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56 May/June 2014 BizEd technology ANTISHOCK/TH I N KSTOCK (B UTTON); VE N I MO/TH I N KSTOCK (E DUCATION) technology NEWSBYTES ■ ADVISOR PREP The Educational Testing Service (ETS) has created GRE Educate, a webinar series to help advisors and educators guide students in their preparation for the GRE standardized test. The series includes video modules that cover strategies included in ETS's GRE test preparation workshop, as well as live Q&A sessions with GRE experts. To register, visit www.ets.org/ gre/educatewebinars. For information on other resources for advisors, visit www.ets.org/gre/advisorkit. ■ SECURING DATA IBM has launched the Cyber Secu- rity Innovation Program, a new cur- riculum created with 11 universities, including Fordham University, Geor- gia Institute of Technology, San Jose State University, Southern Methodist University, University of South Carolina, and University of Texas at Dallas in the U.S.; Technische Universität Darmstadt in Germany; Temasek Polytechnic in Singa- pore; Universidad Cen- fotec in Costa Rica; Uni- versiti Kebangsaan in Malaysia; and Wrocław University of Economics in Poland. For information, visit www. ibm.com/security and www.security intelligence.com. ■ DATA CHAIR HEC Paris in France, in partner- ship with global insurance and asset management firm AXA, has created a teaching chair in digital strategy and Big Data. The chair will develop educational programs that expose stu- dents to the digital transformation and analytical challenges facing today's firms, as well as ask students to evaluate AXA offerings and products. The chair holder also will organize an annual forum, conference, or competi- tion based on the theme of collabora- tion among large firms or startups. ■ IT DIVERSITY The University of Arizona's Eller Col- lege of Management in Tucson has received a US$10,000 Academic Alliance Seed Fund Award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology to launch a program to promote diversity in information technology and computer science. The program will include a learning phase, in which students will hear guest speakers; and a practical phase, in which students will com- plete diversity-based team challenges proposed by partner corporations Raytheon and Walmart. The team with the most successful solution will be invited to attend the 2014 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Phoenix. ■ STARTUP SUPPORT The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepre- neurship at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School in the United Kingdom has partnered with Emerge Education, an accelerator for educa- tion technology startups. The Skoll Centre will provide mentoring and resources to the accelerator's entre- preneurs. Its first startups include Learned By Me, which connects language instructors in emerging mar- kets with students via Skype; Sixth Domain, which helps schools improve children's behavior and engage them in learning; NurseryBook, which enables daycare providers to share updates with parents; Edhub, a portal that allows teachers to access and run educational apps; Lexicum, a personalized vocabulary builder; and Ellumia, a mobile course platform. HARVARD UNIVERSITY OF Boston, Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology of Cambridge each have released an online visualiza- tion tool that offers a real-time snapshot of total enrollments in their massive open online courses. Called Insights, the suite provides aggre- gated data about course registrants in all the MOOCs that have been offered through HarvardX and MITx, the founding partners behind the edX consortium of MOOC platforms. For instance, from fall 2012 to sum- mer 2013, 597,692 individuals regis- tered in one or more MOOCs offered through HarvardX or MITx. Of these, 43,196 earned certificates of comple- tion, and 35,937 explored at least half of the course content. However, 469,702 registrants viewed less than half of the content, while 292,852 regis- trants viewed no online content at all. Other information includes geograph- ical location, age, gender, and certificate attainment. HarvardX Insights is avail- able at harvardx.harvard.edu/harvardx- insights/world-map-enrollment. MITx Insights is available at odl.mit.edu/ insights/. Researchers with HarvardX and MITx also have released a report that shares the results from their first year's experience with MOOC delivery. "Har- vardX and MITx: The First Year of Open Online Courses, Fall 2012-Sum- mer 2013" is available at ssrn.com/ abstract=2381263. Real-Time MOOC Snapshot PRESENTED BY AACSB INTERNATIONAL Global Perspectives—Industry Trends—Expert Insight To register for the upcoming broadcast or for more information visit: www.aacsb.edu/enl. eNEWSLINE Live (ENL) is a streaming video program that addresses global topics and trends in management education. Hosted quarterly by John Fernandes, president and CEO of AACSB, ENL is home to experts from the world of business education providing insight and perspectives on essential topics. As a convenience to ENL's global audience, initial broadcasts are aired in three different time zones and available to view at your leisure online at www.aacsb.edu/enl. Critical Success Factors for Leadership in Global Management Education and the Search for AACSB's Next CEO Jan Williams, dean emeritus of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Business and Administration, chair of AACSB CEO Selection Committee, and past chair of AACSB's Board of Directors will be joining John Fernandes to discuss his views on effectively leading today's business school, as well as the attributes that AACSB's worldwide membership are asking for in their new CEO. Dean Williams will also discuss AACSB's strategic direction and the CEO selection process that has been designed to produce the right candidates for this important leadership role. May Broadcast: View Past Broadcasts Including: • Collaborations that Matter • A Brand New Brand for Business Schools • MOOCs and Open Access Education • Meeting Executive Needs through Management Education • Education in the New Age: Is the MBA at Risk? • The Relevance of Critical Thinking to Modern Management Education PRESENTED BY AACSB INTERNATIONAL