From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Fri Aug  6 12:04:49 2004
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:04:49 -0400
Subject: [edtech] Learning Space Design conference - help wanted
Message-ID: <1091808289.18272.992.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

Hi,

MIT is hosting the NLII Learning Space Design workshop this Sept. 8 - 10
and we are looking for people to scribe for or facilitate small group
work sessions, or lead a tour of campus learning spaces. No experience
necessary!

http://www.educause.edu/nlii/meetings/nlii044/

If you have any interest in this topic, this is a great way to learn
about the latest theories and directions for campus learning spaces.

If you would like to be involved, find out more information about the
workshop, or know of any any cutting edge classroom spaces that should
be included in the tour, please send e-mail to ls-design at mit.edu.

-jean-
-- 
-------------------------------------
Jean Foster
MIT Academic Computing
617.253.3909, jfoster at mit.edu, N42-040F

From bowser at MIT.EDU  Thu Aug 12 11:33:06 2004
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:33:06 -0400
Subject: [edtech] Microsoft releases SP2 for Windows XP
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040812113042.013375f8@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Thursday, 12 August 2004
To: MIT Community:  itpartners, winpartners, sw-release-announce, ed-tech
From: Software Release Team <winxp-release at mit.edu>
Subject: Microsoft releases SP2 for Windows XP
Cc: is&t, itag, it-leads
---------------------

Good morning,

Microsoft released Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP on Monday, August 9, 
2004 to the general public.  Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) contains major 
security improvements designed to provide better protection against 
hackers, viruses, and worms. While recognizing the security benefits of 
Windows XP SP2, we recommend that system administrators test XP SP2 in 
their environment before deploying to all Windows XP machines within a 
department.

Unlike previous Service Packs, Microsoft will deploy XP SP2 via Microsoft's 
Automatic Update service. Machines configured to use Microsoft Automatic 
Update will start to receive XP SP2 on Monday, August 16 unless 
preventative measures are taken.  For more information on ways to prevent 
SP2 from automatically installing on Monday, see:

	http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/win-xp-sp2/whattodosp2.html

Machines configured to use MIT's Windows Automatic Update (WAUS) will not 
receive the service pack on Monday, August 16.  Based on testing and 
feedback from the community, SP2 will be made available through the WAUS at 
a later date. If MIT testers of XP SP2 report serious problems, the release 
via WAUS will be delayed. However, based on our current knowledge we do not 
anticipate a long delay.

If you do not have local IT support, we recommend that you configure your 
machine to use WAUS, and therefore take the update after testing has 
concluded.  To configure a machine to use WAUS, follow the instructions at:

	http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/

Known Issues
--------------------------------
While our testing to date of SP2 has been very positive, it does make very 
major changes and could cause unforeseen problems.

Many vendors have already released new or updated versions of their 
products to ensure compatibility with this new service pack. If you 
encounter any problems with an application while testing XP SP2, you should 
attempt to determine if your vendor has provided a solution or a free 
upgrade from their web site.  We will maintain information regarding MIT's 
supported suite of applications and their compatibility with SP2 on the 
release notebook.

Testing
--------------------------------
IS&T tested earlier versions (betas) of the service pack to ensure that MIT 
services and software functioned properly with all parts SP2 including the 
Windows Firewall. Our testing with the pre-released versions did not 
indicate any major problems, contrary to what was reported by various news 
agencies.  To the best of our current knowledge all of our supported 
applications should work with Windows XP SP2. Testing with the final 
release continues at this time. Currently we have encountered no 
insurmountable problems.

In the meantime, we recommend that you not install SP2 on production 
machines until we make our recommendations or you are able to test your 
critical applications in a test environment.

The latest information on SP2 testing at MIT, including any ongoing bugs, 
can be found in the release notebook at:

	http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/win-xp-sp2/

If you are testing SP2, we would appreciate hearing from you regarding your 
experience with SP2, both problems encountered as well as successful 
application and service usages so that we can share information broadly.

You can contact the release team with questions or feedback at 
winxp-release at mit.edu.

