Global Survey Validates New Student Learning Needs and Teaching Approaches (PDF - 102 KB)
Signaling a trend for K-12 students, in a recent survey, 64 percent of college students would choose the Internet over a car, and 66 percent cited a mobile device as the most important technology in their lives. How can schools capitalize on these findings to increase student engagement?
Growing School District Lowers Data Center Costs (PDF - 71 KB)
Running out of data center space, Andover Public Schools in Kansas faced having to find the funds to build a whole new facility. Instead, the district found a more compact and cost-effective solution in the Vblock data center architecture.
Past Issues
Fall 2011
This issue includes Borderless Classrooms, Virtual Desktops, Dependable Wi-Fi and more.
Summer 2011
This issue includes International Education Survey, Technology Lifts Student Achievement, Massive Workforce Shift and more.
Spring 2011
This issue includes TelePresence, Green Practices that Save Money, Continuity of Learning and more.
Beyond Lecture Capture: Transforming and Sharing Video for Next-Generation Learning (PDF - 100 KB)
In the past, students, faculty, and staff who wanted to share video usually had to enlist a video specialist from the IT department. That's changed with a new generation of easy-to-use tools for video capture, transformation, and sharing that Cisco calls Lecture Vision.
New Data Center Design Saves $600K for University of Colorado (PDF - 99 KB)
The University of Colorado data center was straining at the seams. By moving applications to the Cisco Unified Computing System, the university reduced space requirements by 96 percent, power consumption by 90 percent, and along the way accelerated application performance.
Past Issues
Fall 2011
This issue includes Campus Desktops from Hard Drives to the Cloud, Cloud Computing, High-Density Wi-Fi and more.
Summer 2011
This issue includes International Education Survey, Virtual Forum for Education, Mississippi State University with Flexible Network and more.
Spring 2011
This issue includes TelePresence, Green Practices that Save Money, Continuity of Learning and more.