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Drs. Jaime Goff, Autumn Sutherlin, Cynthia Powell, and Stephen Baldridge, and Kenneth Pybus, J.D., participated in a panel discussion at the 2011 Connected Summit.
• Slide2Learn Conference, Queensland, Australia (online), Dr. William Rankin, April 19, 2011. • Shady Hill School, Cambridge, Mass., Dr. William Rankin, April 27, 2011. • Technology Leadership Workshop, McAllen ISD, McAllen, Texas, Billie McConnell, Dr. William Rankin and George Saltsman, April 29, 2011. • WCNY HDI Executive Panel Dinner and Discussion, Gates, N.Y., Joshua Tooley, May 2011. • Apple Publisher Event, Zurich, Switzerland, Dr. William Rankin, May 2, 2011. • Lernen mit Apple: K-12 Leadership Summit, Munich, Germany, Dr. William Rankin, May 5, 2011. • Lernen mit Apple: Hi-Ed Leadership Summit, Munich, Germany, Dr. William Rankin, May 4, 2011. • Huntington University (online), Huntington, Ind., George Saltsman, May 13, 2011. • Journées Portes Ouvertes de Bell Labs en France, Villarceaux, France, George Saltsman. May 13, 2011. • Zentren für Kommunikation und Informationsverarbeitung, Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany (online), Dr. William Rankin, May 17, 2011. • Considering Mobile Learning, Huntington University, Huntington, Ind., George Saltsman, May 17, 2011. • Making the Move to Mobile, Symposium for Higher Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, George Saltsman, May 25, 2011. • CCCU Technology Conference, Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU), Portland, Ore., George Saltsman, June 2, 2011. • Texas Faculty Development Network (TFDN), El Paso, Texas, Dr. Scott Hamm, George Saltsman and Tina Powers, June 8-9, 2011. • Pre K-20 Mobilization Summit, Tennessee Board of Regents, Sevierville, Tenn., Kevin Roberts and George Saltsman, June 20, 2011. • mLearnCon Conference & Expo 2011, eLearning Guild, San Jose, Calif., Dr. William Rankin, June 21 and 23, 2011 • Blackboard World 2011, Las Vegas, Nev., Dr. Ian Shepherd and George Saltsman, July 14, 2011. • Apple Distinguished Educators Summer Institute 2011, The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Ariz., Dr. William Rankin, July 17, 2011. • Technology Tuesday Webcast, Coalition of Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU)Commission on Technology, Washington D.C. (online), George Saltsman, July 25, 2011. • Campus Technology 2011, Boston, Mass., Dr. Scott Perkins and George Saltsman, July 26, 2011.
Advisory Boards and Consulting
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ACU is a charter member and one of only 12 schools participating on the Google Higher Education Customer Advisory Board.
ACU is one of approximately 40 schools to serve on the Pillar Institute of Sungard, an ERP vendor maintaining a greater than 60 percent market share in higher education. Pillar Institute schools serve as an advisory board assisting Sungard senior executives in strategic planning.
ACU consults with Turning Technologies, a global leader in student-response and assessment systems, about the role of their ResponseWare and TurningPoint AnyWhere solutions for higher education and K-12.
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ACU is a charter member of the AT&T Education Advisory Board, which advises AT&T in all areas of the education marketplace.
ACU has been a longtime partner of Alcatel-Lucent, working closely with many areas of the organization to explore innovative uses of technology in a campus environment, including networking technologies and technologies associated with the future of digital publishing.
ACU is a charter member and one of only ten institutions participating in a collaborative program with Pearson, one of the world’s top academic publishers, focused on developing advanced learning technologies. ACU’s full-saturation of mobile devices makes it an ideal laboratory for exploring future educational solutions.
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ACU participates in emerging educational projects and confers with Apple regarding educational initiatives through its representation in the Apple Distinguished Educators program.
ACU has joined Cambridge University Press in a three-year partnership to develop digital texts for course use and to explore the impact of digital publishing in higher education.
ACU and Inkling have partnered to explore the role of digital learning content in higher education. Projects include course-wide deployment of titles on Inkling’s platform and research about the efficacy of interactive and media-rich alternatives to the printed book.
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