Regards,
Deb Bowser
SP2 for Windows XP Release Team PRC


From bowser at MIT.EDU  Sat Aug 21 18:20:01 2004
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:20:01 -0400
Subject: [edtech] Update on MIT progress with Windows XP SP2
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040821181447.00c44738@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Saturday, 21 August 2004
To: MIT Community:  itpartners, winpartners, sw-release-announce, ed-tech
From: Software Release Team <winxp-release at mit.edu>
Subject: Update on MIT progress with Windows XP SP2
Cc: is&t, itag, it-lead
-----------------------------------------------------

Good evening:

We wish to provide the MIT community with an update on the status of 
efforts with Windows XP SP2.  As we announced last week, Microsoft released 
Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP on Monday, August 9, 2004 to the 
general public.  Since then, we have received information informing us that 
Microsoft has altered their delivery schedule through Automatic 
Update.  Machines configured to use Automatic Update will not start 
receiving Windows XP SP2 until Wednesday, August 25 - at the earliest - as 
long as those machines are running Windows XP Professional Edition.

A more complete schedule of Microsoft's timing for SP2 delivery is 
available on: 
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/maintain/sp2aumng.mspx#XSLTsection122121120120>

Machines configured to use MIT's Windows Automatic Update (WAUS) will not 
receive the service pack until testing of SP2 at MIT has been completed and 
major problems resolved.  Based on testing and feedback from the community, 
SP2 will be made available through the WAUS at a later date. If MIT testers 
of XP SP2 report serious problems, the release via WAUS will be delayed. 
However, based on our current knowledge we do not anticipate a long delay.

  For more information on ways to prevent SP2 from automatically installing 
beginning next week, see:

	http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/win-xp-sp2/whattodosp2.html

If you do not have local IT support, we recommend that you configure your 
machine to use WAUS, and therefore take the update after testing has 
concluded.  To configure a machine to use WAUS, follow the instructions at:

	http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/

Microsoft has reported a potential problem with Outlook 2003 in which 
messages don't send immediately - work around is available from 
Microsoft.  However, we have not been able to reproduce this particular 
problem with the MIT mail system.

We have observed very few problems with SP2 in our testing and have only 
had a few reports of problems from others testing SP2 at MIT.  The major 
issues to date are:

Reports from our colleagues around campus of products not centrally 
supported include:
- Symantec Ghost Corporate requires ports opened in the firewall - solution 
from Symantec's site
- OpenAFS versions prior to 1.3.70 breaks with SP2 - upgrade before 
applying SP2
         (WIN.MIT.EDU machines running Pismere 4.1.1 are not effected by 
the OpenAFS problem)

These and any additional issues that we hear about will be posted on the 
Release Notebook at:

	http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/win-xp-sp2/

If you are testing XP SP2 within a test environment, we would appreciate 
hearing from you regarding your experiences, both problems encountered as 
well as successful application and service usages so that we can share the 
information broadly.

Please send e-mail with test results or questions to winxp-release at mit.edu.


Deb Bowser
QA Coordinator - Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu


From jmhunt at MIT.EDU  Tue Aug 10 15:02:05 2004
From: jmhunt at MIT.EDU (Jonathan McIndoe Hunt)
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 15:02:05 -0400
Subject: [edtech] Countdown to retiring Windows 2000 at MIT
Message-ID: <6.2.0.1 alpha.2.20040810144135.0475d828@hesiod>

Date: Tuesday, 10 August 2004
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, winpartners at mit.edu, 
sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subject: Countdown to retiring Windows 2000 at MIT
Cc: is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, it-lead at mit.edu


Good Afternoon:

We would like to take this opportunity to remind the Community that support 
for Windows 2000 will be retired on December 31st, 2004.  We anticipate 
this transition period to Windows XP Professional to occur throughout the 
Fall months.  This reminder is based on a series of communications and 
outreach while retiring an Operating System, which requires adequate 
planning, resources and lead time.  We are prepared to work with the MIT 
community in an effort to help ease the difficulties in migrating to a more 
current environment.

After an extensive review of industry trends, strategic plans for institute 
computing, and evolving security needs, we identified the following factors 
that led to the decision to retire support for Windows 2000:

   - Mainstream support from Microsoft will end on March 31, 2005
   - Windows XP became available in October of 2001
   - Retirement of this OS has been underway across the industry and we are 
in step with the vendors.
   - FY2005 Administrative Computing Desktop Environment Recommendations
   - All PC based computers sold since November 2001, have had Windows XP 
factory-set as the default operating system.
   - Windows XP licensed upgrades can be purchased through GovConnection 
<http://web.mit.edu/ecat/govconnection/>.

