EDUCAUSE | EDUCAUSE Review Articles and Handheld and Mobile Computing

Imagining Tomorrow’s Future Today

ckeller — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:10:34 -0500

Focusing on “imagining the future,” the EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee looked at seven technologies and trends of 2007: the Web, Google Apps, Web conferencing, m-learning, 3D printing, virtualization, and information lifecycle management and physical storage technologies for digital.

Do We Need Discreet Computing in Instruction?

drupal — Tue, 08 May 2007 12:29:11 -0500

The author points out the positives and negatives to students having internet and computer access during class.

Entering the Interaction Age: Implementing a Future Vision for Campus Learning Spaces

drupal — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:31:11 -0600

With directed effort, some ingenuity, and a future-focused vision, colleges and universities should be able to identify and leverage existing technologies with which to build aspects of "future" campus learning spaces—today.

The Future of the Web, Intelligent Devices, and Education

drupal — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:35:26 -0600

In this article, first published in 1999, the author looked to past trends in hardware, software, networking, and education, presciently extrapolated where these trends were going and what their broad implications might be for higher education, and predicted some still-to-be-realized models for the future.

Pioneering New Territory and Technologies

drupal — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 14:02:23 -0500

Focusing on "pioneering," the EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee looked at six technologies and trends—Web 2.0 applications, cell phones, vortals, podcasting, open-source learning management systems, and wireless—and considered how higher education institutions can prepare not only for this rich content but also for that yet to come.

Enabling Mobile Learning

drupal — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:04:50 -0500

With mobile networks and services in the United States at the beginning of broadband and broad-scale adoption, mobile learning represents the next step in a long tradition of technology-mediated learning. The good news is that many of the antecedents of mobile learning have prepared us for the journey ahead.

Whither Telecommunications Regulation?

drupal — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 16:44:04 -0500

The author discusses the FCC's recently issued Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for IP-enabled services.

The WAP Rap

drupal — Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:10:16 -0600

The author explains Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).

Digitizing Education: A Primer on eBooks

drupal — Tue, 17 Jul 2001 16:47:39 -0500

eBooks are bringing the transforming potential of digital media to the very heart of education, changing the way we distribute and interact with information and, ultimately, the way we learn.