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SUNY Oneonta’s Milne Library and Cooperstown Graduate Program were awarded a $50,000 grant to digitize the university’s archive of New York state folklife and oral history recordings. -
Laci Henegar, Rogers State University's STEM coordinator, graduated in December with the university's first master's degree in cybersecurity policy, governance and training.
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Howard University’s redesigned Intro to AI course, supported by the nonprofit CodePath and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, introduces industry-aligned training for entry-level engineering roles.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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St. Vrain Valley School District, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Weld RE-3J School District and the Estes Park School District will add more courses, remote learning and industry mentors in IT and advanced manufacturing.
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As part of a plan to manage the complexities of regulating use of the AI chatbot, a private Methodist university in South Dakota is asking educators to document the ways ChatGPT affects their classes throughout the fall.
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A data platform company has announced several new partnerships and content features as part of a push to make free training courses in software development and database technology available to more learners globally.
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An insurance rating agency found the cost of cybersecurity coverage doubled in a five-year period before going up another 75 percent in 2021 alone, but the decline of cryptocurrencies may be slowing that trend.
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Artificial intelligence helps create user formats for some virtual-reality education programs such as those created by VictoryXR, which allow teachers to safely transport students beyond the walls of their classrooms.
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A school technology specialist in Georgia said generative AI can be useful for creating presentations quickly, brainstorming ideas for activities and discussion questions, and creating images to introduce generative AI.
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Middle school English teacher Moriah Walker, of Lakota Local School District in Ohio, has transitioned to teaching cybersecurity through professional development courses, learning Linux and working with students.
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The university is bringing together experts in computer science, bioinformatics, pharmacy, medicine, philosophy, communication and other disciplines to make recommendations on the use of AI-driven ed-tech tools.
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Higher ed institutions and employers have started using an AI-powered app called RNMKRS to give students and sales professionals a virtual environment to practice real-world conversations while receiving feedback.
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The partnership between the software company Ellucian and the nonprofit Out in Tech aims to increase representation of LGBTQ+ professionals in the tech sector, as well as share best practices for inclusive workplaces.
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The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education voted in March to ban the social media platform TikTok from all Internet networks and university-owned devices. Student reactions range from anger to agreement.
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A private liberal arts college in Massachusetts has laid off its entire information technology department and hired Ellucian to provide management services and determine which employees might be rehired.
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The University of California, Los Angeles learned about a breach on May 28 in the system that the university uses to transfer files across campus and to other entities. An undisclosed number of victims have been notified.
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A community college in Tennessee limited the scope of a data breach in May by promptly taking its computer systems offline. Most of the vicitms had taken the GED test at the college's testing center in 2012 and 2013.
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An annual list of the top 40 most-accessed ed-tech tools for K-12 schools in the United States, now in its sixth year, put GoGuardian, Securly and Study.com alongside the likes of Google, Scholastic and YouTube.
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A June 26 panel at the ISTELive 23 conference in Philadelphia said schools should have, and practice, a plan for what to do immediately after a cyber attack, who to contact and what the next remediation steps are.
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To compensate for budget cuts, a Minnesota school district is weighing the possibility of asking taxpayers to approve an additional source of funding that would be used to support technology.
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An unauthorized intruder gained access to a San Diego school district's network in February, taking files that contained the personal information of an unknown number of people.
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