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Online Masters, Oil and Gas Charter School, Manufacturing & More

By on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 12:05pm

Today's digest features information on Representative Tim Ryan's efforts to encourage manufacturing to strengthen the US economy, and an Ohio charter school planned for students to enter into the oil and gas industries. Also included is information on a new online-learning hybrid model university, an online computer science Masters program pilot release, and information on Ohio's drop-out rate and efforts to curb this. Also of interest is information on a new report discussing the decreasing demand for teachers statewide in Ohio. 

Privacy in the Internet Age: Dogs, Phish and Wolves

By on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 4:00pm (updated Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 1:39pm)
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In the early years of the Internet, there was a cartoon that depicted a dog sitting at a computer. The caption read, “On the Internet, no one knows you’re a dog.” Today, that caption might instead read, “On the Internet, not only do we know you’re a dog, but we know your breed, your pawprint and your preferred dog food.” As the Internet has grown, it’s become harder to protect our personal information from prying eyes.

Wind Turbines, Self Driving Cars, The White House & More

By on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 - 9:55am

Despite today's freezing temperatures, we have the daily digest filled with information on Ohio State's funding for its Big Data program, the Titan supercomputer being used to propel wind turbines, and education reform in Ohio. Also included is news on Ford, Stanford and MIT partnering together to explore research on self-driving cars and the White House's new Big Data privacy review. 

Online Learning, Biomedical Research, College Rating & More

By on Monday, January 27, 2014 - 9:33am

The first Digest of this week features new information released on an alternative to Obama's college-rating plan and an update on the effects of recession budget cuts on public higher education. Also included is information on Ohio Third Frontier grants focusing on biomedical research and education, a series of discussions around the world to promote online education, and the announcement of America Makes' second round of funding. 

Bob Evans, Wind Turbines, Women in Stem & More

By on Thursday, January 23, 2014 - 9:49am

Today's digest highlights news on Third Frontier funding to University of Toledo, wind turbines providing renewable energy at a Honda transmission plant, and Bob Evans working on manufacturing efforts. Also included is information on IBM Watson supercomputing and STEM education promotion among girls and young women across the country. 

We tell 'em: We know you can!

By on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 2:30pm (updated Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 1:40pm)
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Watty Piper’s classic message from 1930 in The Little Engine That Could is applicable today, more than eighty years later.  Although the first time the phrase – “I think I can” – was found was in a 1902 Swedish journal, and again soon after, in 1906, in Reverend Charles Wing’s sermon to his Brooklyn congregation that had just paid off the church’s mortgage … most humans believe they are capable of greater achievements.

Brazil, The Smithsonian, Robots & More

By on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 9:53am

Today's digest features a variety of information from Brazil's efforts in development of massive open online courses (MOOCs), to an update on the sequester and the new federal spending plan. Also included is information on the Smithsonian working on expanding its digital collection, the upcoming Ohio Educational Technology Conference, and a new website called "RoboEarth" that will allow researchers to share design and programming information about robots. 

Ireland, DNA, Energy Conservation & More

By on Friday, January 17, 2014 - 9:23am

Today's Digest contains information on IBM Dublin reducing energy use, free databases to provide public access to big data, and an Ohio school district implementing an energy conservation project to save costs. Also included is information on President Obama's announcement of a new tech-hub at North Carolina State University to help foster collaboration between the public and private sector, and a new DNA supercomputer built by Illumina.