UCLA's Office of Information Technology is in the process of developing cloud computing technology to simplify how students and faculty access online materials. Read more...

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CLOUD PROJECTS AT UCLA
“¢bull; BruinBox is a shared data space resource that will use cloud storage to keep files on servers, rather than personal computers, that can be accessed from anywhere. Students will be able to access their documents, pictures and music from BruinBox.

“¢bull; UCLA’s Common Collaboration and Learning Environment website will be updated with cloud computing.

“¢bull; Cloud computing will allow faculty to easily include multimedia, such as YouTube videos, on the website.

“¢bull; Cloud services for a data management service will allow researchers to access large quantities of data shared by other researchers very quickly, without having to download it onto their computers.

SOURCE: Institute for Digital Research and Education
Compiled by Kylie Reynolds, Bruin senior staff.

Sand-filled jars "“ 141 of them "“ sat on a table at the front of the classroom, each bearing the name of a country. Read more...

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A General Education Cluster course uses vials of sand to show students recent estimates that the world population reached 7 billion on Monday.