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“Strategy is about folding the future back – it’s not about pushing the present forward!” [Govindarajan]

On 02/27/2020, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Access to Justice (A2J), Daniel S. Christian, data mining, ideas, innovation, Law Schools, Legal reform, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, MBA, presentations, society, staying relevant, vision, workplace, youth, by Daniel Christian

“Strategy is about folding the future back – it’s not about pushing the present forward!”

Vijay Govindarajan, keynote speaker
at today’s Law 2030 event

Law 2030

 

From DSC:
The keynote at this morning’s Law 2030 event was done by Vijay Govindarajan, Coxe Distinguished Professor at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. Vijay offered up a great presentation that reminded me to:

  • THINK BIG!
  • Establish a sizable possibility gap!
  • Have unrealistic goals!
  • Don’t limit your future accomplishments with current expectations!
  • Strive to live to your potential!

His keynote made me think of this graphic from a while back:

We need to think big!

Below is one of the slides from his talk:

Also see the Law2030 hashtag over on Twitter.

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Four storytelling techniques to bring your data to life [Duarte]

On 02/27/2020, in business, communications, content development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, data mining, digital storytelling, MBA, presentations, story, storytelling, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Four storytelling techniques to bring your data to life — from sloanreview.mit.edu by Nancy Duarte

Excerpt:

Even though most corporate roles now work with data, it’s shockingly easy to forget that people generate most of it. When a user clicks a link, gets blood taken at the lab, or sets up a smartwatch, that person generates data. As people move, buy, sell, use, work, and live, their actions nudge numbers up or down and drive organizational decisions, big and small.

If it’s your role to communicate data insights and persuade people to change their behavior, you’ll have more influence and promote better decision-making if you emphasize the people behind the numbers. In a story, we root for the hero as he or she maneuvers through roadblocks. To use data to steer your organization in the right direction, you need to tap into the human tale your data can tell.

 

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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020 [MIT]

On 02/27/2020, in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning, emerging technologies, global / globalization, health, internet, Law Schools, legislatures / government / legal, Privacy, science, society, STEAM-related, by Daniel Christian

10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020 -- from MIT

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Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Year-End 2019 Edition [Menard]

On 02/27/2020, in Canada, Canvas - and other Instructure-related items, CMS/LMS, colleges, community colleges, higher education, K-12 related, Law Schools, learning, learning ecosystem, United States, universities, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Higher Ed LMS Market for US and Canada: Year-End 2019 Edition — from listedtech-com.cdn.ampproject.org by Justin Menard

Excerpt:

With the release this week of MindWires’ Year-End 2019 report to subscribers (powered by our data), I thought it was time for us to look at updates on the institutional LMS market for North America’s higher education US and Canada). Note that MindWire’s coverage for the market analysis includes Europe, Latin America, Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, and surrounding island countries) as well as new coverage of the Middle East.

 

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Debt among oldest Americans skyrockets 543% in two decades [Iacurci]

On 02/27/2020, in generational differences, parents, society, United States, by Daniel Christian

Debt among oldest Americans skyrockets 543% in two decades — from cnbc.com by Greg Iacurci

Excerpt:

Older Americans have seen their debt levels increase sharply over the past two decades, straining seniors’ finances at a delicate time — when they’re preparing to retire or have already entered their golden years.

The total debt burden for Americans over age 70 increased 543% from 1999 through 2019, to $1.1 trillion, according to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

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The Dangers of “Teaching the Way We Best Learn” [Zakrajsek]

On 02/27/2020, in active learning, adjunct faculty, blended learning, collaboration, colleges, community colleges, faculty, online learning, participation, pedagogy, student-related, teaching & learning, teaching online, United States, universities, by Daniel Christian

The Dangers of “Teaching the Way We Best Learn” — from scholarlyteacher.com by Todd Zakrajsek

Excerpts:

Not everyone sees the world as I do, and not everyone learns the way I do. Thinking of the implications of implicit bias is scary, but there is freedom in knowledge. Using evidence-based teaching allows faculty to overcome the adverse effects of teaching as we were taught.

We, as faculty members, are not passive recipients who choose a pedagogical strategy because we have no choice. We may select teaching approaches that work for ourselves as learners, not because we are consciously deciding to ignore the needs of others, but more so because we fail to understand effective alternatives exist.
…
This need not be an admonishment on our professional responsibility to educate others. It is merely a recognition that when we look at the world, we tend to see it from our perspective, the one with which we are most familiar. It takes effort to consider other perspectives.
…

The challenge is that teaching is not about our learning; it is about our learners. It is not the job of the server in a restaurant to offer only the food they most prefer, but instead to help you to navigate the menu to identify what works best for you, food allergies, preferences, and all.
…
I should not always “teach the way I best learned.” To do so will disadvantage students who are least like me, and those students deserve an opportunity to be successful.

