Educause
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is "to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology."[1] Membership is open to institutions of higher education, corporations serving the higher education information technology market, and other related associations and organizations.
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[edit] 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;[2] 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 U.S. Department of Commerce.[3]
The current membership of EDUCAUSE comprises more than 2,000 colleges, universities, and educational organizations, including 200 corporations, with 16,500 active members.
[edit] 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.
Originally written by John Gehl and Suzanne Douglas, who left in April 1999[4] 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.[5]
[edit] History
EDUCAUSE was formed from a merger of CAUSE and Educom in 1998.[6]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ EDUCAUSE website
- ^ Educause Review
- ^ ".edu Domain Space". Department of Commerce. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/educa/. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ Edupage announcement on EDUCAUSE LISTSERV, 1999-04-06. Retrieved 2006-11-04
- ^ Official page for Edupage on the EDUCAUSE website, 2007-01-04. Retrieved 2007-05-15
- ^ CAUSE History
[edit] External links
- Educause Learning Initiative (ELI)
- Edupage Archives from 1993 - 1999
- Official Edupage Archives from January 1999 - 2006
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