EDUCAUSE | Digital Preservation and E-Learning

Indigenous Cultures: From Observing to Experiencing, from Videography to 3D VR Immersion

drupal — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:24:34 -0600

A challenge arises in making digital information and communication technologies accessible to indigenous communities. From digital preservation of cultural and historic artifacts to embedding culturally sensitive materials in academic courses, technology can become a double-edged sword: it can be deployed to obfuscate a critical analysis of how "communication" is understood as meaningful by First Nations themselves.

Imagining Tomorrow's Future Today: The EDUCAUSE Evolving Technology Committee

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:40 -0500

This session will share the vision of pioneers of evolving technologies on how to use them to reach their full potential. Topics will include 3D rapid prototyping, Google applications for higher education, digital preservation, storage and information life-cycle management, advances in virtualization, Web 2.0, m-learning, and location awareness.

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.