Documents Contributed by ECAR, Collaboration, Advanced Networking, and Case Studies

In higher education, team-based, collaborative research activities, call for new modalities and methods of investigation. Calit2 is responding to this challenge by creating a next-generation research environment that includes a range of technical and nontechnical systems to foster large-scale, multidisciplinary collaborations in innovative ways. This case study explores the breadth and depth of this extensive initiative, including how Calit2 is experimenting with multiple technological methodologies to support locally based, distributed, and virtual research collaborations.

This multi-part case study examines three higher education examples of collaborations on shared IT services. It focuses on the New England Research and Education Network (NEREN) and a consortium of institutions in Massachusetts that is collaborating on regional networking; an Ohio based initiative led by the University of Cincinnati to provide course management systems to other educational entities in Ohio; and Drexel University as an application service provider to other institutions.