Caring for Students Playbook: Six Recommendations — from by Every Learner Everywhere in partnership with Online Learning Consortium (OLC) & Achieving the Dream
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On 06/11/2021,
in adjunct faculty, colleges, community colleges, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, instructional design, K-12 related, law schools, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning preferences, liberal arts, metacognition / metacognitive skills, podcasting, society, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, tools, universities, web-based collaboration, youth,
by Daniel Christian
Why Professors Should Ask Students For Feedback Long Before the Semester Is Over — from edsurge.com by Rebecca Koenig
This article is part of the guide Better, Faster, Stronger: How Learning Engineering Aims to Transform Education.
Excerpt:
About a month into each semester, Gayle Golden sets aside a little time to ask her students about their learning.
The journalism instructor at the University of Minnesota keeps the process simple, with brief questions similar to these:
- What should keep happening in this class?
- What should we start doing in this class?
- What should we stop doing in this class?
Golden collects the results, which students give anonymously, then studies the feedback and makes a list of all the information she’s received. During the next class period, she discusses the findings with her students. She tells them which suggestions she plans to put into practice, which recommendations she can’t act on, and why.
From DSC:
Speaking of feedback…
I think it would be good to have our students journal about their learning — integrating their notes, readings, experiments, lectures, etc. Students could check in on these 3 questions for example.
And in the (potentially) digital process, they could also submit a form to their faculty member to answer the question:
- What do I want my professor to know about my learning experience today?
Such a question could be electronically delivered to the professor on any given day. This type of feedback loop would provide real-time, formative feedback to the professor as well as help the students develop their metacognitive skills.
I would think that such a process could also be used within the K-12 realm, including homeschoolers.
Also from edsurge.com, see:
- How to Use Podcasts in Teaching — by Bonni Stachowiak
- To Support Black Male Teachers, A Nonprofit is Paying Off Student Loans — by Jeffrey R. Young
- Millions of Students Are Still Without WiFi and Tech—Why Haven’t Policymakers Stepped Up? — by Mary Jo Madda
On 06/02/2021,
in change, changing business models, collaboration, computer science, content development, aggregation, repositories, curriculum, design, digital storytelling, education, education reform, education technology, entrepreneurship, ideas, K-12 related, leadership, marketing/social marketing, programming, student-related, teachers, technology (general), United States, web design and production,
by Daniel Christian
Nalukai Academy: Harvesting Hawai’i’s Next Generation of Leaders — from gettingsmart.com by Ashley Ranan
Excerpt:
Nalukai’s program curriculum includes 5 areas of interest:
- Digital storytelling – branding & marketing, content creation, web design
- Leadership – project management, collaboration, team dynamics
- Entrepreneurship – networking, investor pitches, business plan development
- Design thinking – prototyping, mind-mapping, iteration
- Technology – coding, web development, digital business tools
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On 06/01/2021,
in adjunct faculty, adult learning, colleges, community colleges, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, culture, education, expectations, faculty/staff, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, ideas, K-12 related, law schools, leadership, learner profiles, learning, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, MBA, online learning, pedagogy, presentations, psychology, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, training / L&D, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Growth Mindset Leadership & The Pygmalion Effect — from by Trevor Ragan and the Learning Lab; featuring Robert Rosenthal, Christine Rubie-Davies, and Michael Merznich. With thanks to Chris Church, Tenured Professor and prior Associate Dean of Academic Programs at the WMU-Cooley Law School
Our mindsets impact others more than we realize. As leaders, we can use this to improve the learning environment.
Excerpt:
We know that our individual mindsets (growth mindset & fixed mindset) can impact our capacity to grow. But how do our mindsets impact others?
Renowned researcher, Robert Rosenthal outlines his work and shows how our expectations can have a huge impact on the performance and development of the people around us.
Christine Rubie-Davies from the University of Auckland shows us how teacher expectations play a role in student development.
From DSC:
I highly recommend that all professors, teachers and student teachers, trainers — and even those supervising others — check this piece out! Nice work Trevor & Company! Below are some snapshots from this presentation.
