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San José State University
Higher Education
Opening Up Higher Education with Collaboration Technology
As the number one supplier of education,
engineering, computer science, and
business graduates to Silicon Valley, San
José State University (SJSU) is an incubator
for top tech talent. With the largest graduate
student enrollment of any campus in the
California State University system, SJSU
is consistently ranked high in U.S. News &
World Report’s annual survey of America’s
best colleges.
engineering, computer science, and
business graduates to Silicon Valley, San
José State University (SJSU) is an incubator
for top tech talent. With the largest graduate
student enrollment of any campus in the
California State University system, SJSU
is consistently ranked high in U.S. News &
World Report’s annual survey of America’s
best colleges.
SJSU strives to enrich the lives of students
and transmit knowledge using the latest
technology. It was an early adopter of
collaboration technologies to add flexibility
to education delivery and to enable
international partnerships.
and transmit knowledge using the latest
technology. It was an early adopter of
collaboration technologies to add flexibility
to education delivery and to enable
international partnerships.
Challenge: Building on
Collaboration Success
From virtual lectures to asynchronous
learning, SJSU quickly proved the
value of collaboration technologies. It
launched virtual classes to add flexibility,
brought in experts to enrich learning,
extended the reach of its programs, and
helped traveling faculty stay connected.
Attendance rose and student academic
performance improved in major courses.
But these early successes were only the
beginning. The university had identified
learning, SJSU quickly proved the
value of collaboration technologies. It
launched virtual classes to add flexibility,
brought in experts to enrich learning,
extended the reach of its programs, and
helped traveling faculty stay connected.
Attendance rose and student academic
performance improved in major courses.
But these early successes were only the
beginning. The university had identified
many use cases for digital collaboration
and began to put them into practice.
and began to put them into practice.
Face-to-Face Communication
Enhancing Social Work Education in
Vietnam
SJSU’s College of Applied Sciences and
Arts hosts the Social Work Education
Enhancement Program (SWEEP), an
initiative to develop and carry out a
curriculum that is relevant and adaptable
to Vietnam’s changing needs. Eight
Vietnamese universities participate in the
program, using Cisco WebEx
Arts hosts the Social Work Education
Enhancement Program (SWEEP), an
initiative to develop and carry out a
curriculum that is relevant and adaptable
to Vietnam’s changing needs. Eight
Vietnamese universities participate in the
program, using Cisco WebEx
®
technology
for regular biweekly leadership meetings
that involve the SWEEP team and high-level
representatives of the partner universities.
Participants in San Jose use a Cisco
that involve the SWEEP team and high-level
representatives of the partner universities.
Participants in San Jose use a Cisco
®
video
conferencing system and a fully integrated
next-generation conference room to
communicate face to face with participants
in Vietnam.
next-generation conference room to
communicate face to face with participants
in Vietnam.
“The ability to conduct video meetings
and build strategic partnerships with
Vietnamese universities is contributing
to the development of social work in
Vietnam,” says Debra Faires, the director
of online learning at SJSU’s School of
Information. “Our partners can connect to
video meetings via Cisco WebEx on their
and build strategic partnerships with
Vietnamese universities is contributing
to the development of social work in
Vietnam,” says Debra Faires, the director
of online learning at SJSU’s School of
Information. “Our partners can connect to
video meetings via Cisco WebEx on their
San José State University:
Size: 32,800 students
Industry: Higher education
Location: Americas
United States
San Jose, CA
Industry: Higher education
Location: Americas
United States
San Jose, CA
Solutions
• Video and web conferencing
support distance learning and
global educational partnerships
global educational partnerships
• Lecture capture expands access
to popular courses and extends
classrooms to hard-to-reach
places
classrooms to hard-to-reach
places
• Collaboration-based teaching
enhances learning experiences
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collaboration