EDUCAUSE - Information Technology Research and Learning
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EDCAUSE is an educative journal publication on information technology for teaching and learning. http://www.educause.edu
Submitted by Ugochukwu Udemezue Onyido
Overview
Please find the link to EDUCAUSE site. Those in the digital humanities can benefit from accessing this site, because it is rich in terms of its published articles, especially in mobile learning. It uses information resources to deliver learning in information technologies. It is basically a non-profit association with the mission of fostering the intelligent use of information technology. Its publications are peer reviewed while most of them are accessible for free. *[1] Users can search the EDUCAUSE quarterly for current and back copies of publications from [2]
Major Initiatives
The EDUCAUSE programmes provides help for users to navigate the challenges involved in advancing higher education with information technology through applied research, data benchmarking, and programs that addressed advanced networking, policy, security, and teaching and learning. Three of these initiatives are fee based programmes that offer subscription. These include:
the EDUCAUSE Centre for Applied Research
the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, and
the Net@EDU
The EDUCAUSE Centre for Applied Research (ECAR) [3] is
responsible for providing subscribers and members with research and
analysis to assist higher education leaders make better decisions
about field of information technology.
The Advanced Core Technologies Initiative (ACTI) [4] allowsmembers who are tackling technological progress in coretechnologies to network and work with each other and those who arecontemplating similar progress.
The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) [5] is acommunity of institutions, organizations, and corporationscommitted to advancing learning through information technologyinnovation. This initiative achieves this mission through itsstrategic focus on learners, learning principles and practices, andlearning technologies in information technologies.
The Core Data Service [6]provides a web-based interactive database. This is based on anannual survey, that compares institutional information technologyenvironments and practices to help benchmark, plan for, and makeappropriate decisions about IT on campus.
Networking Initiatives [7]are based on defining and developing emerging networktechnologies.
Policy Initiatives [8] are the association???s legislative andregulatory tracking and advocacy activities involving policies thatimpact IT in higher education.
Security Initiatives [9] areresources on computer and network security for the higher educationcommunity.
.edu Administration [10]discusses policies and processes for managing the .edu Internetdomain, which EDUCAUSE oversees under contract with the U.S.Department of Commerce.
Resources for research and learning include:
1. Professional development activities
2. Applied research
3. Strategic policy advocacy
4. Teaching and learning initiatives
5. Online information services
