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Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2010
Divorcing one student information system and hooking up with another can cause serious upheaval. With the right plan in place, the transition to a new student information system can go surprisingly smoothly. The author interviewed technologists at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College and the Emily Griffith Opportunity School (CO) who recently…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Management Information Systems, Information Technology, Organizational Change
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
With colleges and universities struggling to minimize the effects of the troubled economy, it certainly isn't an easy time to be a CIO. This article presents an interview with a panel of higher education IT leaders about best practices for steering IT through economic crisis. Panelists included Jan Biros, associate VP for instructional technology…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Interviews, Economic Climate
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
Video-heavy distance learning programs can put a strain on the campus network. This article describes how three institutions are managing bandwidth to ensure high-quality service for eLearning students.
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Video Technology, Computer Uses in Education
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
Multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) are gaining momentum as the latest and greatest learning tool in the world of education technology. How does one get started with them? How do they work? This article shares 13 secrets from immersive education experts and educators on how to have success in implementing these new tools and technologies on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Virtual Classrooms, Technology Integration, Technology Planning
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
Everyone seems to have a different definition for "Web 2.0," but most people agree the phrase describes a second generation of web-based communities and hosted services that aim to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and sharing between users. Technically speaking, these new technologies include blogs, wikis, folksonomies…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Web Sites, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Planning
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
As the national economic climate worsens, and college and university endowments, coffers, and funding sources shrink, schools are forced to get the most out of every dollar. That means that administrators are bending over backwards to see that all new investments provide maximum return on investment (ROI) over the long term. Campus eCommerce is no…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Investment, Business, Internet
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
Academic technologists at Lynn University (Florida) learned the hard way just how important a disaster recovery plan can be. Back in 2005, when Hurricane Wilma walloped the region with driving rain and 120 mile-per-hour winds, the storm debilitated Lynn's IT department, causing damage and flooding that thwarted the campus network for nearly two…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Educational Technology, Information Technology, Internet
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
Building access control (BAC)--a catchall phrase to describe the systems that control access to facilities across campus--has traditionally been handled with remarkably low-tech solutions: (1) manual locks; (2) electronic locks; and (3) ID cards with magnetic strips. Recent improvements have included smart cards and keyless solutions that make use…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Technology Uses in Education, Video Technology
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
Mary Jo Garcia Biggs never really considered herself much of a technophile. Sure, the assistant professor at Texas State University-San Marcos knew her way around a web page, but for years, she was painfully aware of all of the technologies she didn't know much about. More times than not, the limitations of her knowledge frustrated the heck out of…
Descriptors: Incentives, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Faculty Development
Grush, Mary; Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
The annual Campus Technology Innovators awards recognize higher education institutions that take true initiative--even out-and-out risk--to better serve the campus community via technology. These top-notch university administrators, faculty, and staff demonstrate something more than a "job well done"; their vision and leadership have…
Descriptors: Awards, Community Colleges, Higher Education, Educational Innovation
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2008
When it comes to getting the most out of IT, the majority of two-year schools face very real challenges. For starters, community college budgets are generally smaller than those of most four-year schools. Then, of course, there's the issue of refresh: Because students come and go every two years, there's the expectation that schools will…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness, Technology Integration, Technology Planning
Villano, Matt – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
In the early days of computer technology, few, if any, school districts had chief information officers (CIOs). Information Technology (IT) was handled by computer or technology coordinators, many of whom were classroom teachers with passing interests in computers and associated high-tech gadgets and gizmos. As districts began embracing CIOs, the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2009
There's no question that in airports, train stations, and student unions alike, digital signage solutions have become efficient and effective ways of communicating important information directly to broad bases of users. The solutions are affordable; they're eco-friendly; and they're growing in popularity every year. Still, particularly in the…
Descriptors: Signs, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Best Practices
Villano, Matt; Gullon, Monica – Campus Technology, 2009
Like fine wines, Web 2.0 technologies get better with age. Gone are the days of the pointless chat room; this is the era of social networking juggernauts such as Facebook, MySpace, and Friendster. Services offered by these firms are helpful in facilitating connections among users in every industry and of every age. In higher education, however, a…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Networks, Benchmarking, Technological Advancement
Villano, Matt – Campus Technology, 2011
Colleges and universities have been among the leaders nationwide in adopting green initiatives, partly due to their demographics, but also because they are facing their own budget pressures. Virtualization has become the poster child of many schools' efforts, because it provides significant bang for the buck. However, more and more higher…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Energy Conservation, Conservation (Environment), Colleges