DAMS: Harnessing the power of rich media

The classroom of the near future: Faculty and students find and use audio, video, animation and other rich media as easily as they draw on text materials.

To pursue that vision, the University has begun a joint project with IBM on a Data Asset Management System (DAMS). Using DAMS, a student would be able to search through a video looking for the mention of specific words, or when a particular face appears. The system integrates ingestion of data, assignment of metadata (similar to keywords), storage, retrieval and manipulation, in a way that would make media assets available to users across campus. More>

U-M officials address higher ed legislation

With the recent introduction of legislation that would limit tuition increases and the ongoing work in Congress toward reauthorization of the Higher Education Act (HEA), U-M continues to play an active role in Washington. More>