Unsung Campus: 5 Jobs Powering the Modern College
DC: And there are many more *staff* positions that could be included here.#highereducation
https://t.co/JA1L45u6hx— Daniel Christian (he/him/his) (@dchristian5) January 31, 2022
On 01/31/2022,
in career development, colleges, community colleges, Daniel S. Christian, higher education, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
On 01/30/2022,
in business side of he, colleges, communications, community colleges, design, education, higher education, ideas, K-12 related, marketing/social marketing, parents/guardians, social media, universities, web design and production,
by Daniel Christian
![What Makes a Great School Website Design [with Practical Tips and Examples] -- from graphicmama.com by Boril Obreshkov](http://danielschristian.com/learning-ecosystems/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/school-website-design-1024x575.png)
What Makes a Great School Website Design [with Practical Tips and Examples] — from graphicmama.com by Boril Obreshkov
Excerpt:
A school website is much more than means to list information online. It’s the front gate to your school community, representing its values and philosophy. A well-made school website design and structure can help build a reputation for the institution, create an entire concept for how first-time visitors will view it, and ultimately give the school an advantage over competitor schools. In this article, we’ll talk about what makes a great school website, with many examples and practical tips on how to improve your virtual hub of knowledge!
Things Great School Websites
Have in Common >>
Also relevant/see:
Digital branding is key for everyone in education — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch
Excerpt:
People in the educational sector tend to face lots of competition. Currently, there are tons of colleges, universities, and most training centers. This means that there’s a high need for everyone in education to venture into the building and create a unique identity for their brands. In this way, people can have the opportunity to stay ahead of their competitors in a tangible manner.
One way that this can be achieved is through educational digital branding. It’s a cost-effective and more efficient means of targeting the right audience. In this piece, we will talk about how you can implement digital branding, especially in education.
You are using your school website wrong — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch
Excerpt:
Part of the problem is that developing and maintaining a useful school website is quite a big undertaking but isn’t super urgent. Because of this, it often falls through the cracks. Another issue can be ownership of the project.
Let’s take a look at some of the most common mistakes made when designing and keeping school websites.
On 01/27/2022,
in adjunct faculty, copyright/ownership/NFTs, cryptocurrencies, education, education technology, emerging technologies, faculty/staff, higher education, ideas, innovation, instructional design, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, marketplaces, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, web-based collaboration, Web3,
by Daniel Christian
What Could Web3 Mean for Education? — from edsurge.com by Rebecca Koenig
Excerpts:
It’s an ecosystem that could transform schools—sites for teaching and learning—into marketplaces—sites for buying and selling.
That includes higher education. In the vein of MOOC platforms, Web3 systems could make it easier to “unbundle” college courses from degree programs and universities, enabling individuals to sign up for whatever classes they want and instructors to market their courses to consumers directly, says Vriti Saraf, a former charter school teacher and administrator and Teach for America alumna who founded a startup called k20 Educators.
On 01/25/2022,
in active learning, Canvas - and other Instructure-related items, CMS/LMS, communications, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, flipping -- inverted learning, higher education, ideas, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, learning theories, memory, metacognition / metacognitive skills, tools, training / L&D, universities,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
How can we better get the word out to our learners regarding how they can maximize their Return On Investment (ROI) from their studying time and efforts?
Two ideas come to mind here:
- Place learning-related tips directly into our banners within our CMS’s and LMS’s
and/or - Link our banners to some other web pages/resources that provide such best practices and tips for our learners
Along these lines, we should have 11″x17″ (or larger) posters like this plastered in every hallway of every learning space out there:
Some would also add:
- Active learning
- Flipping the classroom
- Providing individualized feedback
- Metacognition (which was referenced in the first graphic above in regards to identifying gaps in one’s knowledge)
On 01/17/2022,
in business side of he, career development, colleges, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, higher education, parents/guardians, participation, society, sociology, student-related, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
For those who work within higher education, my guess is that this phenomenon/message comes as no surprise. But for those outside of higher ed, can you blame young people — and their families — for giving up on a path because it appears too expensive?
