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EDUCAUSE Live! July 29, 2009 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT)

Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution

Special Guests

Henry Schaffer
Professor Emeritus of Genetics and Biomathematics and Coordinator of Special IT Projects and Faculty Collaboration
North Carolina State University

Henry E. Schaffer is professor emeritus of genetics and biomathematics and coordinator of special IT projects and faculty collaboration in the Office of Information Technology at NC State. A co-PI of SURAnet, one of the initial regional networks of the NSFnet, he continues to work on the uses of information and communication technologies in research and education. He has been a member of the VCL team from its inception and recently received an Endeavor Award from the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) for his contributions to education in North Carolina.

Sarah Stein
Associate Professor of Communication and Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) Academic Outreach and Collaboration
North Carolina State University

Sarah Stein is associate professor in the Department of Communication and coordinator of academic outreach and collaboration on the Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) team at NC State. Her work for the VCL helps navigate the communication, organizational, and cultural demands involved in implementing a new technology that impacts pedagogical and research arenas. Stein also founded NC State's Teaching, Learning & Technology Roundtable, a grassroots forum now in its 11th year.

Summary

Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Henry Schaffer and Sarah Stein, and the topic will be "Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution."

The Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) is a cloud computing solution that is designed to address the unique needs of academic institutions. Computational resources for teaching faculty, students, and researchers require flexibility in order to be effective in diverse environments. The VCL enables this in an unprecedentedly affordable manner. This talk will present an overview of the VCL and discuss the computing resource problems that initiated it, the advantages and limitations of its use, and its pedagogical impact, as well as the economic implications of cloud computing.

Related EDUCAUSE Resources

Cloud Computing
Virtualization
Archives of past EDUCAUSE Live! seminars

Additional Resources

"Cloud Computing for the Academic Institution"
Informative VCL articles (see "THE INFO CORNER" in the lower right)

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