Roger Billings has a Blog for Parents

Well this is new -- Roger Billings now has an Acellus Blog just for Parents.  I came across this the other day while looking at some of the news about the Acellus Learning program.  The idea here seems to be that this is the place for parents who have kids using Acellus to stay up with the latest.

Based on this blog, there appears to be a steady stream of new courses coming out, ranging from foreign language to literature.  I'm not much of an academic, but if I could do high school over again with one these courses, I might have had a chance in Spanish class.
Roger Billings Blog for Parents

Roger Billings on YouTube

It's been a while but I was looking around YouTube and came across a brand new posting of an excerpt from the "Science Forum" featuring none other than Roger Billings.

What an inspiring idea it is that "education is the ability to empower great minds."  With the current state of education in the United States today, we certainly can use all the help we can get.

I have covered Roger Billings' work on education in the past but, based on recent research, it looks like it has expanded a great deal in recent months.  Expect more on this future posts.

More from Roger Billings about the Science of Learning

In earlier posts, I have written about the fact that Roger Billings has been a long time contributor to the field of education.  Last November, he spoke at the iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium in Orlando, Florida about how Acellus Learning works. The concept of turning learning into a science in an intriguing one.

The symposium is operated by iNACOL, a nonprofit organization with the mission to 'ensure that all students have access to a world-class education and quality blended and online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success.'  Their annual conference is billed as the industry's leading event for K-12 online, blended and competency education when administrators, educators, lawmakers, and researchers gather to discuss the field's most pressing issues.

The session by Roger Billings covers online learning, tablets, and ends with a feature on his hydrogen work that I thoroughly enjoyed.

Watch Roger Billings on Acellus Learning

Roger Billings Science Papers

Periodically, I look for papers by Roger Billings and rarely am I disappointed.  I have read many of his works about hydrogen energy and economy in the past -- see some of my earlier posts. 

Recently I came across a couple papers published through SPIE about another area all together: hardware-in-the-loop.  I have to admit that it went over my head pretty quick but it has to do with efforts to "reduce communication latencies, minimize redundant development, operational labor and equipment expense." One of the co-authors of the paper is with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command. Check it out and comment with your thoughts.

Roger Billings Science Papers

Roger Billings on Security and Political Science

In a recent interview with Canada's national news, The Globe and Mail, Dr. Roger Billings shared his views on statements by British Prime Minister David Cameron regarding encryption. 

About Roger Billings in Cyber Security

I have read a lot of about Dr. Billings work over the years on GoldKey security tokens and how they can be used to encrypt data but I have not heard about his work on identity federation until recently.

According to his web site, he has joined the Gold Identity initiative to help do away with the famously failed username/password technology that nearly everyone uses everyday.  We all know that it is just not very secure and we all hate coming up with new complicated passwords but how do you replace it?  What's more, even if someone creates an account with a long password, how does the web service know that they are not just some fraudster?  Well Dr. Billings and a coalition of industry experts just might have the answer.  You can read more and see some links on his page at: About Dr. Roger Billings

Roger Billings and John Wayne

One of my all-time greatest cowboy movie heroes is "The Duke" John Wayne.   I had heard that late in his life, he was also a big fan of Roger Billings' hydrogen work.  I found a photo of Roger Billings with John Wayne on Billings' web site.  It dates back to the oil embargo of 1973 era and included with it is a quote attributed to Wayne.  I can just hear him unapologetically telling it just the way he sees it.

See the photo and quote on Roger Billings' web site