UBTech 2012

As competition in the higher education community becomes more aggressive and funding less available, academic institutions are turning to IT and AV to simultaneously enhance the teaching and learning experience and reduce overall costs.

Participants will see examples of imaginative ways to use emerging technologies. Presenter Maureen Yoder will highlight ten technologies and Internet resources . Gapminder and the “Wayback Machine” will be included, along with several other useful gadgets and Internet resources.

Can your institution support the concept of “bring your own device”? Should you? Learn strategies to manage, protect, and secure campus IT resources. Learn about the new technologies that will profoundly change how students interact with campus IT resources and computing.

Over the past 40 years, campus card systems have been on the forefront and early adopters of new technology, customer-focused applications and innovative campus services.

In a follow-up to one of last year's most popular sessions, the team from Seton Hill University will review what they've learned since they piloted their 2010 Griffin Technology Advantage program in which more than 1,800 iPads and 700 MacBook laptops were distributed to students and faculty.

Your lecture capture pilot may start in a single classroom, but if history is a guide, it won't end there.

The mail center remains at the heart of campus operations and is a major gateway into all areas of the university.

How do higher ed institutions use social media and web analytics in 2012? Help us all find out by taking a survey on the State of Online Analytics in Higher.

By pairing pervasive video with rich collaboration technologies, California Baptist University has woven the university’s high-touch culture into its Online and Professional Studies for more effective learning.

With a laser focus on student learning, institutions must refocus and recommit to their teaching & learning missions, effectively utilize learning outcomes data, support and reward classroom innovation, and make public their efforts in the form of scholarship of teaching & learning.