If I primarily use the lecture method of teaching, I should add a “think-pair-share” at times. Perhaps even a jigsaw and problem-based learning sprinkled throughout the semester. If I get bold, I might also try a role-play in class.

From DSC:
I appreciate Todd’s reflections and insights in the above posting. I’d like to sprinkle in a couple of graphics to it.

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ACE receives ED funds to explore blockchain’s potential [Kelly]

On 02/26/2020, in Blockchain, career development, colleges, community colleges, credentialing, funding / grants, higher education, IT in HE, K-12 related, student-related, tools, United States, universities, by Daniel Christian

ACE receives ED funds to explore blockchain’s potential — from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly

Excerpt:

“This work is about exploring the potential of blockchain technology to give learners greater control over their educational records,” said Ted Mitchell, president of ACE, in a statement. “It’s about enabling more seamless transitions between and across K-12, higher education and the workforce. This initiative will explore how this nascent technology can break down barriers for opportunity seekers to fully unlock their learning and achievement.”

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Digital Learning Innovation Trends [OLC & Every Learner Everywhere]

On 02/26/2020, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, algorithms, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning, blended learning, CMS/LMS, colleges, community colleges, digital learning, higher education, immersion, innovation, Mobile learning, Mobile technologies, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, online learning, trends, universities, vendors, virtual reality / worlds / learning, by Daniel Christian

Digital Learning Innovation Trends -- February 2020

The table of contents for the Digital Learning Innovation Trends (2020)

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Strategy in the Digital Revolution with Ryan McManus [Duke Corporate Education]

On 02/26/2020, in business, business side of he, change, changing business models, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, disruption, future, game-changing environment, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, leadership, MBA, new business models, pace of change, platforms, presentations, professional development, reinvent, society, staying relevant, strategy, surviving, technology (general), tools, traditional / tradition, training / L&D, trends, United States, universities, vision, webinars, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
The items below are meant for those involved with digital transformation, developing strategy, and keeping one’s organization thriving into the future.

Strategy in the Digital Revolution with Ryan McManus — from dukece.com; with thanks to Laura Goodrich for this resource out on Twitter

Description of webinar:
Today, every business is focused on digital transformation, yet most organizations are struggling to realize value from their efforts and investments. Less than 20% of business leaders believe their digital transformation efforts have been successful. With unprecedented access to data and technology, how is it that firms and their leaders are experiencing such disappointing results?

At the root of the problem is the disconnect between how leaders understand strategy and the new rules of the digital revolution. Most leaders haven’t been taught how to think about a world that is very different from the one which gave rise to popular strategic concepts, and as a result, they apply outdated strategy models and thinking to the new world, trying to squeeze the competitive realities of the digital revolution into linear, analog strategic planning concepts.

In this complimentary on-demand webinar, Ryan McManus, lecturer at Columbia University Business School and Duke Corporate Education, discusses the New Strategy Playbook, including:

  • The current state and evolution of the digital revolution, and what’s next
  • The four levels of digital strategy: how you can adapt your approach to win
  • Why traditional approaches to strategy have reached their limits
  • Implications for leadership development

Example slides:

Also see:

http://dialoguereview.com/how-to-think-strategically-in-2020/

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5 items re: technology’s further integration into the legal realm

On 02/26/2020, in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning, career development, change, changing business models, collaboration, communities of practice, computer science, Cost of legal services - including access, Daniel S. Christian, Europe, innovation, Law Schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, platforms, policy, RSS, social media, society, staying relevant, streams of content, technology (general), United States, universities, by Daniel Christian

The 2020 ABA Techshow

Also see:

EU Proposes Strict Regulations for AI — from futuretech360.com by John K. Waters

Excerpt:

The European Union this week unveiled its first proposed regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) technology, along with a strategy for handling personal digital data. The new regs provide guidance around such AI use cases as autonomous vehicles and biometric IDs.

Published online by the European Commission, the proposed regulations would apply to “high-risk” uses of AI in areas such as health care, transportation and criminal justice. The criteria to determine risk would include such considerations as whether a person might get hurt, say, by a self-driving car or a medical device, and how much influence a human has on an AI’s decision in areas like job recruiting and law enforcement.

 

 From DSC:
Here are two other example of AI’s further integration into the legal realm:

Casetext is Automating Litigation — from businesswire.com
Casetext’s new litigation automation technology, Compose, automates substantive legal work — and a substantial number of billable hours

Excerpt:

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Casetext, the legal technology company known for its groundbreaking A.I. legal research platform, today announces a new product that will define litigation automation: Compose. Compose, which automates the first draft of a legal brief, is poised to disrupt the $437 billion1 legal services industry and fundamentally change our understanding of what types of professional work are uniquely human.


