A "must take" MOOC and a "must read" book for data scientists

Last update: Tuesday 2/27/28

According to a 2017 New York Times review of the MOOC, Learning How to Learn, this course has been taken by "more than 1.8 million students from 200 countries, the most ever on Coursera". The course is based on Dr. Barbara Oakly's best-selling book, "A Mind for Numbers, How to Excel at Math and Science, Even if you Flunked Algebra". Now here's a flash: This MOOC and its companion text are not just for "them" -- the algebra flunkers; it's also for "us" -- the "us" who cursed loudly when we "only" got a 98 on the algebra final exam ... :-(

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 2/24/18

Last update: Sunday 2/25/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = SpaceX launches prototypes for broadband Internet satellites ... Other top stories = Elon Musk's Boring Company gets initial permits for a NY-DC hyperloop ??? ... Experts warn about AI threat to humanity

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 2/24/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

California dreamin'

Last update: Thursday 2/27/18

In my youth California was the Golden State wherein good government produced what seemed like an endless stream of great innovations that became models for the nation's other states. But as I grew older, Black Americans were increasingly excluded from that golden bounty. 

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 2/17/18

Last update: Sunday 2/18/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Black Panther, Black Blockbuster ... Other top stories = Boston Dynamics produces another dazzling-creepy robot:  This one opens doors ... Damore loses diversity challenge to Google ... Mueller indicts 13 Russians for interfering in 2016 election

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 2/17/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

Expanding and Contracting the TECH-Levers blog

Last update: Thursday 2/15/18

DLL Editor's note -- The TECH-Levers blog has evolved by expanding its scope from its initial focus on the STEM-related efforts of HBCUs ... to STEM-related efforts in the broader higher education sector ... to the even broader efforts of Black entrepreneurs and allied community activists to close the digital divide. In the next few months the blog will expand yet again, but it will also contract.

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 2/10/18

Last update: Sunday 2/11/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = SpaceX launches and lands the world's biggest rocket ... Other top stories = ICYMI the continuing rise of an HBCU, Paul Quinn College, as a center of innovation in higher ed ... Machine learning algorithms boost human memory ... Uber-Waymo trial comes to abrupt end

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 2/10/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016

The Ends of ODDs -- Other Digital Divides

Last update: Thursday 2/8/18

Like most Black advocates of ed tech, I maintained a long-time focus on closing the so-called "Digital Divide". As I use this term, it refers to the gap between the digital haves and have-nots, too many of whom are Black Americans. I firmly believed that educational technology would provide the leverage required to bridge this gap.

Competency-based job-oriented MOOC programs

Last update: Tuesday 2/6/18

By definition, job-oriented MOOC programs provide their students with the professional competence required to obtain and succeed in new jobs. Nevertheless, job-oriented programs do not adapt their curricula to accommodate the varying skills and aptitudes that their entering students bring to the table. In other words, there are no competency-based programs.

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 2/3/18

Last update: Sunday 2/4/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Quarterly reports from Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google & Microsoft ... Other top stories = Google expands Howard West to train more Black engineers ... Bezos, Buffett, & Dimon partner to provide health-care for their employees  

The Digital Learning Lab's favorite tweets about how HBCUs and other  organizations are promoting skills that yield more diverse employment and entrepreneurial opportunities in tech (#DiversityInTech) ... plus tweets about significant #EdTech innovations in the broader context of information technology ... Big news, interesting stories, insightful comments, and good reads ... for the week ending Saturday 2/3/18

A. HBCUs | B. Ed Tech | C. Info Tech | D. Hackers | E. Views | F. Chuckles

#EdTech Calendar ... TECH Dozens: 2017, 2016