Please join us for Innovate 2012, Ohio State University Office of the Chief Information Officer's annual conference featuring the best uses of technology in teaching and learning across the nation. Held on April 12, Innovate is a free event at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on Ohio State's campus.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Submit Your Proposal To Present At Innovate
Deadline for proposals is February 21, 2012
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Learning Technologies, in the Office of the Chief Information Officer, invites you to attend Innovate, our annual conference featuring the best uses of technology in teaching and learning at universities and colleges across the Midwest. Held on April 12, the event will be hosted at the Leed Certified Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center
We are proud to share that two Impact Grant projects resulted in articles in the winter 2011 edition of Academic Exchange Quarterly, an internationally recognized peer-reviewed journal. E-Learning in Undergraduate General Chemistry explains the project results in Chemistry 161, while Technology-Enhanced Calculus Lectures shares the results of Math’s Impact Grant project in Calculus 151 (and continued work in 152)
In observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Ohio State offices will be closed December 26-27, and January 2. The IT Service Desk will close at 6 p.m. on December 23 and reopen during normal hours on December 28. The BuckeyeBar at the Thompson Library will close at 4:30 p.m. on December 23 and reopen during normal hours on December 28.
Recently, the techniques used by hackers and e-mail spammers have gotten more and more sophisticated. While it's obvious that a spammer sent an e-mail from a Nigerian widow seeking to transfer $10 million USD, sometimes things aren't that clear. New scams seem to appear everyday and hackers are now turning to cold calling over the phone to acquire your sensitive information.
OSU:pro, the expertise database used to produce dossiers for promotion and tenure, was purchased earlier this year by Thomson Reuters, a leading international firm specializing in gathering and organizing information. This purchase showcases one of the quality products developed by Ohio State University staff to serve the needs of faculty.
Did you notice anything different about the Open Enrollment process this year?
Effective immediately the Office of the Chief Information Officer is pleased to announce that the university has signed an amendment with Apple that overrides unacceptable choice of law and indemnification language in software license agreements. It is the first of its kind ever agreed to by Apple, allowing staff and faculty to:
The Ohio State University is piloting Adobe Connect for academic and non-academic units. Adobe Connect is a powerful interactive tool that can be used for both web-conferencing and webinar sessions.
