Education

A shift in global economic power towards Asia has forced developed countries in particular to re-evaluate their own economic futures. A premium is now placed on the speed of innovation and the ability of countries to transition away from traditional manufacturing of more products, or mining of more…

Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) wanted to cut costs and improve student results. Cisco Digital Ceiling is illuminating the way. As the fourth largest municipal school district in the United States, M-DCPS in Miami, Florida has approximately 22,000 teachers and 350,000 students. In the hop…

Securing intellectual property and protecting reputation are essential to research universities around the world. Major intellectual property theft can have serious repercussions on universities, especially in their ability to attract and retain students, faculty and researchers. For George Washingt…

The Presidents’ Conversation was conceived to bring together like-minded vice-chancellors and presidents in a forum for peer-to-peer discussion about a range of challenges and opportunities relating to universities and the digital economy. The concept of a global conversation of this type was sugges…

Earlier this week, we begun talking about digital inequality as it relates to connectivity, and how communities can begin to address and solve this societal issue. Today, I want to talk at large about the importance of providing technology to all students to aid in the learning process. As schools s…

With the costs associated with a cyber attack rising and the vast number of children victimized by identity theft each year, it’s imperative to develop a cybersecurity strategy for your school or district. See why cybersecurity is a growing issue amongst education leaders and how Cisco can help prot…

The partnership between Cisco and Flinders University in Australia is focused on developing an enhanced digital learning experience for students, showcasing digital campus innovation, and enabling research excellence in digital health. Flinders has always prided itself on being one of the most innov…

The thoughtful placement of technology in our education environments can greatly enhance the way students learn and educators teach. As we all know, it’s possible for students to partake in mobile and distance learning, to access a plethora of remote resources from anywhere on any device, and to ext…

Cisco’s hackathon with a Silicon Valley school empowers students to solve problems in their community with the Internet of Things. If we want to ensure that the talent pipeline is robust and plentiful for the digital world, we need to invest in it now. Academia alone cannot keep up, nor can it…