The Wikimedia Foundation has announced it's pushing ahead with plans to secure its online systems due to NSA targeting.
Read more at: http://www.fastcompany.com/3015199/the-code-war/after-nsas-xkeyscore-wikipedia-switches-to-secure-https
2013-08-27
After NSA's XKeyscore, Wikipedia Switches To Secure HTTPS
2013-08-26
Using Social Media to Fuel Face-to-Face Interaction in the Classroom
dmlhub.net - Antero Garcia is known throughout the digital media and learning community for leading the charge for the adoption of social media in the classroom and supporting participatory learning in school settings. So when it came time to decide on his dissertation project, Garcia knew three things had to be incorporated: his classroom, his students, and games. What resulted was Ask Anansi , an alternate reality game that features a fictitious storytelling spider who takes on a mentorship role with youth.
Data for development: The new conflict resource?
In the latest incarnation of the development world’s dominant paradigm, ICTs for Development, data is being embraced, analysed and monitored by companies, humanitarian organisations, aid donors and governments alike. Yet despite the promises of data evangelists that big and open data can revolutionise innovation, education, health care and infrastructure, the potential risks of data - exclusion, discrimination, identification, persecution, and violations of the right to privacy - bear serious consideration. Without critical analysis and legal oversight, data could become the new conflict resource, causing and sustaining human rights violations.
Read more at: https://www.privacyinternational.org/blog/data-for-development-the-new-conflict-resource
2013-08-25
Gartner's 2013 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Maps Out Evolving Relationship Between Humans and Machines
Gartner's 2013 Hype Cycle Special Report provides strategists and planners with an assessment of the maturity, business benefit and future direction of more than 2,000 technologies, grouped into 98 areas. New Hype Cycles this year include content and social analytics, embedded software and systems, consumer market research, open banking, banking operations innovation, and information and communication technology (ICT) in Africa.
Read more at: http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2575515
A Masters in Forensic Accounting Prepares You For An Exciting Career
A Masters in Forensic Accounting Prepares You For An Exciting Career
2013-08-23
Nsengimana: ICT will contribute to service delivery
Rwanda’s Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, says ICT will contribute to making services available across Rwanda.
He was speaking during the ICT Literacy and Awareness Campaign in Rusizi District in Western Province on Thursday and Friday. The campaign has been organised by the Ministry of Youth and ICT (MYICT) in collaboration with other partners, to demonstrate online and SMS-based services to citizens.
Read more at: http://www.biztechafrica.com/article/nsengimana-ict-will-contribute-service-delivery/6720/
2013-08-22
Nigeria joins the African Virtual University as Member State
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has signed the African Virtual University (AVU) Charter to become the 18th Member State.
The number of AVU Member States has increased from 5 in 2010 to 18 in 2013. Other countries that have signed the AVU Charter include: Kenya, Senegal, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, Guinea Bissau, The Gambia, and Nigeria. Countries become Member States of the AVU upon signing the Charter.
Revolution in Egypt Captured Through the Eye of a Camera
mashable.com - When the spirit of revolution swept across Egypt in 2011, an amateur photographer put aside his studies and headed to Tahrir Square, camera in hand. It was the beginning of big changes both for his career and his country.Mosa'ab Elshamy, now 23, bore witness to ongoing strife punctuated by the rise and fall of Egypt's first democratically elected president. Through photography (Elshamy currents uses a Canon EOS 60D), he documented this period in his country's history with stunning consistency and emotional depth.
2013-08-19
PhD Elementary Education | Online and Distance Learning
This page is about PhD elementary education programs. It provides information on what is studied and where you can study these programs.
Read more at: http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/phd-elementary-education
InSITE 2014: Informing Science + IT Education Conferences: Australia
The annual InSITE conference will be held in Wollongong, NSW Australia June 30 - July 4, 2014, with regular paper submission occurring now through the end of November. (Seehttp://InSITE.NU for details.)
InSITE is often quoted as the best conference delegates have ever attended. Its focus is to develop the trust relationships needed to enable collaborative research with colleagues from other nations and other disciplines. It is a unique experience in which the leadership in the organization truly welcomes new and old researchers alike. Unlike conferences that are designed for cliques of insiders, at InSITE you are the insider.
Awards and Opportunities Available for Quality Papers Received by Nov. 30
The Informing Science Institute is granting up to 17 awards for quality papers presented at the conference.
· Best Student (Ph.D or Higher Degree Research) Scholarship (up to 10 awards of $300 each)
· Zbigniew J. Gackowski Memorial Award for Informing Science research
· Best Paper Awards – for Misinformation, Disinformation and Bias, Doctoral Studies, Informing Science Research, Discussion Case Study, IT Education, Education using IT (up to one award in each of the six categories)
· plus fast-tracking of these and other quality papers for publication in our journals.·
In addition, if you attended the 18th Int'l Education Technology Conference and Social Media 2013, you can claim your $100 Cash Travel Grant to attend InSITE.
For more details, visit http://InSITE.nu and download a Call for Papers from http://informingscience.us/2014InSITECfP.pdf
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