Educause

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Educause is a nonprofit association whose mission is "to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology." Membership is open to institutions of higher education, corporations serving the higher education information technology market, and other related associations and organizations.

Overview

The association provides a social networking Connect site that supports blogs, wikis, podcasts and other platforms for IT professionals to generate and find content and to engage their peers; professional development opportunities; print and electronic publications, including e-books, monographs, and the magazines Educause Quarterly (EQ) and Educause Review;[1] strategic policy advocacy; teaching and learning initiatives; applied research; special interest discussion groups; awards for leadership and transformative uses of information technology; and a resource center for IT professionals in higher education.

Major initiatives of Educause include the Core Data Service, the Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR), the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI), Net@edu (advanced networking), the Educause Policy Program, and the Educause/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force. In addition, Educause manages the .edu Internet domain under a contract with the United States Department of Commerce.[2] The technical aspects of the registry are managed by VeriSign.

The current membership of Educause comprises more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 200 corporations, with 16,500 active members.

Edupage

Edupage was a publication of Educause. It was a free three-time-a-week electronically distributed summary of technology news extracted from the mainstream media that was first released to a circulation of less than 100 in 1992. It was originally written by John Gehl and Suzanne Douglas, who left in April 1999[3] to devote their full attention to their company which publishes a daily newsletter similar to Edupage.

Edupage is currently in a publishing hiatus (since December 2006), as Educause looks at different ways to deliver resources and content to their audience.[4]

History

Educause was formed from a merger of Cause and Educom in 1998.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Educause Review
  2. ↑ ".edu Domain Space". Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-03-27. 
  3. ↑ Edupage announcement on EDUCAUSE LISTSERV, 1999-04-06. Retrieved 2006-11-04
  4. ↑ Official page for Edupage on the Educause website, 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-05-15
  5. ↑ Cause History

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