Perceptions of Affordability — from insidehighered.com by Elizabeth Redden
High school juniors who believe they can’t afford higher education are about 20 percentage points less likely to attend college within the first three years after high school than peers who don’t think affordability is a barrier.
On 01/17/2022,
in career development, colleges, community colleges, convergence, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, higher education, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, lifelong learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, online learning, passions, training / L&D, United States, universities, vocational / trades, workplace, youth,
by Daniel Christian
NCDA | Career Convergence – The NCDA’s monthly web magazine for career practitioners
From DSC:
I like the continuum that I see here:
- K-12
- Postsecondary
- Workplaces
- Counselors, Researchers, etc.
We ask students in college, for example, to pay an enormous amount of money at a time when they don’t know what’s all out there. Many don’t know themselves yet (I surely didn’t) and they also don’t know what discipline/area/jobs might be a good fit (again, I surely didn’t). We need more seamless transitions from one chapter/phase to another (and sometimes back again). We need more resources for students to find out what’s out there.
This is why I like services like LinkedIn Learning (which was Lynda.com), MasterClass, MOOCs and the like. A person can spend an hour or two (or even less) to see if that class, topic, etc. is of interest to them.
On 01/17/2022,
in Africa, Asia, Australia, business side of he, Canada, change, changing business models, colleges, community colleges, Europe, global / globalization, higher education, India, IT in HE, journalism, law schools, learning ecosystem, liberal arts, lifelong learning, UK, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Inside Higher Ed Acquired by Times Higher Education — from insidehighered.com by Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman
Our editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman explain how this combination of publishing companies will improve global coverage of postsecondary education and better serve the higher ed community.
Excerpt:
As journalists, we often say that we want to report the news, not be the news. We are making an exception [on 1/10/22] to announce that Inside Higher Ed has been acquired by Times Higher Education (THE), the world’s leading provider of higher education news, data and insights.
On 01/13/2022,
in faith, higher education, legislatures / government / legal, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
6 higher education lawsuits to watch in 2022 — from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz
We’re keeping an eye on cases including a challenge to affirmative action that could reach the Supreme Court and alleged price fixing by wealthy colleges.
Excerpt:
Several major pending lawsuits have the potential to crumble the pillars of long-standing practices in higher education, including whether colleges can consider race in admissions and whether faith-based institutions can be exempt from a federal sex discrimination law.
Another high-profile case accuses top-ranked colleges of colluding to limit financial aid packages, while still another centers on the messy divorce between Liberty University and its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr.
Also see:
- Top-ranked colleges illegally conspire to limit financial aid offers, lawsuit alleges — from highereddive.com by Natalie Schwartz
A group of former college students is suing 16 top-ranked private nonprofit universities — including Yale University, Georgetown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — alleging they engaged in a price-fixing scheme that favored wealthy applicants and drove up the price of college.
Those institutions involved in the lawsuit include:
- Northwestern University
- Yale University
- Georgetown University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Brown University
- California Institute of Technology
- University of Chicago
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- Dartmouth College
- Duke University
- Emory University
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Pennsylvania
- Rice University
- Vanderbilt University
On 01/13/2022,
in colleges, community colleges, education technology, higher education, learning, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, United States, universities,
by Daniel Christian
FLEXspace: Building the Resource, Fostering the Community — from campustechnology.com by Mary Grush & Lisa Stephens
Excerpt:
The FLEXspace platform allows users to find and share detailed exemplars for learning space design and is of great value for institutions planning new or updated spaces. FLEXspace has evolved amid a growing community of higher education participating institutions, with the SUNY and California State University systems, Penn State, and Foothill-DeAnza Community College District among its earliest and longest-term supporters. We asked Stephens about current and future developments in the FLEXspace platform and plans for its burgeoning community.
Also see:
- Community College Students Want More Flexibility, Technology in Their Courses — from campustechnology.com by Rhea Kelly