Invisible is the new black

Last update: Tuesday 3/27/18

This morning's online edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education contained an article titled, "They Wanted Desegregation. They Settled for Money, and It’s About to Run Out." I suggest that this excellent article is a "must-read" for anyone concerned about the condition of Black students in U.S. higher education. I mean the 300,000 Black students who attend Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) ... AND ... the invisible 2.7 million Black students who attend non-HBCUs.

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 3/24/18

Last update: Sunday 3/25/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Arctic ice at scary low levels ... Other top stories = Patterson and Hennessy win Turing award ... Zuckerberg addresses Cambridge Analytica scandal ... Uber's self-driving car kills pedestrian

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 3/24/18

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

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

Higher ed's grudge against MOOCs -- Part 3

Last update: Saturday 3/24/18

This third post concludes the discussion I began in Part 1 and continued in Part 2. It summarizes the ten online degrees offered by Coursera's partners. Then it offers a plausible scenario wherein the courses in Coursera's online degree programs could contribute to the disruption of the lion's share American higher ed that still needs to be disrupted for the benefit of most American students.

Higher ed's grudge against MOOCs -- Part 2

Last update: Tuesday 3/20/18

Part 1 of this note registered my strong disagreement with a recent editorial about Coursera's pivot from non-credit certificate programs to fully accredited degree programs. Coursera's certificate courses were MOOCs because they were inexpensive, whereas the courses in its degree programs entail tuition and fees comparable to the tuition and fees charged by conventional online degree programs. Therefore I say its degree courses are not MOOCs. 

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 3/17/18

Last update: Sunday 3/18/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = FBI and DHS warn that Russians are hacking U.S. infrastructure ... Other top stories = R.I.P Stephen Hawking ... Broadcom bid for Qualcom blocked by Trump ... Cambridge Analytica suspended by Facebook for misuse of data to help elect Trump

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 3/17/18

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

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

Higher ed's grudge against MOOCs -- Part 1

Last update: Tuesday 3/20/18

This note has a provocative title, but it's not nearly as provocative as my original: "The continuing grudge of U.S. higher education's Olde Guarde against MOOCs and Sebastian Thrun" -- which is what I'm really going to talk about. For readers who have never been tenured members of a faculty, it may come as a surprise to learn that the oh-so-rational, truth loving scholars of academia hold venomous grudges just like the Mafia. 

TECH Dozens -- Week ending Saturday 3/10/18

Last update: Sunday 3/1/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Coursera now offers 10 degree programs via MOOCs ... Other top stories = Intel considers buying Broadcom ... Waymo (Google) running driverless trucks in Atlanta ... M.I.T project to run nuclear fusion power plant by 2030

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 3/10/18

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

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

Fact Checking the Myths of Silicon Valley

Last update:  5/31/18

Continuous repetition and elaboration convert tall tales into myths. Three years ago Silicon Valley's leaders furrowed their brows over "pipelines"; recently they have been nodding sagely about "leaky pipelines." And next year, will they be singing their own praises as the "plumbers" who are best suited to fix the "leaky pipelines" in some distant future???

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

Last update: Sunday 3/4/18 @ 12:30 pm

This week's cover = Report says 80 percent of U.S. energy could be wind & solar ... Other top stories = Amazon buys smart doorbell maker Ring ... GitHub sustains world's worst DDoS attack

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 3/3/18

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

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