Keeping pace with current Operating Systems and applications benefits 
everyone. If you are running an aging operating system on equipment with 
sufficient specifications to run the latest operating system, then we will 
help you make the upgrade.  Any workstations targeted for replacement 
during the fiscal year need not be upgraded.  Whatever the nature of the 
assistance you require, please don't hesitate to contact us: Software 
Release Team, <swrt at mit.edu>. We will do our best to direct you to those 
who can best handle your specific needs.

Additional information to consider while making the transition to Windows 
XP is available: <http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/>.  These 
initiatives align with that goal, and we hope you take advantage of 
resources available to help you.

In closing, our thanks to all IT-Partners who assisted in reviewing vendor 
requirements necessary to set this operating system retirement and planning 
your department's upgrade strategies. Should you have any questions, send 
e-mail to the Software Release team <swrt at mit.edu>.  Please feel free to 
share this announcement with colleagues who may be interested.

Regards,
Jonathan Hunt on behalf of Deb Bowser
IS&T
Software Release Team


From ganderso at MIT.EDU  Fri Aug 13 14:21:08 2004
From: ganderso at MIT.EDU (Greg Anderson)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 14:21:08 -0400
Subject: [edtech] IS&T services relocating from W20 to N42
Message-ID: <8BD3E3B8-ED55-11D8-BFD5-000A9590A046@mit.edu>

Good afternoon,

If you've visited Information Services and Technology (IS&T) in 
building N42 recently, you have noticed a flurry of construction 
underway, and those of you accustomed to finding services in W20 have 
begun to see that space increasingly vacant. This message is intended 
to help bring you up to date on these changes to our space and on our 
efforts to create for you a combined service center.

Beginning Tuesday, August 17, you will find all services previously 
available in the basement of W20 now available in building N42 located 
at 211 Massachusetts Avenue.

As part of a strategic effort to provide a common 'front-door' to IS&T 
services and to offer a set of integrated services to the community, 
IS&T is establishing a combined service center in the front area of 
Building N42.

In this combined service center, clients will be able to:
- Meet with IS&T consultants for hardware and software repair; these 
are the functions performed by PC Repair and Computing Help Walk-in 
Services
- Look at demonstration models and discuss new computer purchases with 
consultants; the functions performed by the MIT Computer Connection.
- Take care of computing account activities such as password re-sets.
- Pick up requested copies of volume licensed software.
- Receive directions and contacts for other IS&T activities, meetings, 
and consultations.

Contact information for the groups who are relocating, including email 
remain the same, and directory and service information on our web pages 
are in the process of being updated.

Other IS&T activities are also being relocated from W20; for example, 
the Online Consultants for Athena help and Athena Cluster Services are 
also moving to N42.

Finally, I wish to ask for your patience as we settle into this new 
arrangement; construction will not be fully complete before the 
beginning of fall term, and we are working to insure that we present a 
coherent set of combined services that each staff member can deliver to 
our clients. As with any change, there will be some surprises, and we 
appreciate your understanding and welcome your feedback.

If you wish to know more, or have questions, please don't hesitate to 
call me.

We look forward to this new approach for delivering these IS&T services.


Greg Anderson
Director, Client Support Services
MIT Information Services and Technology
Room N42-175
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-5654
ganderso at mit.edu


From ocw-mail at MIT.EDU  Tue Aug 17 16:51:33 2004
From: ocw-mail at MIT.EDU (ocw-mail@MIT.EDU)
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:51:33 -0400
Subject: [edtech] The MIT OpenCourseWare Update -- Vol. 2, Issue 8
Message-ID: <a06002012bd482046d28f@[18.89.2.233]>

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The MIT OpenCourseWare Update: August 2004

A Monthly E-mail Newsletter for Users
and Friends of MIT OpenCourseWare
----------------------------------------------------------------

The August 2004 MIT OpenCourseWare Update Contains:
1. New Courses Now Available
2. Upcoming MIT OCW Presentations
3. Digging Deeper: Course 8.224
4. A Frequently Asked Question
5. Comments
6. Newsletter Available Online at 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm>http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/AboutOCW/newsletter.htm



