Potentially-useful sites for developing writers out there:
On 04/29/2020,
in Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, CMS/LMS, collaboration, colleges, communications, communities of practice, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, distance education, education, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, instructional design, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, IT in HE, K-12 related, languages and translation, law schools, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning spaces, Legal operations, legal technologies, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, online learning, online media, online tutoring, platforms, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, smart classrooms, smart/connected TV, technologies for your home, technology (general), telelegal, telemedicine / telehealth / virtual health, telepresence, tools,
by Daniel Christian
Per Jeremy Caplan: “Try this easy, free transcription tool.
Transcribe Zoom calls, interviews or meetings. Or just dictate.”https://t.co/Y3nZ1s7WTm#videoconferencing #transcription #productivity #recording— Daniel Christian (@dchristian5) April 29, 2020
With thanks to my sister, Sue Ellen Christian, for forwarding me Jeremy Caplan’s site/newsletter.
Also see:
- Otter.ai Selected for AI-Powered Zoom Live Transcriptions — from prweb.com
…and this one as well:
From DSC:
On 04/21/2020,
in 21st century, Access to Justice (A2J), career development, change, changing business models, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communities of practice, competency-based learning/education, corporate / business world, Cost of legal services - including access, experimentation, law schools, leadership, Legal operations, legal reform, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, new business models, online learning, podcasting, political science, presentations, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, society, technology (general), telelegal, tools, vision/possibilities,
by Daniel Christian
Jennifer Leonard, Jordan Long, and Cat Moon
Part I — 4/10/20
This episode is the first of two episodes that discuss the future of the profession in the wake of the COVID19 crisis. Guests Jordan Furlong and Cat Moon discuss:
- How COVID 19 exposes the access to justice crisis the profession has created
- Why the crisis offers the opportunity to leverage technology in new ways
- Why the structures and systems that have defined the profession have been so durable
- Whether lawyers view the crisis as a blip or a transformation
- How leaders can pivot toward innovation
From DSC:
At several points in the conversation, when Cat and Jordan were both referring to the importance of experimentation within the legal realm, I was reminded of this graphic that I did back in 2013:
I was reminded of it as well because Jennifer Leonard rightly (in my perspective), brought in higher education into the discussion at several points. There are some similarities — especially concerning power and privilege. Well, it’s now true in the legal realm as well (and probably has been true for a while…I’m just behind).
Experimentation. Experimentation. Experimentation. <– so key in the legal realm right now!
Other notes I took:
- Triage: Need to deal with essentials to keep afloat. Yourself, staff, clients, cash flow. Put out the fire.
- Reconstruction: In parallel, create “field hospitals.” Recession is going to have massive impacts on old systems. Need new systems. Start building institutions that work. Build as many of these as you can. Experiments. House isn’t going to be inhabitable after the fire. Need a new shelter — maybe start w/ a tent, then a cabin, then a house. Build on something small. Start building what’s going to replace the old systems.
- Power and privilege imbalance is why people haven’t been able to change things. “I can make you do something for me. You come here so I can dispense justice to you.” But not just judges…throughout the system.
- Public legal awareness and legal education. In high schools, universities, colleges, churches, mosques, synagogues, etc.
- Higher ed and legal services? Anything we can learn from each other?
- Systems created by people who rule the systems. Power imbalance exists in higher ed, but hubris is completely indefensible within the legal realm. Need much better access to legal information and legal understanding.
- OS on the Mac. Don’t have another OS for legal system to move to. We need to redesign our legal OS to serve more people.
- Law is society’s OS. Law is DOS-based…need Windows or Mac type of leap.
- Self protectionism. Hubris. Power imbalance. Power hungry.
- Yet many who enter legal profession come in wanting to make the world a better place. Why the move away from these ideals? Need more focus on developing professional identity. Structure, framework for how to be a lawyer. Students become more cynical as time goes by. Also, there’s “ladder pulling.” Pay your dues. Get hazed. I had to do it…now you have to do it. Bar Exam good example of this. Confirmation bias. It’s the way we’ve always done it.
Today, the following things ARE happening — so it CAN be done! The people in charge just didn’ want to do these things.
