Last update: Sunday 4/5/15 @ 12:05 am
This week's cover = graphic from tweet about the Harvard/M.I.T. report about research on their MOOCs
... Other top stories ==> Obama will issue targeted sanctions to fight cyber terrorists... Cyberattack hits Github ... and Amazon's dash buttons
Below find links to the Digital Learning Lab's "Dozens" of favorite news items about HBCUs' use of information technology to enhance their teaching, research, and community services ... plus news about hackathons and issues related to coding & coding literacy... in HBCU media and Tech media ... for the week ending Saturday 4/4/15 @ 3:00 pm ... Links to previous editions of the Dozens can be found ==> Back issues.
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.@harvard and @mit expand on their MOOC research: http://bit.ly/1yFjSYt ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Chronicle, Harvard Business Review, Campus Technology... Here's the link to the M.I.T.-Harvard press release
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A. HBCU Media ... Half Dozen
SAVE THE DATE: 21-22 Sept 2015: #HBCUWeek Conference, Registration Opens June 1, 2015
.@spelmancollege names new president: http://bit.ly/1IJUjLE
HBCUs Play a Large Role in the Graduate Education of Blacks in STEM Fields http://www.jbhe.com/?p=49983
Good article about yesterday's panel! RT @diverseissues: @HowardU, @GallaudetU Further #BlackLivesMatter - #HigherEd http:diverseeducation.com/article/71216/
NSU professor named a Virginia Outstanding Scientist http://fw.to/4q3QjDf
#HBCU Howard, Southern University Mentors Receiving Presidential Award - Higher Education http://diverseeducation.com/article/71195/ via @twitterapi
B. Educational Technology ... Half Dozen
.@TheJusticeDept, @edXOnline reach settlement over accessibility issues:
http://bit.ly/1NMmoop ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Chronicle ... and here's the edX interpretation of the agreement
Is education technology where women are starting to buck the tech world's sexist trends? http://www.fastcoexist.com/3043779/world-changing-ideas/is-education-technology-where-women-are-starting-to-buck-the-tech-world … by @tonywan
Experiments with the "internet of things" are still years away at most institutions:
http://bit.ly/1G4W7AG
Pacific Northwest investors make it rain for @LumenLearning, to the tune of $2.5M http://bit.ly/1DmSsMw #edtech #OER
.@Northeastern will open an education hub in Silicon Valley within tech company @IDTInc http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/northeastern-u-will-open-education-hubs-within-silicon-valley-companies/56287 … DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Inside Higher Ed,
C. General Technology ... Issues in the broader technical environment that impact teaching, learning, research, hackers, and entrepreneurs ... Half Dozen + 3
Top Story #1 ... Sanctions against cyberterrorists +++++++++++
Obama: 'Targeted sanctions, used judiciously' will help fight cybercrime 'national emergency' http://zd.net/1OZoMts DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Ars Technica, Wired, Bloomberg, Re/code, Computerworld, Gizmodo, VentureBeat, CNET, NY Times,
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Top Story #2 ... Github cyberattacked +++++++++++
Cyberattack hits hard at popular coding site Github http://cnet.co/1IfZlP6 ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, ZDNet, TechCrunch, ... Hackers in China are top suspects
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Is Amazon's Dash Button the ultimate convenience or the end of civilization? Weigh in: http://gizmo.do/OuwvQfb ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Wall Street Journal, Computerworld, CNET,
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With Tidal, Jay Z enters the escalating battle over streaming music: http://nyti.ms/1GHuFYM ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Fast Company, CNET, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, TechCrunch,
Cybersecurity, privacy, & cybercrime ...
