Today we focus on Columbus' library system renovations in accordance with the new digital requirements in libraries nationwide, higher education online courses offered by the World Economic Forum and a new proposed state house bill to offer tax credits to STEM degree earners in Ohio. Also included is information on Ohio University keeping a flat four-year tuition cost, and agriculture and natural-resources benefitting from the new Ohio farm bill.
Today's Digest features information on rural communities in relation to education, IBM bringing projects abroad, e-Learning and an international expansion, and a pitch from US governors on workforce development. Also included is a short take on recently released material from the US library of Congress.
A number of IT writers and experts have forecasted a high turnover industry-wide among CIOs and their staffs in 2014. ... Many of the same factors behind the corporate shake-ups also have increased the churn at the CIO desks of an unusually higher number of colleges and universities across Ohio. In 2014, we’ll see new faces at many of our member institutions, ...
TGIF! The final digest for this week has great information on 3D printing and ORNL digital manufacturing efforts, a new blended learning algebra program, and SAP education taking learning to the cloud. Also included is information on manufacturing firms' strategies to face the exodus of the retiring baby boomers, and service-learning opportunities for college students based on Information Technology.
Still combatting the snowy weather, we bring you another daily digest filled with updates on free community college in Tennessee, Ohio reading proficiency levels for STEM students, and a new pledge from Apple and Microsoft toward education technology. Also included is information on the FCC funding for high-speed internet in schools, and the farm bill creating a second-land grant university in Ohio.
Despite the snowy weather, we have today's digest filled with information on online peer tutoring efforts in California, Common Core Standards, and a massive open online course ban to some foreign countries. Also included is information on MIT's Big data storage system, and Lockheed Martin's new research and development with self-driving cars
You might wonder, “What is Digital Learning?” According to Ohio Senate Bill 316, “Digital learning, means learning facilitated by technology that gives students some element of control over time, place, path or pace of learning.” Digital learning encompasses the effective use of technology to empower teachers and students. Digital Learning Day (DLD) allows schools a set time to discuss and share ways to provide every child the opportunity to learn in a robust digital environment every day, with the goal of success in college and a career. It is a day to celebrate and empower teachers, showcase innovative usages of technology and share resources.
The Digest for this Tuesday focuses on information on efforts to increase internet access across the nation in classrooms, advancement of STEM education with 35 universities across 20 countries, and Coursera's release of a new Specialization program that will provide certification through a vocational program. Also included is information on full-day kindergarten changes in Ohio and manufacturing making an appearance in Northeast Ohio.
Transition and change can be a good thing; this year I will call it evolution. The Ohio Educational Technology Conference (OETC 2014), formerly known as the e-TECH Conference, is emerging as the nation’s top conference for educational technology. Changes this year included the addition of higher ed, greater emphasis on emerging technology and gaming, sessions targeted to instruct rather than just be informative, and changing the design and flow to increase visibility of speakers, sessions and vendors. All these things led to the largest Ohio ed-tech gathering to date.
Today's digest features a wide variety of education-focused articles featuring one on state rebranding of the Common Core state standards, differing opinions about science education in Congress and the NIH, and a new finding on kindergarten teachers focusing on preparing students for later grades. Also included is information on the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center and an Army partnership to support STEM education.
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