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JULY | AUGUST 2015 BizEd 19 new projects The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teach- ing (MERLOT) at California State University have merged their two publications, Online Learning (formerly known as the Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks) and the Journal of Online Learning and Teach- ing (JOLT). The new journal will retain the editorial sta¥ and name of Online Learning. The consolidation recognizes the similar missions of the two organizations, says Pe- ter Shea, the new journal's editor-in-chief. It also recognizes ongoing collaboration between the OLC and MERLOT, which includes their co-sponsorship of the annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium (ET4Online). François Chiocchio, professor of orga- nizational behavior and human resource management at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management in Canada, will be co-investigator for two five-year studies in Sénégal, Bénin, Burkina Faso, and Mali. The first will focus on how change management in West African hospitals a¥ects collaboration and management; it will be led by physician Marie-Hélène Chomienne of the University of Ottawa with co-authors Jean Charles Moreau, an ob- stetrician, and Samba Cor Sarr, a research manager for the Sénégalese Ministry of Health. The second will explore how re- sults-based financing a¥ects the perfor- mance of maternal care medical teams; it will be led by Valéry Ridde, associate professor of social and preventive medicine at the University of Montreal. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded CAN$1,000,000 to each project. The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of nearly US$900,000 to researchers at Temple University in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. The money will fund a three-year social-science project led by Youngjin Yoo, professor of manage- ment information systems (MIS) at the Fox School of Business. The project will use big data to track patterns of human behavior in an attempt to predict their future behaviors. Other researchers include Sunil Wattal, associate professor of MIS at Fox; as well as Zoran Obradovic, profes- sor of data analytics, and Rob Kulathinal, assistant professor of biology, both of the College of Science and Technology. A team of researchers led by Beth Plale, a professor at the Indiana University School of Informatics in Bloomington, has received a US$748,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to develop and run RDA Data Share, a three-year early-career engagement program for the Research Data Alliance (RDA). The RDA is a global membership of institutes, companies, associations, and government agencies dedicated to sharing data. RDA Data Share will select fellows to join RDA working or interest groups focused on areas such as big data, digital repository certification, and agricultural data interoperability. "Early-career scholars bring an energy and a perspective to the field," said Plale. "As they engage in the RDA, they assimilate its culture of sharing and will then disseminate it back into their home institutions." FactSet's solution for universities and colleges gives you the same tools trusted by investment professionals worldwide. With FactSet, you can monitor global markets, perform public and private company analysis, and understand performance of equity, all in one place. There's no better complement to a business school finance education. Transform Financial Theory into Practical Analysis LEARN MORE AT FactSet.com/bized