On 03/24/2010,
in legislatures / government / legal, textbooks,
by Daniel Christian
Legislators aim to cut college textbook costs — from CTI Career Search
On 03/04/2010,
in cost of getting a degree, legislatures / government / legal, policy, strategy, student-related,
by Daniel Christian
Addendums from 3/5/10:
- Thousands protest financing cuts, tuition increase in US — from news.xinhuanet.com
- March on Everywhere! — from InsideHigherEd.com
- California Students Protest Education Cuts — The New York Times
On 03/03/2010,
in game-changing environment, K-12 related, leadership, legislatures / government / legal,
by Daniel Christian
Original from:
http://spotlight.macfound.org/
On 01/21/2010,
in education technology, game-changing environment, higher education, pace of change,
by Daniel Christian
Disruptive Innovation in the Classroom — from The Journal by Bridget McCrea
One expert discusses how disruptive innovations like online learning will change the way students learn and progress.
From DSC:
I am not sure we are fully appreciating the scope of the changes about to take place throughout higher education. If we look at what the Internet has done to other industries — and the corresponding (amazingly-short) timeframes it took to turn those industries on their heads — we will begin to have a better appreciation for the massive changes coming down the pike. When the iPod was introduced in October 2003, it didn’t take Apple long to completely dominate the music distribution business. Also, take a look at journalism and how quickly things have changed there (relatively speaking). I believe higher education is next. For more background on my stance on things, you might want to check out two pages/presentations:
- The Forthcoming Walmart of Education (Dec 2008):
http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/walmartofeducation.htm - A Potential Vision for the Future (Spring/ Summer 2008):
http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/visions.htm
On 01/20/2010,
in Daniel S. Christian, learning ecosystem,
by Daniel Christian
My objective with this blog is to provide you with a broad-range of insights and resources regarding some tools, technologies, and strategies that help people learn and communicate. I address elements that relate to the worlds of higher education, K-12, and the corporate training/development. I seek to identify and relay patterns and trends in the quickly-changing landscapes out there, helping folks keep a pulse check on such items as:
- 1:1 computing, AI, personalized learning
- “The Forthcoming Walmart of Education”; changing business models, opportunities, and threats within the world of higher education
- The disruptive power of technology
- What elements should be in your learning ecosystem
- “Learning from the Living Room”
- Keeping students engaged
- Digital storytelling
- Multimedia (tools, techniques, trends, other)
- Mobile learning
- Building your global network
- Instructional design
- Web design and production
- …as well as other educationally-related topics.
To get an idea of my views on the above topics — along with some of the other topics I’ve covered in the last 3 years — please feel free to review my personal site at Calvin College. Here’s an example archives page covering all of 2009: http://www.calvin.edu/~dsc8/announcement_archives_2009.htm
I look forward to our future discussions as we try to make our individual and corporate contributions to the worlds of education…thereby making the entire world a better place.
Sincerely,
Daniel S. Christian