On 05/31/2021,
in disruption, education, education reform, education technology, ideas, instructional design, K-12 related, pedagogy, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, youth,
by Daniel Christian
Evolving Instruction in a Rapidly Changing World — from esheninger.blogspot.com by Eric Sheninger
Excerpts:
In Chapter 3 of Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms, I lay out tried and true strategies to consider during any direct instruction component of a lesson while setting the stage for learning that empowers students to think disruptively by replacing conventional ideas with innovative solutions to authentic problems. Below is a summary of things to consider as you plan out your instructional design:
On 05/26/2021,
in 21st century, change, education, education reform, funding / grants, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, online learning, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online,
by Daniel Christian
As school districts move from “reopening” to “recovery,” what will they be recovering from? — from crpe.org by Paul Hill & Michael DeArmond
Excerpts:
Coming out of the pandemic, these leaders thought it was time to try something fundamentally different. “We have to rethink school, period,” one told us.
They thought schools needed to “recover” from traditional conceptualizations of schooling that had never provided all students with high-quality learning opportunities. As these leaders talked about rethinking public education, they put lots of ideas on the table, some of which they piloted during the pandemic:
- Hybrid or blended instructional models that combine in-person and online learning
- Fully remote options
- Learning pods where students work independently or receive one-on-one support
- Mixed-age classes based on proficiency level
- Grade band progression as opposed to grade levels
- Self-paced individualized instruction
- Co-teaching
- Weekend and intersession camps and instructional programming
- Evening learning opportunities (e.g., time in CTE shops, art studios, etc.)
- Enhanced summer programming
- “Do-over years” (where students aren’t identified as having been “retained”)
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From DSC:
When I see the word acceleration mentioned here…it (at least initially) raises a red flag for me. Speeding up the trains will leave many further behind. And if that’s not what’s happening here, I’d say that another word or phrase be identified and used here…as many others will have the same initial reaction to this word. A PR problem.
On 05/26/2021,
in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, accessibility / UDL, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, education technology, educational games / serious games, K-12 related, languages and translation, learning, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning hubs & pods & microschooling, learning preferences, learning spaces, love of learning, mathematics, play, robotics, science, STEAM-related, student-related, tools, youth,
by Daniel Christian
Per Elnaz Sarraf (She/Her), Chief Evangelist at ROYBI Robot:
ROYBI INC, the creator of the award-winning ROYBI Robot, announced today that it was named the winner of the World Economic Forum Smart Toy Awards 2021 in the category of Smart Companion. This is a remarkable achievement!
The category winner had to meet four important criteria:
- Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
- Accessibility
- Innovative Use of AI Transparency
- Healthy Play in Childhood Development.
According to the World Economic Forum representative, Seth Bergeson, our ROYBI Robot met and exceeded these important criteria. ROYBI’s award acceptance ceremony can be watched here.
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On 05/25/2021,
in career development, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, education, education reform, experimentation, face-to-face, formal learning, future, ideas, K-12 related, leadership, learner profiles, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, learning preferences, Michigan, more voice more choice more control, student-related, teachers,
by Daniel Christian
Michigan appeals to former teachers as districts face ‘dire’ shortage — from mlive.com by Kayla Miller
Kindergarten teacher Melissa Sanborn instructs students…Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020 at Cook Elementary School in Grand Blanc. (Jake May | MLive.com) Jake May | MLive.com
Excerpt:
Looking ahead to August, Beecher Community School District is expecting to be short about a quarter of their needed teaching staff for the 2021-22 school year.
The Flint-area district is one of many schools across Michigan fighting to keep educators in classrooms amid a statewide teacher shortage. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is now appealing to former teachers to get recertified and back to work.
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David Crim, spokesperson for the Michigan Education Association, said multiple factors are keeping people from pursuing teaching and forcing young teachers to leave the profession.
“There’s no respect for teachers, no respect for the profession and poor compensation,” Crim said. “We have the perfect storm.”
From DSC:
It feels like there are major changes occurring throughout the K-12 learning ecosystems out there. It will be interesting to see what shakes out from this period of disruption.
By the way, those with little respect for teachers clearly have never taught themselves. Teaching is a very difficult profession. You try providing personalized learning to 25-30+ students at a time. Once you begin to scratch the surface, you’re retiring. We need to continue to try to share our knowledge, learnings, effective pedagogies/research, growth, tools, contacts, and more to help the next generation of teachers, students, administrators, and leaders.
Personally, I would like to see teachers have far more agency themselves. Don’t straight jacket them so much with standardized testing every ___ weeks/months. And allow more choice and control for the students (where possible). And allow the damn trains to slow down and/or vary their pace — allow them to stop if necessary for a student or a group of students.
I don’t see real personalized learning occurring until more technologies get involved/integrated into the classrooms out there — things like learner preferences, cloud-based learner profiles, AI and more.