Oct
24
Undergraduates Speak about IT – Results of the 2007 ECAR Survey
October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesday 24 October
Speakers were, Judith Borreson Caruso, ECAR Fellow and Director of Policy and Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison andGail Salaway – ECAR Fellow, Educause
The ECAR study covered 27,000+ student respondents from 103 institutions. They were 62% female, 90% fulltime and 57% off campus residents. There were also 4700 written responses. Longitudinal […]
Oct
24
Xavier University Web 2.0 strategy
October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Educause 2007 - Wednesday 24 October
Xavier is a 175 yrs old Jesuit university with a traditional liberal arts background and suffering a recent drop in students. The Info Resources team was formed in 2001 but benefited from little subsequent integration; its services were rudimentary and they worked with very limited personnel. Information services were heavily […]
Oct
20
Student Listening Programme
October 20, 2007 | 1 Comment
Well, without an aweful lot of fanfare it must be said (a small piece on the BBC site), the Department of Innovation Universities and Skills (DIUS) launched its ‘Student Listening Programme on 18 October at the House of Commons. The key announcements, as per the inevitable press release, were:
Lord Triesman appointed the first Minister […]
Oct
16
Future Students and ICT
October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment
There is currently alot of noise around student expectations of ICT when they move into FE or HE - JISC itself has carries out alot of work in many areas related to this topic ( not least a recent IPSOS MORI study into Student Expectations) and is convening a Committee of Inquiry, chaired by Prof […]