- lawyers working from home
- e-filing of documents to courts
- video hearings in court
- faster, cheaper, more convenient
Jennifer Leonard, Jordan Long, and Cat Moon
Part II – 4/14/20
On this second part of a two-part series, Professor Cat Moon and Jordan Furlong discuss COVID 19’s impact on legal education and law firms. The conversation explores:
- The “knock out effect” the crisis has on the various parts of the lawyer formation system
- Who might take ownership of coordinating the new landscape of lawyer accreditation
- The opportunities lifelong learning creates for law schools to be involved in the ongoing development of legal professionals
- How human-centered design and project-based learning offer ways to integrate the three sides of the Delta model of lawyer competency
- How small and solo law firms might be impacted by the crisis
Notes I took:
- The knock-out effect.
- How can we coordinate amongst the players in the system? Will be hard, because of the existing fiefdoms. Power and authority move back up the chain to those who did the delegating in the first place. If the power has been delegated to you, you are at a disadvantage. Jordan sees an assertion of authority from a central entity — legislatures most likely; possibly courts.
- This moment offers us an opportunity to experiment and to redesign our systems. Can find new ways to fulfill missions.
- Have no choice but to embrace the ambiguity of the moment.
- Triage, then try to build something better than what we had before.
- We have to build something different. “And look, the sky’s not falling!” Think big. Act boldly in these experiments. Expand what we think is possible.
- The repercussions of the Coronavirus will be with us for much longer than many think it will
- Legal principles/concepts/rules. Areas of practice. Professional formation (ethics, integrity, operational aspects, & more). Know the law, but also WHY we have the law and lawyers.
- Can learn “black letter law” asynchronously and via videoconferencing.
- Need to expand curriculum: Project/time management, customer service, financial and tech literacy
- Delta Model — a framework for developing lawyer competencies; starts in law schools; what are the skills and competencies; the foundation is the practice of law; research, issue spotting, PM, data analysis, understanding business; understanding people; wholistic approach. A lifelong journey of growth.
- Law schools — 3 years, then done. Not a productive way to do things. We need to keep people on top of their game throughout a career. Is legal education a place or a system/process that you enter and re-enter again and again throughout one’s career? Wouldn’t it be great if I could access ___ modules along the way?
- How are we going to create/design highly engaging online-based learning experiences? #1 on Cat’s priority list now. Got moved up the priority list.
- There are pros and cons for both F2F and online-based learning. Humanizing impact when your professors are teaching from their homes.
- Reframing legal education just as we are reframing courts as a service, not a place.
- Blended approach can be very effective/powerful.
- Need to collect data on what’s working and what’s not working.
- Fundamental business model of corporate side is likely at the end of its course; law firms will need a new model for generating profit. For smaller firms, prospects are more dire as their clients are going through major negative changes. Potential unsustainability of many practices.
- How can we provide different models that expand access to justice? That help develop happier and healthier lawyers?
- Per legalproblemsolving.org, human-centered design is:
- …a fluid framework for discovering problems, ideating solutions, and iterating to continuously improve solutions. HCD provides a methodology for considering both legal service delivery challenges, as well as clients’ legal problems. The HCD method also serves as a tool individual law students can use to craft a rewarding, successful legal career.
Achieving a quick “Pair & Share” method of teaching using the Cisco Webex Meeting Center [Christian]
On 04/07/2020,
in active learning, adjunct faculty, adult learning, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, colleges, communications, community colleges, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, education, education technology, engagement / engaging students, faculty, ideas, innovation, instructional design, interactivity, internet, IT in HE, K-12 related, law schools, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, participation, pedagogy, platforms, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, social learning / networks, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, telecommunications, tools, universities, usability, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, videoconferencing, virtual K-12 schools, webinars,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
The “Pair & Share” method allows students to find a fellow student to talk about the question/topic at hand. Then, depending upon time and your learning objectives/lesson plans, some students can report back to the larger classroom about what they discussed. In the digital, synchronous realm, one can achieve this with private chat rooms — given that you’ve changed a setting to allow this to occur. Posting the pairings ahead of time should help establish a quick, smooth transition.
(The graphic below is for the Cisco Webex Meeting Center on a MacBook Pro).
On 04/04/2020,
in 21st century, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, business, change, collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, platforms, professional development, reinvent, staying relevant, surviving, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Royal Dutch Shell reskills workers in artificial intelligence as part of huge energy transition — from cnbc.com by Susan Caminiti
KEY POINTS
- Royal Dutch Shell is collaborating with Udacity to digitally train its workers in artificial intelligence.
