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NEWSBYTES I HUNTSMAN TAKES HR ONLINE In January, Utah State University���s Huntsman School of Business in Logan launched an online master of science program in human resources (MSHR). The program consists of 12 seven-week courses that students can complete in one year. MSHR students receive their course materials via Canvas, an open-source learning management system created by Utah-based Instructure. Academic Partnerships, a Texasbased learning services company, helped the Huntsman School convert its traditional courses to online formats. IBM will open an analytics center in Columbus, Ohio, in collaboration with The Ohio State University, JobsOhio, Columbus 2020, and the local business community. As part of the initiative, IBM plans to add up to 500 new analytics consultants and research and development professionals to the center over the next three years. The center will partner with Ohio State to develop graduates with skills in analytics. It also will work to develop computing technologies to process big data, as well as to commercialize the capabilities of Watson, IBM���s supercomputer, among other technologies. I MORE FREE COURSES I TEACHING LIBRARIANS TO LEAD In May, the University of Southern California���s Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles will launch an online master���s degree of managemanage ment in library and information science (MMLIS). The twoyear program was developed in partnership with the USC Libraries. Using synchronous and asynchronous online learning models, MMLIS is designed to prepare library professionals for leadership positions in academic, corporate, government, and nonpro���t settings. searches, graduate education, and other ���nancial issues that members of Gen Y face as they ���nish their educations and start their careers. I ANALYTICS INITIATIVE Saylor.org, a nonpro���t free education initiative of the Saylor Foundation in Washington, D.C., plans to post one of its self-paced college-level courses per week on iTunes U, until its entire catalog of 271 courses is available for free to users. As of January, more than 25 courses were available, including several that cover topics in business communication, microeconomics, and marketing. These courses already are available through Saylor.org���s Web site. Since the organization began working through iTunes U in May 2012, its courses have garnered more than 350,000 subscribers who have made 750,000 downloads. I TED, WILEY LINK UP I EDUCATING AFRICA Educational services and content company John Wiley & Sons is collaborating with TED, the nonpro���t known for its TEDTalks video lectures by prominent leaders and thinkers, to create and supply free instructor materials for a series called TED Studies. TED Studies now comprises 21 collections of curated talks organized by academic discipline. Each set of instructor materials will include essays, assignment questions, activities, debate topics, experiments, and glossaries, as well as links to related content from Wiley and other publishers. These materials will be offered with TED���s video content on Wiley.com, as well as on iTunes U and other platforms. For a list of content, which will grow over the year, visit www. wiley.com/go/tedstudies. The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) in Africa and African Virtual University (AVU) have launched AVU���s four-year Multinational Project II, which will focus on increasing access to open, distance, and e-learning resources to people across Africa. The project will receive support from various national I HELP FOR GEN Y Students at Hofstra University���s Frank G. Zarb School of Business in Hempstead, New York, have partnered with NEFCU, a credit union in Westbury, New York, to create a Web site to help 18-to26-year-olds manage their ���nances. On www.CUShine. org, students will write blogs and post videos about money and lifestyle management, job ministries of education and ���nancial backing from African Development Bank. As part of the project, the partners plan to create a network of 27 institutions for support in carrying out research, developing programs, training teachers, delivering distance and e-learning programs, and overcoming language barriers in 22 African countries where citizens speak primarily English, French, or Portuguese. AVU���s Multinational Project I trained 40,000 students via e-learning networks. BizEd March/April 2013 65