UC Irvine School of Law To Integrate Blue J Legal’s AI-Enabled Tax Platform into Curriculum — from businesswire.com
First of its kind initiative aims to prepare graduate students for careers in tax law where AI will be integral to the decision-making process

The joint effort aims to demonstrate why advanced technological integration in higher education is important and how to leverage it, specifically in tax law.

 

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More companies are using automated job screening systems to vet candidates, forcing jobseekers to learn new and absurd tricks to have their résumés seen by a human.

On 02/22/2020, in algorithms, analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning, business, career development, corporate / business world, the downsides of technology, tools, trends, United States, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Cost cutting algorithms are making your job search a living hell — from vice.com by Nick Keppler
More companies are using automated job screening systems to vet candidates, forcing jobseekers to learn new and absurd tricks to have their résumés seen by a human.

Excerpts:

Companies are increasingly using automated systems to select who gets ahead and who gets eliminated from pools of applicants. For jobseekers, this can mean a series of bizarre, time-consuming tasks demanded by companies who have not shown any meaningful consideration of them.
…
Maneuvering around algorithmic gatekeepers to reach an actual person with a say in hiring has become a crucial skill, even if the tasks involved feel duplicitous and absurd. ATS software can also enable a company to discriminate, possibly unwittingly, based on bias-informed data and culling of certain psychological traits.

Until he started as a legal writer for FreeAdvice.com last month, Johnson, 36, said he was at potential employers’ whims. “I can’t imagine I’d move to the next round if I didn’t do what they said,” he told Motherboard.

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The latest research for web designers, February 2020 [Scacca]

On 02/22/2020, in design, internet, Mobile learning, Mobile technologies, platforms, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, technology (general), tools, web design and production, by Daniel Christian

The latest research for web designers, February 2020 — from webdesignerdepot.com by Suzanne Scacca

https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2020/02/the-latest-research-for-web-designers-february-2020/

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XRHealth launches first virtual reality telehealth clinic [Draper]

On 02/22/2020, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, health, platforms, society, tools, United States, usability, user experience (UX), Using teams, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual reality / worlds / learning, vision, wearables, web-based collaboration, XR - extended reality, by Daniel Christian

XRHealth launches first virtual reality telehealth clinic — from wearable-technologies.com by Sam Draper

Excerpt:

XRHealth (formerly VRHealth), a leading provider of extended reality and therapeutic applications, announced the first virtual reality (VR) telehealth clinic that will provide VR therapy to patients. VR telehealth clinicians providing care are currently certified in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Washington D.C., Delaware, California, New York, and North Carolina and will be expanding their presence in additional states in the coming months. The XRHealth telehealth services are covered by Medicare and most major insurance providers.

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Using AI to catch cheating…something to keep an eye on.

On 02/22/2020, in adjunct faculty, algorithms, analytics, Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning, colleges, community colleges, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, faculty, higher education, ideas, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
Using AI to catch cheating…something to keep an eye on.

AI in the perennial problem of authorship verification: From Shakespeare to contract cheating — from lmspulse.com

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It is high time to reform the rules that govern the practice of law [Baxter]

On 02/22/2020, in 21st century, Access to Justice (A2J), change, ideas, Law Schools, leadership, Legal reform, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, society, United States, vision, by Daniel Christian

It is high time to reform the rules that govern the practice of law — from legalservicestoday.com by Ralph Baxter

Excerpt:

Current regulations create a closed system
The current regulatory model has created a closed legal services system. It limits who can participate in legal services in two fundamental ways.

First, only those who undergo the time and expense of law school and become licensed as “lawyers” are permitted to deliver legal services. It is a crime for anyone to do work that falls within the deliberately vague definition of “the practice of law” unless they have a lawyer license.

Second, only lawyers are permitted to participate in the financial rewards of a law firm. Investment by others is forbidden, as is sharing profits within a law firm with personnel who are not lawyers.

The consequences of these limitations are clear and profound. The first limitation causes the cost of legal service to be much higher than it otherwise would be; it also causes the law firm workforce to have less diverse backgrounds (as other businesses have) resulting in less creativity and agility.

The second limitation limits the capital law firms can raise, which, in turn, makes it harder for them to invest in new processes and technologies. The most successful firms in this closed system command high enough fees that they can generate their own capital. The majority of firms, however, would benefit from greater access to capital. This is particularly acute for firms which serve individuals and small businesses; in these practices the economic stakes of matters are relatively small, warranting lower fees, making the need for outside capital even greater.

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