IT News for January, 2011

Campus network capacity continues to increase, and upgrades are underway in several areas.

Researchers conducting projects that require access to computational, data storage, or visualization resources beyond what is available at UD should consider use of the TeraGrid. Funded by NSF, the TeraGrid is a collection of very powerful supercomputers, a high-throughput computing environment, high-volume data storage facilities, and advanced visualization services, connected by a high-bandwidth private network. TeraGrid also provides consulting and training services to help researchers make effective use of the resources.

University of Delaware Provost Tom Apple welcomed participants to the kick-off event of the Winter Faculty Institute on Jan. 6. More than 140 participants from 50 departments within all seven colleges attended the event.

With a primary focus on UD's approach to e-portfolios as a teaching, learning and assessment tool, participants gained new insights into melding reflection, assessment and technology to create impactful learning experiences for students.

"In large part, the program is delivered by UD faculty, which adds a degree of authenticity to the sessions and hopefully a contagious sense of you can do it too," Paul Hyde, IT Academic Technology Services, said.