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Dennis has covered higher education technology since April 2008, having interviewed some of the most recognized IT pros in U.S. colleges and universities. He is always updating eCampus News with the latest in pressing ed-tech issues, such as the growing i

Wireless connections prove clunky, trip up students

October 28, 2013October 21, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

The predicament began in the fall of 2011, when the demand for Wi-Fi connections on campus began outstripping the bandwidth the UO provides. The Eugene Register-Guard reports the…

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The embarrassing truth about the hybrid cloud

October 21, 2013 by Denny Carter

Lots of up-and-coming technologies have been receiving the media’s attention this year. Wearable tech promises emails and search capabilities with a glance at our watch or just by…

IT Leadership

Colleges ramping up data analytics degrees to meet big data challenge

October 18, 2013 by Denny Carter

Jobs in the data analytics field are growing every day. The reason so many of them are left unfilled is because, up until now, there has been no…

IT Leadership

Europe’s iversity launches 1st MOOCs with 100k+ students

October 18, 2013 by Denny Carter

Berlin-based MOOCs startup iversity, which last year began a pivot away from online learning collaboration tools with the aim of becoming the Coursera of Europe, is launching its…

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MOOCs: Can they produce the next Einstein?

October 18, 2013 by Denny Carter

Growing proliferation of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) is having a profound (if not fully understood) effect on education. MOOCs, compared to traditional classrooms, have impressively high enrollment,…

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Is Big Data too ‘messy’ for higher education?

October 28, 2013October 18, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

The massive collection of data in higher education will never produce a single, infallible formula for success, no matter how much students clamor for such a miracle algorithm.…

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Case Western Reserve University professor creating free online course for entrepreneurs

October 17, 2013 by Denny Carter

A Case Western Reserve University professor will use a $69,000 grant to help develop a free online course on how communities can support and grow new companies –…

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Income gap developing between campus IT professionals

October 24, 2013October 16, 2013 by By Denny Carter, Managing Editor

Chief information officers on college campuses have seen their annual income increase by 1.4 times more than the lowest paid IT staffers, and head technologists saw more than…

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Braving the big data maze

October 14, 2013 by Denny Carter

Everyone’s talking about big data – structured and unstructured information that can be pulled together and shared to help organisations gain better insights and make more informed business…

Wireless connections prove clunky, trip up students

The embarrassing truth about the hybrid cloud

Colleges ramping up data analytics degrees to meet big data challenge

Europe’s iversity launches 1st MOOCs with 100k+ students

MOOCs: Can they produce the next Einstein?

Is Big Data too ‘messy’ for higher education?

Case Western Reserve University professor creating free online course for entrepreneurs

Income gap developing between campus IT professionals

Braving the big data maze

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