Talked about rapid progression from MS Office office apps to Google Productivity apps to now Buzzword and SlideRocket from Adobe.
Folks from NC talked about web conferencing. Gentleman from Catholic University is speaking about mobile learning.
3-D printers can create 3D physical models using variety of media. Many 3D printers in $30,000 range, but there are now models under $10,000.
Univ. of Chicago talking about virtualization. Origins go back to IBM mainframe at MIT in the 1960s. Current focus is on desktops – VMWare, Parallels.
Digital preservation and storage. Important because of many things- availability, performance scaling, data organization – but legal compliance is a biggie.
More info on Evolving Technologies Committee website:
http://www.educause.edu/EvolvingTechnologiesReports/
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