| | | | | 1. Universities Beware, There’s a New DDoS Attack Method | via EdTech Magazine
Colleges are no strangers to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, where malicious actors flood a network with traffic to collapse it. In 2015 alone, Rutgers University suffered six DDoS attacks, including one that lasted for five days. | | Why This Matters: With a new attack method threatening havoc, its a good time to make sure your institution has a solid strategy to combat DDoS attacks. While these attacks can’t be fully prevented, following the best practices outlined in this article should help shore up your campus network. | | | | 2. Blackboard Kicks Off First Hackathon for Developers and College Students | via Campus Technology
Education technology company Blackboard today launched its first-ever hackathon event called “Hackboard,” open now through mid-June. | | Why This Matters: Blackboard is jumping on the hackathon bandwagon to encourage innovative integration of Blackboard Learn. | | | | 3. New ISTE chief Richard Culatta outlines early vision for national edtech group | via EdScoop
Richard Culatta knows how to grab a crowd’s attention. Standing before a noisy audience of edtech leaders gathered for presentations at a Senate hearing room in Washington, D.C., last week, Culatta stepped up on a tabletop at the front of the room, microphone in hand and called the session to order, lightheartedly explaining it’s a trick that seems to work with high school students. | | Why This Matters: In this Q&A, Culatta shares his hopes for edtech and extolls its potential to spur collaboration and build bridges between K-12 and higher ed. |
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"Too often research projects are too focused on the search for new, innovative practices. The emphasis on very tech- oriented models also tends to favour the ‘silicon valley’ approach to education. This tends to over-represent some small scale examples, which often don’t develop into sustainable models once the hype has died down. These models are not always applicable to providers elsewhere, given their particular situation and the audience they serve. The result is that many institutions fail to see themselves in some of the more breathless accounts of technology use in education." —Martin Weller, The Ed Techie |
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