1. New Courses Now Available
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Over the course of the summer, MIT OpenCourseWare will employ a 
"rolling" publication schedule, releasing batches of new courses to 
the Web site at <http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html>http://ocw.mit.edu on 
a weekly basis, leading to the publication of 200 new courses by 
September 15. This milestone will mark the halfway point as MIT OCW 
works toward the publication of virtually all of MIT's courses by the 
year 2008. This month, we are pleased to offer the course materials 
from 12 new MIT subjects, including:

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-253Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>6.253 
-- Convex Analysis and Optimization, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-432Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>6.432 
-- Stochastic Processes, Detection, and Estimation, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-844Spring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>6.844 
-- Computability Theory of and with Scheme, Spring 2003

Media Arts and Sciences
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Media-Arts-and-Sciences/MAS-962Fall1997/CourseHome/index.htm>MAS.962 
-- Digital Typography, Fall 1997

Physics
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-311Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>8.311 
-- Electromagnetic Theory, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-942Fall2001/CourseHome/index.htm>8.942 
-- Cosmology, Fall 2001
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-962Spring2002/CourseHome/index.htm>8.962 
-- General Relativity, Spring 2002

Political Science
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-20Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>17.20 
-- Introduction to the American Political Process, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Political-Science/17-951Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>17.951 
-- Special Graduate Topic in Political Science: Public Opinion, 
Spring 2004

Science, Technology, and Society
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-035Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>STS.035 
-- The History of Computing, Spring 2004
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Science--Technology--and-Society/STS-436Spring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>STS.436 
-- Cold War Science, Spring 2004

Women's Studies
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Anthropology/21A-230JSpring2004/CourseHome/index.htm>SP.456J 
-- The Contemporary American Family, Spring 2004

MIT OCW will continue to publish new courses every week through 
September 15. For a complete list of all course offerings, visit the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm>complete course 
list.


2. Upcoming MIT OCW Presentations
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Educators and learners interested in finding out more about MIT OCW 
are encouraged to attend several upcoming educational and information 
technology conferences. Various members of the MIT OCW staff will 
attend these events and would welcome meeting users of the materials 
available on the MIT OCW Web site.

On Wednesday, September 1, Jon Paul Potts, the MIT OCW Communications 
Manager, will speak at the 16th annual 
<http://itinstitute.usu.edu/>Instructional Technology Institute at 
Utah State University in Logan, UT.

In October, MIT OCW staff will be speaking at the 
<http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2004/>EDUCAUSE 2004 
Conference in Denver, CO. On Thursday, October 21, Potts will speak 
on "The Impact of Open Sharing: MIT OpenCourseWare," at 11:45 am, and 
at 4:55 pm, MIT OCW staff will host a poster session and would be 
glad to meet with anyone who has questions about the MIT OCW project.

Anne H. Margulies, the Executive Director of the MIT OCW project, 
will be joined by members of the MIT faculty at the China Open 
Resources for Education (CORE) International Forum 2004, to be held 
September 1-4 in Shanghai. This international conference will explore 
open course resources sharing, management, and technology for 
effective utilization and enhancement of education. For information 
on this event, or to discover more about CORE, visit 
<http://www.njtu.edu.cn/jg/jgws/content/core.htm>http://www.njtu.edu.cn/jg/jgws/content/core.htm

MIT OCW staff will also be speaking in Japan this fall. Farnaz 
Haghseta, the External Outreach Coordinator for the MIT OCW project, 
will be speaking at the <http://www.nime.ac.jp/conf2004e/>2004 NIME 
International Symposium. This event, to be held at Japan's National 
Institute of Multimedia Education in Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi, Japan, 
will take place November 17-18.


3. Digging Deeper: Course 8.224
---------------------------------------------------------------
Can I see a black hole at all? If I can see it, what does a black 
hole look like? Does it look black? What does it feel like to fall 
toward a black hole? Each month, this newsletter offers subscribers 
an in-depth guide to one particular subject, and this month, we delve 
into Professors Edmund Berthschinger and Edwin Taylor's 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.224 -- Exploring Black Holes: General Relativity and Astrophysics, 
from MIT's <http://web.mit.edu/physics/>Department of Physics.

