Ginger Breon has accepted the role of Chief Technology Officer in OTDI. As Chief Technology Officer, Ginger leads the Research Technology and Infrastructure Services team. In that capacity, she oversees enterprise-wide technology services offered by the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI). In this role she also served as fiscal agent for OH-TECH, which includes OhioLINK, OARnet and the Ohio Supercomputer Center.
We are continuing our Microsoft 365 journey, which ensures everyone at Ohio State can collaborate on a wide variety of devices, while keeping your information and Ohio State data secure. For security purposes, all Teams and Groups should be set to “private”. This is recommended for all faculty...
The next round of software updates is now available to install for OTDI-managed workstations via Software Center (for Windows PC) or Ohio State Application Self Service (for Mac). The IT Service Desk will remotely deploy these updates on Friday, June 24 which will require you to restart your machine and/or close applications. You can make these updates at your convenience prior to Friday via your appropriate software update application to avoid interruptions that could occur from an automatic update.
Happy summer! The beginning of the hotter months heralds the arrival of new activities to the Cybersecurity for You (C4U) awareness platform, and with them, a renewed opportunity to improve cybersecurity skills and earn points towards digital rewards.
If you are a student wondering why you have a "Digital Textbook Fee," CarmenBooks has likely helped cover some of your costs. CarmenBooks is an affordability initiative that works with publishers to provide discounts for digital textbooks. On average, CarmenBooks are 75-80% off the original retail prices.
Ohio State has selected PebblePad to serve as an ePortfolio tool in support of the new General Education (GE) program . Representatives from the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) and the Office of Academic Affairs (OAA) reviewed multiple tools and examined a wide variety of criteria before choosing PebblePad .
The Affordable Learning Exchange (ALX) has been awarding grants for the past seven years to instructors who want to transform their courses. Grant winners were primarily focused on reducing the cost of their course materials for students. “While these goals remain at the core of the ALX mission, the murder of George Floyd in 2020 prompted us to [...] expand our scope to encompass broader social justice topics," said Ashley Miller. Several instructors at Ohio State share Miller's passion and have taken the opportunity ALX provides to infuse their courses with racial justice.
As part of its ongoing mission to grow and strengthen The Ohio State University’s privacy program, Privacy@Ohio State partners with students, faculty and staff on a variety of initiatives. Over the past semester, the team has implemented a number of transparent practices and tools to support the university’s mission while balancing individual privacy.
Working alongside her lab manager and undergraduate students, Dr. Elizabeth Kirby is in the process of compiling an Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience textbook. The previous textbook for this course was expensive, and Dr. Kirby’s media has already been able to save students more than $20,000.