Google says it cut Android malware in half in 2014 http://theverge.com/e/8091928?utm_campaign=theverge&utm_content=article&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter … ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by ZDNet, Fast Company, Android Central,
Inside the FBI's secret brand of malware http://gizmo.do/dcWvtyO
New malware used to attack energy companies @lconstantin http://www.computerworld.com/article/2904020/new-malware-used-to-attack-energy-companies.html … ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by Ars Technica
As Internal Threats Rise Investors Back New Security Tech http://tcrn.ch/1FeD9EN by @jshieber
1 year on from Heartbleed, you don’t remember it; and that's a big problem http://wp.me/p5hvhT-756B by @TheRealSJR
DDoS attacks costs enterprise £100,000 per hour, study finds http://zd.net/1Mt5IFt by @ZDNetCharlie
D. Hackers, Entrepreneurs, & Supporters ... Dozen
Directory ==> HERE
The City that Co-Works: Map of Chicago's 80+ Incubators, Accelerators, & Shared Spaces w/ #blue1647 http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/03/30/chicago-co-working-spaces-a-map-of-the-citys-shared-spaces/ … via @ChicagoInno
New York City a leader in closing the tech gender gap http://tinyurl.com/p5lzylr
Ford STEAM Lab Challenges Students, Rewards High-Tech Thinking and Creativity During ... - http://goo.gl/alerts/2mHg #GoogleAlerts
Big news for @BLUE1647. Its Englewood accelerator is official open http://chicagoinno.streetwise.co/2015/04/02/blue1647-englewood-tech-accelerator-opens-on-chicagos-south-side/ …
.#FBF To April 2014 when @BlackGirlsCODE was selected as one of the @ShortyAwards winners for #Science http://shortyawards.com/category/6th/science …
What exactly is ICE? Innovation. Commercialization. Entrepreneurship. Learn more by visiting the website and... http://fb.me/2WNIrHJIa
Coding ...
There’s No Correlation Between a College Degree and Coding Ability http://www.wsj.com/articles/heres-a-thing-coders-can-skip-college-1427985222?mod=LS1&ref=/news/technology …
Top Mistakes Developers Make When Using Python for Big Data Analytics
http://buff.ly/1Hhtrli
Hackathons, workshops, etc ...
Day 3 of our #NYC #workshop! Our #students are already underway with their morning #projects! #futurecodersofNYC
We wrote a guide on how to welcome newcomers and non-coders to your next hackathon: https://18f.gsa.gov/2015/04/03/how-to-welcome-new-coders-to-a-civic-hackathon/
Twitch to stream an episode of HBO's "Silicon Valley" and host the cast live on April 8 http://cnet.co/1xJd0On ... DLL Editor's note -- This story also covered by The Verge
... DLL Editor's note -- This story is of interest for two reasons (1) the Silicon Valley TV show has become the Valley's favorite selfie ... but will the show's upcoming season reflect the Valley's recent born-again commitment to diversity, i.e., will it add black and Latino hackers in key roles??? ... or will it just continue to perpetuate the same old, same old white/asian stereotypes ... and (2) my hope that HBCUs and the grass-roots coding movement (Black Girls Code, YesWeCode, Qeyno, etc) will be featured on hackathon channels on Twitch, e.g, by working with Major League Hacking @MLHacks
This was what 200 black leaders in Silicon Valley had to say about diversity in tech http://theverge.com/e/8089864
What @mkapor & @TheRealFreada Have Learned From Years Of Working On #DiversityinTech http://on.tcrn.ch/l/aBko @KaporCapital @LPFI
“A hackathon embodies the idea of permissionless innovation.” – @alexisohanian #HackHolyoke http://twitch.tv/mlh
MOOCs can provide a quality learning experience without relying on videos, one professor argues https://www.class-central.com/report/why-my-mooc-is-not-built-on-video/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en …
MT @hechingerreport: What's more important in #highered - access or exclusivity? by @michaelcrow & William Dabars http://ow.ly/L6k6w
RT @EmergingEdTech: When are we Going to Do Away w/ These Myths About Online Learning? 7 Mistaken Assumptions http://bit.ly/1BRwz2t
All of the events that announced this week can be found on the DLL's calendar ==> HERE
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