Professor Bertschinger is a theoretical astrophysicist who serves as 
head of MIT's 
<http://web.mit.edu/physics/research/areasofresearch/astrophysics/astrophysics.html>Division 
of Astrophysics. His research is focused in cosmology and 
relativistic astrophysics, and 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>Exploring 
Black Holes is one of three courses available from Professor 
Bertschinger on MIT OCW, the other two being 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-942Fall2001/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.942 -- Cosmology and 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-962Spring2002/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.962 -- General Relativity. Professor Taylor is a Senior Research 
Scientist Emeritus at MIT.

Course 8.224 investigates the questions of the cosmos using 
elementary calculus. The course homepage features a beautiful image 
taken by the orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory, as presented on 
<http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/>NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day 
Web site. The course site includes 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/Assignments/index.htm>Assignments, 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/Exams/index.htm>Exams, 
and a description of the 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/Projects/index.htm>end-of-term 
collaborative research project that MIT students enrolled in the 
course must complete.

The 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/LectureNotes/index.htm>Lecture 
Notes for this course include slides, PDFs, and/or videos for each of 
the seminar sessions, covering topics such as "The Universe: 
Questions You Were Afraid to Ask," "Supermassive Black Hole at the 
Center of Our Galaxy -- Sagittarius A*," and "Cosmic Structure 
Formation: From Inflation to Galaxies."

MIT OCW users are advised to check out MIT Professor Robert Jaffe's 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-20Introduction-to-Special-RelativityJanuary--IAP-2003/CourseHome/index.htm>Course 
8.20 -- Introduction to Special Relativity as a prerequisite for 
Course 8.224. Professor Jaffe's MIT OCW Web site introduces users to 
the basic ideas and equations of Albert Einstein's Special Theory of 
Relativity, and will help them to better understand the subject 
matter of 
<http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-224Exploring-Black-Holes--General-Relativity---AstrophysicsSpring2003/CourseHome/index.htm>Exploring 
Black Holes.


4. A Frequently Asked Question
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tutor students based on MIT materials. Does MIT approve or recognize 
such individuals or organizations?
ANSWER: No, MIT has no relationship with, grants no special 
permission to, and does not approve, endorse, or certify any 
organizations, teachers, tutors, or other service providers who use 
educational materials available on the MIT OCW Web site in connection 
with their services. Except for students admitted to MIT and enrolled 
at the Institute, MIT does not authorize the granting of any kind of 
degree, certificate, or other recognition for participation in or 
completion of any course of study based on or using published MIT 
course materials.


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From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Tue Aug 24 16:17:54 2004
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:17:54 -0400
Subject: [edtech] [Fwd: NERCOMP SIG - Higher Ed 101 - September 23, 2004]
Message-ID: <1093378674.12917.27.camel@arizona.mit.edu>

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: NERCOMP <ldimauro at wesleyan.edu>
To: jfoster at mit.edu
Subject: NERCOMP SIG - Higher Ed 101 - September 23, 2004
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 11:25:03 -0400


Dear Friends,
Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: 

"Higher Ed 101 - Filling a Void in IT Professional Development "

DATE: 
September 23, 2004

TIME: 
9:00- 2:30 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)

PRICE: 
NERCOMP Members: $77, Non-Members: $177

LOCATION: 
College of the Holy Cross 
Hogan Campus Center
Worcester, MA.

DESCRIPTION: 
After a series of awkward incidents precipitated by IT staff misunderstanding of the organizational structure of higher education, Information Services at Northeastern University decided to fill a void in our professional development offerings by launching Higher Ed 101. This course explains the constraints upon information technology in an academic environment; delves into the role of the president, provost and board of trustees; and ends with a graphic description of the demands the 'new' student is making on both the IT function and the very construct of higher education. Come to this workshop to learn that a quad can be a green grassy area surrounded by buildings, how tenure can affect the process of information technology and, oh yes, to see if you can get a passing grade. The afternoon session will include a spirited discussion with administrators and others about how IT/Academe cultural clashes can create havoc for everyone. 


