“If technology is not transformative, it’s in the way.” A few years ago, I was thinking about how many of our technology users have complained that technology is just a necessary evil…
Read Article →One of the common struggles IT professionals have is communicating to those we are providing technology to. We often communicate AT them about the things that WE think are important…
Read Article →Recently PBS Frontline broadcast a documentary on the role of social media and marketing among teenagers, providing an interesting view into the culture of the junior high and high school age young person…
Read Article →When considering the changes facing traditional higher education due to a shrinking demographic of the 18-22 year old student, rising costs, and online programs…
Read Article →If you’ve heard about MOOC, but really don’t know much about it, below is a short video that hits some of the high points.
Read Article →I’ve been having a number of conversations lately with various folks about whether technology has improved the quality of our daily lives…
Read Article →Our strategic objective is to build relationships across the institute to ensure that technology solutions are creating opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiencies…
Read Article →IT’s focus must become more functional and less technical. Our value will be realized as we solve business problems, not just by implementing technology…
Read Article →Fasten your seat belts! The next 3-5 years, for IT professionals, will be some of the most difficult years yet…
Read Article →I’ve been able to spend a bit of time on the new Onlive app for the iPad, which enables access to the full versions of Windows Office…
Read Article →Recently Apple made three announcements of new or updated technologies: “iBook Author,” “GarageBand for eBooks,” and fundamental changes to iTunes U…
Read Article →Mobility and the use of mobile devices for our work, social, and personal lives is no longer in our future, but has become nearly commonplace in every industry…
Read Article →Are faculty professional teachers or professionals who teach? Are they technologists or are they consumers of technology? These are important questions…
Read Article →According to a recent Forrester survey, 37 percent of information workers use personal or unsanctioned technology to do their jobs…
Read Article →Podcasting is a method of distributing and subscribing to multimedia files (such as audio programs or videos) over the Internet…
Read Article →The Horizon Report 2010 was released this past January 15. It identifies and describes six areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching and learning…
Read Article →When you talk to IT pros and business managers about tablet computers, the first question they tend to ask is, “Looks cool, but what do I do with it?”
Read Article →There’s been some debate on how a high performance computer (HPC) can help the social scientist and the humanist…
Read Article →As one of the top-ranked public research universities in the world, the University of Washington stays connected with iPhone and the university’s proprietary m.UW app…
Read Article →The iPhone is a great device with lots of applications and integrates very well into the Northeastern environment…
Read Article →The University of South Florida and Northeastern University are going the extra mile to provide classroom lecture content for their student-athletes…
Read Article →The 9th Annual Bio-IT World Conference & Expo is taking place April 20-22 in Boston…
Read Article →Registration is now open for NERCOMP’s upcoming workshop on incorporating interactivity into the classroom through map mash-ups and geotagging…
Read Article →More with less (or at least the same). How does a department, organization, or institution provide support for the growing variety of available software, hardware, and networked solutions…
Read Article →Seminar about Mac OS X Server v10.6 Snow Leopard and all its new features, hosted by Apple, Inc.
Read Article →An e-Book is an electronic book, read with your computer, laptop, or on devices called e-book readers. The concept is not new, but dedicated devices are relatively new…
Read Article →This fall, Northeastern University is embarking on a pilot of audience response systems—aka Clickers…
Read Article →Apple’s OS X Snow Leopard is now available for all Intel-based Macintosh users. Here’s what to do before you upgrade and what’s new…
Read Article →Starting this fall, Northeastern will be piloting lecture capture/recording in Bouvé, Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, and Engineering…
Read Article →Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, co-sponsored by Stanford University and Sun Microsystems…
Read Article →With all the new advancements in Final Cut Studio 3, Logic Studio 2 and Final Cut Server, there are even more reasons why they are the tools of choice among professional editors…
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