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=== Week 14: Digital redlining ===
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=== Week 14: Intermediate privacy tools ===
* Real time lecture: August 16th 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern
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* Real time lecture: August 23rd 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern
  
 
==== Overview ====  
 
==== Overview ====  
How can we understand equal access to technology and information in the digital age? Dr. Chris Gilliard’s lecture looks at how technology policies, practices, and investment decisions, especially in educational settings, create differential access and outcomes in colleges and universities. These processes, collectively understood as “digital redlining,” need to be understood and countered in order to create a more equitable educational structure.
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This week, Alison will continue where we left off in week 4, covering the next set of privacy tools: more on web browsers, HTTPS, ad-blocking, search engines, VPNs, email, and some information about preventing doxxing (the nonconsensual sharing of personal information).  
  
 
==== Readings ====
 
==== Readings ====
No readings this week!
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No readings this week!  
  
 
==== Guest lecturer ====
 
==== Guest lecturer ====
Dr. Chris Gilliard, Professor of English at Macomb Community College, hypervisible.com
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Alison
  
 
==== Discussion ====
 
==== Discussion ====
* What is the relationship between digital redlining and privacy?
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* How can we bring these privacy tools into the library, either on the public computers or in our programs?
  
 
==== Tasks ====  
 
==== Tasks ====  
 
* Discussion forum, small group work, and roadmap completion on wiki
 
* Discussion forum, small group work, and roadmap completion on wiki

Revision as of 16:01, 16 August 2019

Week 14: Intermediate privacy tools

  • Real time lecture: August 23rd 10 am Pacific/1 pm Eastern

Overview

This week, Alison will continue where we left off in week 4, covering the next set of privacy tools: more on web browsers, HTTPS, ad-blocking, search engines, VPNs, email, and some information about preventing doxxing (the nonconsensual sharing of personal information).

Readings

No readings this week!

Guest lecturer

Alison

Discussion

  • How can we bring these privacy tools into the library, either on the public computers or in our programs?

Tasks

  • Discussion forum, small group work, and roadmap completion on wiki