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Open Education, MOOCs And Student Access

Last Updated on 24 April 2013 22 April 2013 in News by Michelle Taramasco

CCC Confer invites you to Open Education, MOOCs, and Student Access: A Panel Discussion. The webinar will be delivered April 30th, 10 am-11am PST. Sign up today.

Nominate Excellence: BOW, DEAA, DCCA Awards

Last Updated on 24 April 2013 22 April 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The Center for Digital Education invites nominations for the annual Digital Education Achievement and Best of the Web Awards. Nominations are due May 1, 2013. New this year, the center is also offering the Digital Content and Curriculum Awards to recognize schools for their innovation and hard work. Nominations are due May 10, 2013.

tech grants: A Case For A Compelling Argument

Last Updated on 24 April 2013 22 April 2013 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

In grant writing you have to make a compelling argument to get funded. I recently read a new book, The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change, by Stanford professor Jennifer Aaker and Vonavona Ventures' Andy Smith.

Security News 04.15.13

Last Updated on 16 April 2013 16 April 2013 in News by TechEDge Staff

Security News is a periodic roundup of IT security news important to the California Community Colleges. In this roundup: Former student accused of stealing identities pleads guilty <|> Harvard to review privacy policies in wake of email search scandal <|> NYC students, hackers train for cybersecurity jobs <|> ANALYSIS: Why we need more troops for escalating cyberwar <|> How Hackers Fool Your Employees <|> Two-factor authentication in two years <|> Guerilla researcher created epic botnet to scan billions of IP addresses <|> Cisco switches to weaker hashing scheme, passwords cracked wide open <|> Misconfigured, Open DNS Servers Used In Record-Breaking DDoS Attack <|> Ransomware leverages victims' browser histories for increased credibility.

New Video Repository For The CCC System

Last Updated on 02 April 2013 27 March 2013 in News by Tiffiny Hickey

A recent update of the 3C Media Solutions website has streamlined the content, making it easier to find and use than ever before. This new repository for the California Community Colleges system will have between 8,000-9,000 videos per year available—for free; 6,000 of which will be instructional!

CISOA Tech Awards, Conference Wrap Up

Last Updated on 01 April 2013 27 March 2013 in News by Deborah Ludford and Lee Krichmar

The 2013 Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) Awards were presented at the annual CISOA conference, held March 10-12 in Monterey, California. Four IT professionals from the California Community Colleges system were recognized with this award for technology excellence.

CENIC CALREN Network Traffic Doubles In 2013

Last Updated on 02 April 2013 27 March 2013 in News by Janis Cortese

The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) recently announced a record-breaking year for the California Research and Education Network (CalREN), the advanced network that serves California’s K-20 research and education communities, providing high-performance connectivity to over 10 million Californians every day. Traffic flowing through CalREN to external networks topped out at 18 Petabytes in February 2013, with a 99.1% growth rate over February 2012. The growth rate from January 2012 to January 2013 was similarly impressive at 93%.

CCC Information Security Survey Results

Last Updated on 02 April 2013 27 March 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The results of a survey sent statewide to California Community Colleges chief technology officers and network administrators revealed the system's top information security (IS) priorities. The survey asked key questions about campus IS practices and focused on how a centralized CCC effort might best assist them.

Survey To Enhance CCC Technology Training

Last Updated on 01 April 2013 27 March 2013 in News by Micah Orloff

@ONE, a project of the California Community College Chancellor's Office, is dedicated to providing all faculty and staff at the 112 California community colleges with the best technology training possible. We want to hear from you!

Online Teaching Conference '13 Pre-Conference Workshops

Last Updated on 02 April 2013 27 March 2013 in News by Blaine Morrow

The Online Teaching Conferencem, June 19-21, has announced its pre-conference workshops. OTC'13 invites you to attend a pre-conference workshop (or two!) on June 19 and catch a wave of knowledge. We have some great choices lined up this year—plenty of opportunities for you to learn something new or build on something you already know. Whatever you choose, you'll ride away from it with information, skills and products to help you succeed.

BIG DATA: A Proposal Powerhouse Of Information

Last Updated on 02 April 2013 27 March 2013 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

The Wall Street Journal, in its “Journal Report/Big Data” section, posted an interesting article by Joel Schectman, “Public Data…at Your Fingertips: Federal and state governments are a trove of information. Now a lot of it is just an app away.”

New CCC Information Security Officer

Last Updated on 27 March 2013 28 February 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The California Community Colleges Technology Center is pleased to announce that Jeff Holden has joined its team. As the new Information Security Officer, Jeff will continue the center's tradition of excellence in support of statewide technology projects with a focus on information security initiatives.

CISOA 2013 Keynotes, Mobile App Announced

Last Updated on 28 February 2013 27 February 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

Eden Dahlstrom, Senior Research Analyst at EDUCAUSE, and Leslie Fiering, Vice President of the Mobile and Client Computing Team at Gartner, Inc., will provide the keynote speeches for the 2013 annual conference of the California Community Colleges Chief Information Systems Officers Association.