- This began long before the coronavirus pandemic and the company continues to use this training method.
- The digital workforce skilling platform may become the training method of choice for a growing number of companies who need to keep employees up to speed in the weeks and months ahead.
In fact, the remote nature of the classes, offered by Udacity, the digital learning and workforce skilling platform, may become the training method of choice not only for Shell but for a growing number of companies who need to keep employees up to speed in the weeks and months ahead. The ability to get their jobs done, away from the office, is key to keeping productivity on track during this uncertain time.
On 04/01/2020,
in adult learning, change, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, health, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, online learning, platforms, presentations, professional development, remote teaching and learning, training / L&D, vendors, videoconferencing, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
COVID-19 and L&D Response: Moving to the Virtual Classroom — from learningsolutionsmag.com by Bill Brandon
Excerpt:
The eLearning Guild and Learning Solutions have a lot of archived material that will be useful as you plan and execute for change. This article is the first of three, plus a coming eBook, that will focus on making that transition.
How to Deliver Learning in Virtual Classrooms During Pandemic — from learningsolutionsmag.com by Bill Brandon
Excerpt:
In the first article of this series, “COVID-19 and L&D Response: Moving to the Virtual Classroom” (March 20, 2020), I asked: How is it possible to meet workers where they are and support them effectively there during a pandemic? We are challenged today by having to design formal training for delivery in settings where workers are dispersed and where gatherings of people for training are not practical or permitted. In this article, here are five more resources that offer detailed help for virtual delivery.
Expert’s Guide to Presenting Solo in a Virtual Classroom — from from learningsolutionsmag.com by Pamela Hogle
Excerpt:
Sometimes there’s no way around it; you’re presenting solo in a virtual classroom session. While presenting without a facilitator is challenging, it’s also common. But, with adequate planning and preparation, your polished presentation will convince learners that you’ve got an army of facilitators at your beck and call. Guild Master Karen Hyder, a certified technical trainer (CTT+) and online event producer, offers tips and advice that can help make that solo virtual classroom session proceed smoothly.
On 03/07/2020,
in Asia, Australia, blogs / blogging / vlogging, Canada, career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, elearning, Europe, face-to-face, future, generational differences, India, internet, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, lifelong learning, professional development, reinvent, social learning / networks, society, staying relevant, streams of content, traditional / tradition, training / L&D, trends, UK, United States, web-based collaboration, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
An analysis of the value of the ways of learning at work — from modernworkplacelearning.com by Jane Hart
However, I think the most interesting profile of them all is for those who are in non-salaried/freelance positions in the workplace (8%). These people still highly value learning from the daily work, but for them learning from professional networking and access to external resources and blogs and feeds is much more important to them than through internal resources and courses. Interestingly, though conferences are valued less than the average profile – which is probably due to cost and the more significant fact that they can learn more efficiently in other ways.
I believe this is the profile that is going to become more and more relevant and important as the work environment changes, where there are no jobs for life and everyone needs to take responsibility for their own learning and development.
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/possibilities, 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:
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
On 02/13/2020,
in adjunct faculty, attention, Canvas - and other Instructure-related items, CMS/LMS, colleges, communities of practice, community colleges, engagement / engaging students, higher education, ideas, instructional design, IT in HE, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, learning preferences, lifelong learning, MOOCs -- Massive Open Online Courses, multimedia, online learning, online media, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, universities, usability, user experience (UX),
by Daniel Christian
Optimal Video Length for Student Engagement — from blog.edx.org by Candace Hazlett and Philip Guo
Excerpt:
In this first post, I’ll share some preliminary results about video usage, obtained from initial analyses of a few edX math and science courses. Unsurprisingly, students engaged more with shorter videos. Traditional in-person lectures usually last an hour, but students have much shorter attention spans when watching educational videos online. The graph below shows median engagement times versus video length, aggregated over several million video watching sessions:
From DSC:
If you have access to a tool like Canvas Studio, then you can probably extend the length of your videos if you are interspersing your videos with a healthy dose of interactivity — i.e., inserting quiz questions every few minutes.
