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Odigie, Imoisili Ojeime; Gbaje, Ezra Shiloba – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2017
Online video streaming is a learning technology used in today's world and reliant on the availability of bandwidth. This research study sought to understand the perceptions of network gatekeepers about bandwidth and online video streams in Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria. To achieve this, the interpretive paradigm and the Network Gatekeeping…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Technology, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Quint-Rapoport, Mia – Policy Futures in Education, 2012
This article addresses the question of understanding more about networked universities by looking at open source software developers working in academic contexts. It sketches their identities and work as an emerging professional community that both relies upon and develops digitally mediated networks and contributes to the progress of academic…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Open Source Technology, Computer System Design, Human Factors Engineering
Breitbach, William – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Competition in the virtual reference market got really hot this past summer. Recent developments in virtual reference offerings suggest the market is much more dynamic than most people would have imagined a short time ago. With Google's acquisition of Meebo and its subsequent decision to shut down the chat widget service, many libraries scrambled…
Descriptors: Library Services, Reference Services, Library Development, Online Systems
Cundiff, Jacob; McCallum, Taylor; Rich, Andrew; Truax, Michael; Ward, Tamara; Havelka, Douglas – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2015
The launch of HealthCare.gov, the website of the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), was a major public relations disaster for the Obama administration. This case examines some of the factors that contributed to the failure of the launch and then details how Optum, an information technology service provider, considered the opportunity provided by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Online Vendors
Chretien, Wendy – Campus Technology, 2008
Emergency notification has become a critical component of every higher education institution's overall emergency plan, as incidents across the country have galvanized campus safety officials to find more ways to notify their campus populations. Emergency notification systems can help get and keep students, faculty members, and staff out of harm's…
Descriptors: School Security, School Safety, Emergency Programs, Crisis Management
Emery, Jill – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2009
Twitter provides rapid information in a short form, and it is extremely easy to follow the updates of others because of myriad software applications with which it works on both mobile devices and traditional computing hardware. Currently, most academic librarians are using Twitter primarily as a tool at library conferences and seminars to capture…
Descriptors: Internet, Librarians, Use Studies, Information Networks
Martinez, Michael E.; Peters Burton, Erin E. – Educational Media International, 2011
The "cyberinfrastucture" is a broad informational network that entails connections to real-time data sensors as well as tools that permit visualization and other forms of analysis, and that facilitates access to vast scientific databases. This multifaceted network, already a major boon to scientific discovery, now shows exceptional promise in…
Descriptors: Visualization, Educational Technology, STEM Education, Cognitive Processes
Shi, Xue-yun – Online Submission, 2007
"EGao" is a network producing form and is popular in campus. In order to amuse the masses, it changed and reformed films, TV, picture menus and songs by imitating, overdrawing and self-betrayal means. The impact of "EGao" is greater and greater in the young, especially in the university, it has become a fashion. The paper analyzed its concepts,…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Hypermedia, Computer Software Evaluation, Information Networks
Panettieri, Joseph C. – Campus Technology, 2008
Colleges and universities worldwide are turning to the hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) model and saying goodbye to issues like patch management and server optimization. Generally, SaaS involves applications (such as customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and e-mail) offered by a hosting provider. In this…
Descriptors: Internet, Client Server Architecture, Computer Networks, Performance Technology
Winter, Robert; Gericke, Anke; Bucher, Tobias – Educational Technology & Society, 2008
Business intelligence and information logistics have become an important part of teaching curricula in recent years due to the increased demand for adequately trained graduates. Since these fields are characterized by a high amount of software and methodology innovations, teaching materials and teaching aids require constant updating. Teradata has…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Intelligence, Action Research, Management Information Systems
Cheshire, Coye – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2007
The goal of this research is to understand how generalized exchange systems emerge when information, as the object of exchange, produces a collective good. When individuals contribute information for a collective benefit, it can create a group-generalized exchange system that involves a social dilemma. I argue that two properties of information,…
Descriptors: Sharing Behavior, Social Psychology, Access to Information, Information Networks
Laterza, Vito; Carmichael, Patrick; Procter, Richard – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2007
In this paper the authors describe a novel "Virtual Research Environment" (VRE) based on the Sakai Virtual Collaboration Environment and designed to support education research. This VRE has been used for the past two years by projects of the UK Economic and Social Research Council's Teaching and Learning Research Programme, 10 of which…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Research Tools, Case Records, Research and Development