For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: 
http://www.nercomp.org/sigs/0405/092304HigherEd101/HigherEd101Sched.html

We would be grateful if you would pass this announcement on to friends and colleagues who might find it of interest. 

To view other SIGs events, click here: http://www.nercomp.org/

If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please reply to this email with "Please Remove from NERCOMP list" in the subject line.

Thank you very much. We hope to see you on September 23rd.

Sincerely, 
Lisa DiMauro 
NERCOMP

    
-- 
Jean Foster <jfoster at mit.edu>

From bowser at MIT.EDU  Wed Aug 25 13:20:42 2004
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 13:20:42 -0400
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Update on Windows XP SP2
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040825121908.020a21a8@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2004
To: MIT Community:  itpartners, winpartners, sw-release-announce, ed-tech
From: Software Release Team <winxp-release at mit.edu>
Subject:  IS&T Update on Windows XP SP2
Cc: is&t, itag, it-lead
-----------------------------------------------------

Good day:

We wish to update the MIT community on the status of our efforts with 
Windows XP Professional SP2.  As we announced last week, users who have 
their machines configured to use Automatic Update will start receiving 
Windows XP Professional SP2 beginning today, August 25. Microsoft has 
indicated that they will ramp up distribution each day starting at 25,000 
updates and getting to 2.5 million updates per day.

We encourage users to configure their machines to use MIT's Windows 
Automatic Update (WAUS) which will not deploy the service pack until 
testing of SP2 at MIT has been completed and any major problems found are 
resolved.  Based on the current test results and feedback from the 
community, we do not anticipate a long delay.

To configure a machine to use WAUS, follow the instructions at:

	http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/windows/updates/

For more information on ways to prevent SP2 from automatically
installing, see:

	http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/win-xp-sp2/whattodosp2.html

Beginning today, documentation for SP2 including new security features, 
security guidelines, troubleshooting tips and known issues are available to 
aid the community:  http://itinfo.mit.edu/product?vid=642

Any issues that we hear about will be posted on the Release Notebook at:

	http://web.mit.edu/swrt/releases/win-xp-sp2/

If you are testing XP SP2 within a test environment, we would appreciate 
hearing from you regarding your experiences. Please provide feedback not 
only on the problems you encounter but also on applications and services 
you are able to use successfully.

Please send e-mail with test results or questions to winxp-release at mit.edu.


Deb Bowser
QA Coordinator - Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu


From bowser at MIT.EDU  Thu Aug 26 13:20:16 2004
From: bowser at MIT.EDU (Deb Bowser)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 13:20:16 -0400
Subject: [edtech] IS&T Software Update for August 2004
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20040826085526.03121dd8@po12.mit.edu>

Date: Thursday August 26, 2004
To:  Members of the MIT Community: itpartners at mit.edu, macpartners at mit.edu, 
winpartners at mit.edu, sw-release-announce at mit.edu, ed-tech at mit.edu, 
linux-help at mit.edu
From: Software Release Team <swrt at mit.edu>
Subj: IS&T Software Update for August 2004
Cc:  is&t at mit.edu, itag at mit.edu, kakapo at mit.edu


This monthly communication is intended for Faculty, Staff and Students 
within the MIT Community, to provide updated information regarding new and 
upcoming software products and services.

Topics of the month:
----------------------------------------
1. Recently released software
2. Software release efforts underway
3. Volume & site license software update
4. Operating systems retirement
5. How are we doing?  Let us know

1. Recent Releases
-------------------------------------------------------
We have been working hard in preparation for school getting back in session 
this September.  The main focus has been on testing Serivice Pack 2 (SP2) 
for Windows XP and on getting the latest versions of software onto the Fall 
Getting Connected CD.  You will see in the coming weeks, several products, 
like Virex 7.5 and VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i being released for this fall.


