Page 46 - Campus Technology, January/February 2019
P. 46
Photos: Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
46
CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY | January/February 2019
2018
From Disaster Recovery to a New Outlook on Learning
For Puerto Rico’s Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, the process of restoring campus systems after Hurricane Maria led to new opportunities for active learning and community engagement.
Category: IT Infrastructure and Systems
Institution: Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
Project: Hurricane Maria Disaster Recovery
Project lead: Gilberto J. Marxuach Torrós, president
Tech lineup: Amazon Web Services, The College Board, Dynamic Campus, Microsoft, Moodle
CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY first profiled Universidad del Sagrado Corazón (University of the Sacred Heart) last November as the Puerto Rico-based university recovered from the damage wrought by Hurri- cane Maria by pivoting to cloud services for delivering its academic and student systems. While that was a worthy achievement in itself with an astounding turnaround time, it’s also not the end of the story. What may have even greater impact is how the effects of the hurricane have changed the way learning is now viewed on campus.4
After Hurricane Maria, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón turned every available space into classrooms, including porches, terraces, porticos, open spaces and hallways.
