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NJEDge.Net is more than just bits and bytes; it is about fostering collaboration for its members. The consortium promotes creativity through face-to-face and online presentations and project sharing which, inevitably, leads to academic fraternity.
Activity groups allow members to have a continued dialogue with colleagues from other institutions on topics that relate to their experience in teaching with technologies. At times the members will approach NJEDge.Net to coordinate the formation of a committee or working group and at times NJEDge.Net foresees the need to bring members together to evaluate and assess developing new technologies. NJEDge will routinely send out a call for proposal to vendor partners, or appoint a member from one of the colleges and universities as chair to initiate a web conference symposium.
Cyber Infrastructure: Advanced Computing Technology (CI-ACT) Meeting
CI-ACT is the newest NJEDge.Net working group organized to promote and facilitate an understanding of advanced computing technologies and develop methodologies to share high performance computing resources among the NJEDge.Net. Whether one’s interest lies in the physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences or the arts as an educator, researcher or simply have a professional development goal, HPC is likely to play an increasingly prominent role in academic life. CI-ACT's mission is to promote HPC for the NJEDge.Net community- it is not restricted to the research universities.
Co Chair: Les Michelson, UMDNJ
David Perel, NJIT
Eric Marshall, Rutgers University
Call for Participation
CI-ACT is currently organizing a High Performance Computing Workshop at NJIT.
Mail list: ci-act@njedge.net
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Data Resource Group (DRG) Meeting
The Data Resources Group focuses on a wide variety of issues and topics of interest to Data Network Managers and will hold regular meetings at participating member institutions. Sample topics include: Router and gatekeeper configuration standards required for effective use of the videoconferencing portal; Configuring router's and firewall's to help manage virus attacks; general traffic shaping techniques; as well as vendor presentations on specific topics of interest to participating members.
Co Chairs: Frank Aversa, NJIT
Jeff Giacobbe, Montclair State University
Discussion forum: DRG
forum
Mail list: drg-all@njedge.net
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Distance Learning Academic Advisory Board (DLAAB) Meeting
The focus of DLAAB is on educational technology and on issues related to teaching and learning, faculty development and support, and curricular innovation
The Digital Learning Academic Advisory Board (DLAAB) plays a leadership role in bringing together the collective expertise of faculty to stimulate distance learning initiatives and to promote the meaningful infusion of technology into higher education curricula. The focus of DLAAB is on educational technology, that is, on issues related to teaching and learning, faculty development and support, and curricular innovation. The various activities and events sponsored by DLAAB as well as the networking and collaborative efforts facilitated by this working group, has assisted with building and maintaining an environment that includes technology conducive to teaching and learning. In order to support the development of the full potential of all members of the University community, DLAAB has provided practical uses of innovative pedagogical strategies, meeting the demands of the digital learner as well as embracing institutional change in anticipation of the needs of the University's community of learners.
Co Chairs:Blake Haggerty, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mary Zedeck, Seton Hall University
Mail list: dlaab-list@njedge.net
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K-20 Initiative Meeting
The NJEDge.Net K-20 Initiative brings together member institutions and innovators from primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, and museums to extend new technologies, applications, middleware, and content to all educational sectors, as quickly and connectedly as possible.
Co Chairs: Matthew Conforth, Passaic Valley High School
Greg Festa, Montclair State University
Network Authentication Working Group (NAWG) Meeting
With the rapid growth of online academic resources and services, the need for a secure and simplified federated access to these resources was realized. A workgroup was formed to coordinate efforts across the NJEDge.Net membership to provide a forum for gathering and exchanging information to develop and deploy a statewide standard-based Federated Identity management infrastructure. The group is comprised of enterprise directory analysts and other technical staff working with administrative system applications with an interest in user authentication and application authorization.
Video Resource Group (VRG) Meeting
The Video Resources Group (VRG) brings educators together to share expertise in applications of video in an academic environment. The group sponsors workshops, conferences, videoconferences, and other professional development activities.
Co Chairs: Bob Gerdes, Rutgers University
Lee Kobus, Ocean County Community College
Minutes: View minutes
Discussion forum: VRG
forum
Mail list: vrg-all@njedge.net
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Voice Services Group (VSG) Meeting
The Voice Services Group (VSG) brings voice network managers together from member institutions to explore the expanding range of voice-oriented services and technologies, providing a forum for regional meetings and discussions about the evolving needs and requirements for services in this area and evaluate the implementation of new technologies such as Voice-over-IP using the NJEDge.Net extranet backbone, participate in pilots and test trials with selected new technologies in this area. The working group will also serve to provide input and advice regarding evolving institutional needs and requirements in the voice services area.
Mail list: vsg@njedge.net
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