2. Software Release Efforts Underway
------------------------------------------------------
Linux
-----------
Back-to-school CD - Gone to production - August 2004
VPN - Release effort underway - Fall 2004

Macintosh
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Back-to-school CD - Gone to production - August 2004
TSM 5.2.3 - Release effort underway - Fall 2004
Virex 7.5 - Release effort underway - September 2004
VPN - Release effort underway - Fall 2004

Windows
-----------------
Back-to-school CD - Gone to production - August 2004
Oracle Connector for Outlook to TechTime - Release effort on hold - TBD
TSM 5.2.3 - Release effort underway - Fall 2004
VirusScan Enterprise 8.0i - Release effort underway - September 2004
VPN - Release effort underway - Fall 2004
Windows XP SP2 -Recommendation pending - Fall 2004

To obtain information on any of the release efforts listed, please visit 
our page:  http://web.mit.edu/swrt

We've changed the way our web site looks and would appreciate your 
feedback.  You can use the feedback form mentioned below or send your 
feedback to swrt at mit.edu.


3. Volume Site License Software Update
----------------------------------------------------------
After a longer than desirable delay, we have resolved the Matlab R14 
license code problems with Mathworks and are able to provide updated 
license codes for Matlab R14.  Visit the VSLS site to request Matlab or 
other licenses:

http://web.mit.edu/ist/products/vsls/


4. Operating systems retirement
--------------------------------------------------
On August 11, a communication was sent to the Community regarding the 
retirement of Windows 2000. For more information, please 
see:  http://web.mit.edu/swrt/announcements/retirement-win2000-countdown.html

Mac OS X 10.3.5 was released by Apple and testing so far has been favorable.

Windows XP SP2 was released by Microsoft and testing is nearing 
completion.  For more information see the SP2 Release Notebook linked from 
the SWRT site at:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/


5. How are we doing? - Let us know
--------------------------------------------------------------
Do you find this communication helpful?  Are there other items of interest 
you would like to see included as well?  Please take a moment to let us know:
http://web.mit.edu/swrt/feedback.html

You can always send e-mail to swrt at mit.edu with any questions and comments 
you have pertaining to this communication or other software release matters.

Deb Bowser
QA Coordinator - Client Support Services
Information Services and Technology (IS&T)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room W92-176
Cambridge, MA 02139
617-253-3879
bowser at mit.edu


From jfoster at MIT.EDU  Thu Aug 26 16:37:00 2004
From: jfoster at MIT.EDU (Jean Foster)
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 16:37:00 -0400
Subject: [edtech] Crosstalk/Ed Tech Partners Event - Tue Sept 7
Message-ID: <AEA73F0A-F79F-11D8-9436-000A959B1E68@mit.edu>

Please join us for this first educational technology event of the new  
academic year.

How will the innovative repository and learning systems being developed  
at MIT work with commercial products and other available tools?  How  
far away are we from "Plug and Play"  educational software?  Come to  
this presentation for a view of the current state of the art and to  
learn about active work in this area.

WHAT: Joint Crosstalk/Educational Technology Partners meeting (with  
lunch)
WHEN: Tuesday, September 7, 11:00
WHERE: Mezzanine Lounge, W20-307
RSVP: By Thu, Sept 2 to edtech-events at mit.edu
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  Educational Technology Trends: Current Trends in Plug and Play  
Educational Software

Giunti Interactive Labs, a company of the Giunti Publishing Group,  
provides content, learning & knowledge management services and  
products.  MIT has been working closely with Giunti Labs as part of the  
Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I) project and as members of the IMS  
Global Learning Consortium.  Giunti has recently begun to utilize  
O.K.I. Open Service Interface Definitions (OSIDs), in particular the  
Repository OSID, to more easily integrate its learn eXact Learning  
Content Management System (LCMS) with various digital repositories of  
learning content that support the specification.

Learn how Giunti Labs has approached the process of implementing OKI  
OSIDs, and other interoperability specifications, within their product,  
and what they see as the market motivation to engage in this sort of  
development activity.  Explore the benefit for MIT as more products  
begin to utilize such specifications to be more easily integrated with  
each other and with our growing campus infrastructure.  How might we  
better prepare ourselves to better leverage a diverse marketplace of  
educational software.

This session will feature Giunti Labs learn eXact Learning Content  
Management System, and offer a demonstration, not only of the features  
of learn eXact, but also how, through the specifications of the Open  
Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) products like this can be integrated in  
useful ways with other current and future educational software  
applications and tools of interest to MIT.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jean  Foster????????????????????????????????????????????
Academic Computing???????? ??????????????????????
MIT  Information Services and Technology  
(IS&T)??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Room N42-040F, 617.253.3909  jfoster at mit.edu