Federated Identity Training Available For CCC

Last Updated on 06 March 2013 06 March 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

Shibboleth federated identity training for the California Community Colleges is available to help foster single sign-on for your campus and to allow you to operate within the OpenCCC Identity Federation for access to CCC systemwide applications. Special pre-registration for CCC colleges only is available through March 18th, then registration opens to all institutions in California.

The NEW CCCApply is live at a number of colleges, and the project is cutting costs significantly for colleges moving to the new online application. Each college will need to setup an Identity Provider service (IdP) to support the OpenCCC Identity Federation.

NEW CCCApply: Webinars, Archives Available

Last Updated on 28 February 2013 27 February 2013 in News by Patricia Donohue

You are invited: Join the CCC Technology Center for three Q&A webinar sessions that highlight the features and benefits of the new CCCApply online admissions application for students, staff, administrators and IT in the California Community Colleges system.The Spring 2013 Webinar Series continues in March and April.

tech grants: Insourcing

Last Updated on 28 February 2013 27 February 2013 in Opinion by Juri Brilts

The January 2013 issue of WIRED Magazine had an interesting article written by Ray Fisman and Tim Sullivan, “The Age of Insourcing: How Tech Helps Megacompanies Rope Us In.”

Online Teaching Conference Keynotes Announced

Last Updated on 28 February 2013 27 February 2013 in News by Blaine Morrow

Stephen Downes, National Research Council of Canada, and Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director of Apollo Reseach Institute, will provide keynote speeches for the 2013 Online Teaching Conference. OTC'13 will be held June 19-21, 2013, and a discounted early-bird rate is available until April 17.

SHEEO President To Keynote Spring 2013 Data Summit

Last Updated on 28 February 2013 27 February 2013 in News by Jennifer V. Kim

PESC is pleased to announce Paul E. Lingenfelter Ph.D. as keynote speaker for its Spring 2013 Data Summit being held May 1-3, 2013 at the San Diego OMNI Hotel. Dr. Lingenfelter serves as President of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) association. Dr. Lingenfelter’s keynote address, "State Perspectives on Higher Education for the 21st Century," will discuss the funding, management and administration of public education and the challenges states face in a 21st century learning environment.

Pedagogy 2.0: The Industrial Evolution

Last Updated on 28 February 2013 26 February 2013 in Opinion by Dr. Douglas E. Hersh

What do you do when it is time for a new pair of shoes, a new bag or phone? Chances are you will shop for them online or buy them at the local mall. Yet a technical revolution on the scale of the Gutenberg press is quietly changing how we produce, what we consume, and perhaps most important, the role each of us will play in the process. It is called 3D printing.

Security News 02.20.13

Last Updated on 27 February 2013 20 February 2013 in News by TechEDge Staff

Security News is a periodic roundup of IT security news important to the California Community Colleges. In this roundup: Dawson student offered job, scholarship <> Latest IE attack brought by same gang that hacked Google <> Google sees one password ring to rule them all <> Secret backdoors found in firewall, VPN gear from Barracuda Networks <> Hackers in China Attacked The Times for Last 4 Months <> For second time in a month, Apple blacklists Java Web plugin <> To prevent hacking, disable Universal Plug and Play now <> WordPress releases version 3.5.1, fixes 3 security issues.

California Community Colleges Online Initiative

Last Updated on 28 January 2013 28 January 2013 in News by Paige Marlatt Dorr

California Community Colleges Chancellor Brice W. Harris today praised Gov. Jerry Brown for including in his proposed 2013-14 budget additional funding for community colleges and for his leadership of an initiative to help more students achieve their academic and career goals through improved online education.

Contra Costa District Moves To New CCCApply

Last Updated on 28 January 2013 28 January 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The Contra Costa Community College District switched to the new CCCApply admission application system in November. More than 10,000 college applications later and students and staff are praising the new system as easy to use and efficient.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Survey Results

Last Updated on 01 March 2013 28 January 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

More than 35 IT leaders from the California Community Colleges recently responded to a survey about Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). The results revealed that 75 percent of respondents plan to purchase or expand VDI technology at their colleges within a one-year timeframe.

Chief Information Systems Officers Certification Program

Last Updated on 14 January 2013 14 January 2013 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

The Chief Information Systems Officers Association (CISOA) has announced the inauguration of the Chief Information Systems Officers Certification Program, which has been especially developed to train IT professionals in the art of leading and managing technology organizations in the California community colleges. The due date for applications is February 8, 2013.

Get Connected: Social CCC TechEDge

22 February 2012 in News by Sandoval Chagoya

CCC TechEDge has new ways for you to get connected to technology news and events in the California Community Colleges. Join us in the socialsphere.