On 02/06/2020,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, career development, computer science, Daniel S. Christian, future, future of higher education, game-changing environment, learner profiles, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, lifelong learning, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, platforms, professional development, programming, vendors, workplace, youth,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
This type of thing will be constantly running on a next-generation learning platform — i.e., scanning open job descriptions and presenting the top/”hottest” occupations/skills/employers — but then offering the relevant courses, modules, webinars, local learning hubs, discussion forums, etc. that will teach you the necessary skills (similar to what justwatch.com or suppose.tv provides for the entertainment industry).
On 01/23/2020,
in 21st century, Access to Justice (A2J), Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, career development, change, collaboration, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, ethics, faith, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, innovation, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, morals/values, online learning, pace of change, platforms, policy, political science, professional development, society, technologies for your home, technology (general), the downsides of how people use tech, trends, Uncategorized, United States, universities, vendors, vision/possibilities, youth,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
As some of you may know, I’m now working for the WMU-Thomas M. Cooley Law School. My faith gets involved here, but I believe that the LORD wanted me to get involved with:
- Using technology to increase access to justice (#A2J)
- Contributing to leveraging the science of learning for the long-term benefit of our students, faculty, and staff
- Raising awareness regarding the potential pros and cons of today’s emerging technologies
- Increase the understanding that the legal realm has a looooong way to go to try to get (even somewhat) caught up with the impacts that such emerging technologies can/might have on us.
- Contributing and collaborating with others to help develop a positive future, not a negative one.
Along these lines…in regards to what’s been happening with law schools over the last few years, I wanted to share a couple of things:
1) An article from The Chronicle of Higher Education by Benjamin Barton:
2) A response from our President and Dean, James McGrath:
From DSC:
I also wanted to personally say that I arrived at WMU-Cooley Law School in 2018, and have been learning a lot there (which I love about my job!). Cooley employees are very warm, welcoming, experienced, knowledgeable, and professional. Everyone there is mission-driven. My boss, Chris Church, is multi-talented and excellent. Cooley has a great administrative/management team as well.
There have been many exciting, new things happening there. But that said, it will take time before we see the results of these changes. Perseverance and innovation will be key ingredients to crafting a modern legal education — especially in an industry that is just now beginning to offer online-based courses at the Juris Doctor (J.D.) level (i.e., 20 years behind when this began occurring within undergraduate higher education).
My point in posting this is to say that we should ALL care about what’s happening within the legal realm! We are all impacted by it, whether we realize it or not. We are all in this together and no one is an island — not as individuals, and not as organizations.
We need:
- Far more diversity within the legal field
- More technical expertise within the legal realm — not only with lawyers, but with legislators, senators, representatives, judges, others
- Greater use of teams of specialists within the legal field
- To offer more courses regarding emerging technologies — and not only for the legal practices themselves but also for society at large.
- To be far more vigilant in crafting a positive world to be handed down to our kids and grandkids — a dream, not a nightmare. Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.
Still not convinced that you should care? Here are some things on the CURRENT landscapes:
- You go to drop something off at your neighbor’s house. They have a camera that gets activated. What facial recognition database are you now on? Did you give your consent to that? No, you didn’t.
- Because you posted your photo on Facebook, YouTube, Venmo and/or on millions of other websites, your face could be in ClearView AI’s database. Did you give your consent to that occurring? No, you didn’t.
- You’re at the airport and facial recognition is used instead of a passport. Whose database was that from and what gets shared? Did you give your consent to that occurring? Probably not, and it’s not easy to opt-out either.
- Numerous types of drones, delivery bots, and more are already coming onto the scene. What will the sidewalks, streets, and skies look like — and sound like — in your neighborhood in the near future? Is that how you want it? Did you give your consent to that happening? No, you didn’t.
- …and on and on it goes.
Addendum — speaking of islands!
Palantir CEO: Silicon Valley can’t be on ‘Palo Alto island’ — Big Tech must play by the rules — from cnbc.com by Jessica Bursztynsky
Excerpt:
Palantir Technologies co-founder and CEO Alex Karp said Thursday the core problem in Silicon Valley is the attitude among tech executives that they want to be separate from United States regulation.
“You cannot create an island called Palo Alto Island,” said Karp, who suggested tech leaders would rather govern themselves. “What Silicon Valley really wants is the canton of Palo Alto. We have the United States of America, not the ‘United States of Canton,’ one of which is Palo Alto. That must change.”
“Consumer tech companies, not Apple, but the other ones, have basically decided we’re living on an island and the island is so far removed from what’s called the United States in every way, culturally, linguistically and in normative ways,” Karp added.