia Horizon Report, this session will launch the brainstorming, sharing, and gathering of information for a spring 2014 release of the first ever Illinois Future Tech Report. If you have an interest in learning about and sharing what’s new and what’s coming in the way of technologies for teaching, learning, […]
Successes and Challenges of Tablets on Campus
Tags: Amy Hovious, Jamie Nelson, Robert BairdIn 2011 CITES launched a Tablet Initiative devoted to exploring the teaching and learning potential of these devices. iPads were tested for classroom presentations, student group assignments, media production, and discipline-specific work. Early results confirm widespread enthusiasm and great potential across disciplines for teaching, research, and engagement. Next steps involve developing institutional procedures and policies […]
Illinois Compass 2G, Report from the Future
Tags: Aaron Ebata, Rick Hazlewood, Robert Baird, Rocky LiraGet an update on the new enterprise learning management system coming to our campus. Hear a report from a professor using it now, see the time line for implementation, obtain the training schedule for users, and see some of the differences between the old and the new LMS we are calling Illinois Compass 2G.