Strategic partnership: The U4 league of universities, which includes Acadia, Bishop's, Mount Allison, and St. Francis Xavier, has announced a collaboration strategy where the schools will work together on a number of key opportunities. Part of the strategy includes implementing best practices in administration by cooperating in service delivery, technology, and infrastructure, in order to contain cost and increase efficiency. Shared service
Getting connected: The University of British Columbia is migrating from WebCT Vista to their new Connect Learning Management System. The pilot started a little over one year ago and now over 33,000 students and 1,280 courses are in Connect and courses are no longer being created in Vista. UBC connects
Tips & tricks: Algonquin College has launched a series of help videos available on YouTube designed to help their staff use technology. Here's one example of how to connect to the college's services from home: Help videos
IT web popularity: The central IT web site is one of the top five most popular web sites at Dalhousie University. After such typically popular sites like the library and university news, the Information Technology Services ranked a very respectable 4th place. ITS site ranking
CIO higher ed panel: Five CIOs were brought together in the attached video to discuss the future impact of information technology on higher education over the next five years. Discussion topics included shared services, cloud technologies, privacy legislation, social media, and bring your own technology. Future of IT panel