Barbara Simons Receives 2019 ACM Policy Award
Barbara Simons was named the recipient of the 2019 ACM Policy Award for long-standing, high-impact leadership as ACM President and founding Chair of ACM’s US Public Policy Committee (USACM, now USTPC), while making influential contributions to improve the reliability of and public confidence in election technology. Over several decades, Simons has advanced […]
Technology has played a big role on the way we communicate and learn. The availability of internet has provided many students with the opportunity to learn from the best at their own comfort wherever they might be. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow diverse learners across the world to come together and build some sort […]
In a recent article in The Conversation, Dr Keith Turvey and Professor Norbert Pachler challenged both policy makers and researchers to reflect on how effective the last decade of policy and research into technology supported learning has been in enabling the education sector to sustain teaching and learning throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
They argued that: “Teachers […]
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) has become the first in the Middle East and North African (MENA region to successfully migrate all its systems and applications to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
The digital transformation is in line with HBMSU’s pioneering efforts to establish a new educational culture by shifting away from traditional models […]
The state of Hawaii is comprised of eight populated islands (and many uninhabited ones in the 2,400 km archipelago), with the majority of the 1,420,491 population (US Census estimate for 2018) living on Oahu, in Honolulu. The public schools (Kindergarten through to grade 12 or K-12) are run by a centralised Department of Education (DOE) […]
In the latest issue of IFIP Working Group 9.5’s blog, Vice-Chair Brad McKenna explores the importance of “Digitally Disconnecting in a World of Ubiquitous Connectivity”. Read the full post here
The DESI 2020 (Digital Economy and Social Index) Report has been released, revealing that all EU countries improved their digital performance, with Finland topping the list.
DESI is a composite index that summarises relevant indicators on Europe’s digital performance and tracks the evolution of EU Member States in digital competitiveness.
This year’s DESI shows that there is […]
As the United Nations celebrates its 75th anniversary, consideration is being given to what the next 25 years might look like.
The Economist recently published a special report on the event, part of which we have chosen to republish here for its relevance to the ICT sector.
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2020/06/18/the-un-is-mobilising-for-the-next-quarter-century
AICA, the Italian Society for Computer Science, has launched U4JOB Essentials, a training program for digitisation in schools.
AICA is providing schools with free access to concrete proposals and solutions aimed at “promoting the development of digital culture and the dissemination of digital skills for students, teachers and non-teaching staff”, also in implementation of the Memorandum […]
The Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA) outlines safer online meeting and home network measures
Home-based workers are at increased risk of cyber attack, but there are several measures they can take to reduce risk.
This is according to Bryan Baxter, a corporate IT business development manager and IITPSA KZN chapter committee member, who was […]
