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Resource from edorigami.edublogs.org;
also see http://edorigami.edublogs.org/2010/08/12/technology-audit-tool-draft/on that site
Upcoming “Distinguished Lecture Series” from Wimba
Immersive Technology Training
Learn how UNCW has been able to get majority and late-adopting faculty and staff to utilize synchronous learning technologies by providing an immersive advanced training.
August 16, 2010 2:00 pm EDT
Learn how UNCW has been able to get majority and late-adopting faculty and staff to utilize synchronous learning technologies by providing an immersive advanced training.
August 16, 2010 2:00 pm EDT
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Wimba Study Break: Wimba Stretches Pedagogical Boundaries: Peer Teaching Across Two Institutions
Learn how two professors at different universities used Wimba Classroom to create optimal learning environment for students to interact through peer teaching.
September 29, 2010 1:00 pm EDT
Learn how two professors at different universities used Wimba Classroom to create optimal learning environment for students to interact through peer teaching.
September 29, 2010 1:00 pm EDT
On 08/10/2010,
in budgets, cost of getting a degree, future of higher education, game-changing environment, online learning, universities,
by Daniel Christian
Saving public universities — from convergemag.com by Jessica B. Mulholland
As university budgets shrink, governors are searching for ways to make the remaining education money more effective, Thomasian said. “One of those ways to make it effective is for higher education to start using a lot more online learning.”
Debates about the rigor of online versus traditional degrees abound, but the truth is that the recession is straining traditional public universities, tuitions are continuously rising and students are being turned away from already-overcrowded classrooms. So does online education offer a viable alternative for delivering higher education, career retraining and lifelong learning?
Ray Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association, thinks so. “I really believe that higher education has to move online,” he said at the National Association of State Chief Information Officers midyear meeting in Baltimore. “Private universities have done it; government will have to follow along.”
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A Broken Model?
Ultimately the higher education system as we know it is in jeopardy, and many contend that the model is already broken.
“Particularly for the public institutions,” Breneman said, “if you think their role and purpose is to serve the public in a broad way and to be affordable and accessible, I think we are running a risk of closing out opportunities to a substantial part of the youth population if we aren’t careful. We’re shifting the cost from the general taxpayer, which is what it has historically been, over to the families.”
On 08/09/2010,
in cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
Online-Only Western Governors University could be new model for education — from govtech.com by Jessica B. Mulholland [via Ray Schroeder]
The need for affordable and flexible education rings truer today than ever before. According to the College Board’s 2009 Trends in College Pricing report, the cost of higher education is rising: Tuition for in-state residents at public four-year institutions was about $7,020 for the 2009-2010 academic year, bringing the total cost for one academic year to more than $19,000 when books and living expenses are included. This means a four-year degree at a public university costs nearly $80,000, and according to the same report, a private four-year degree costs twice that — $160,000.
And governors will continue cutting higher education budgets, which will drive further increases in tuition costs, said John Thomasian, director of the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. The lack of affordability combined with the complexity of student financial aid threatens higher education’s accessibility, said David Breneman, the Newton and Rita Meyers professor in economics of education at the University of Virginia. “To find out what the actual price of college is going to be is not trivial in this country,” he said. “The kids who are coached know how to run the financial aid system if they are eligible, while the kids from less sophisticated families — I think a number of us worry that they sort of get lost at the starting gate.”
On 08/09/2010,
in digital storytelling, online learning, pedagogy, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
Digital storytelling brings a human connection to online education — from Faculty Focus by Deborah A. Raines
Once upon a time people told stories to share experiences and to teach. With the growing popularity of distance learning modalities educators have been searching for ways to enhance social presence and reflective thinking in the online learning experience. The use of digital storytelling might be a strategy to bring human thought and emotion into online education.
Since pre-historic times, storytelling has been a form of education and social connection. Storytelling allows persons to project their personal characteristics and to present themselves as real people to other participants. The process of creating a story is a mental process which challenges the learner to use critical thinking processes to examine information, question its validity and draw conclusions.
Digital storytelling is the art of telling stories with digital multimedia to share a reflective narrative. Through effective use of perspective, drama, emotion, context and sound, digital storytelling helps people to connect, explore and understand. Digital storytelling can provide a creative ingredient to make the online learning process engaging and can lead to deeper learning (Sharad, 2010).
Digital storytelling presents learners with a challenge to write, understand and communicate in a collaborative, persuasive, accurate and entertaining manner. The steps in creating a digital story as a teaching-learning activity are:
On 08/06/2010,
in education technology, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, online learning, open courseware and systems,
by Daniel Christian
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David Wiley
As institutions and as individuals, we seem to have forgotten the core values of education: sharing, giving, and generosity.
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Vicki Davis
Open content is not yet changing students’ lives because there are questions that should be answered first.
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Dave Cormier and George Siemens
Online open courses can leverage communications technologies and open the door to learners to fully engage with the academic process.
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Maria H. Andersen
Open digital faculty do more than just share and participate in open resources; they transfer their approaches to the teaching space.
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Brian Lamb and Jim Groom
Has the wave of the open web crested? What does “open educational technology” look like, and does it stand for anything?
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Carolina Rossini
The right to be a creator, the right to govern and develop one’s own knowledge, and the right to share with others are fundamental freedoms for the Internet age.
On 08/04/2010,
in online learning,
by Daniel Christian
On 07/28/2010,
in budgets, business side of he, higher education, online learning, using teams,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
Here’s an article that gets at the use of TEAMS of specialists:
Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses — from The Chronicle by Marc Parry
On 07/23/2010,
in disruption, global / globalization, higher education, online learning,
by Daniel Christian
Online university aims to build sites in 6 developing countries — from The Chronicle by Kelly Truong
Through a new partnership with World Computer Exchange, the upstart online institution University of the People hopes to build communication centers in six developing countries over the next six months, allowing students without good Internet access to take online courses.
University of the People, founded in 2009, promises tuition-free education in business administration and computer science. The university says its enrollment includes approximately 500 students from nearly 100 countries.
On 07/21/2010,
in 24x7x365 access, business, business side of he, career development, change, changing business models, colleges, community colleges, competency-based learning/education, corporate / business world, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, disruption, education reform, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, face-to-face, faculty/staff, future of higher education, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, innovation, leadership, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, more voice more choice more control, new business models, online learning, online tutoring, open courseware and systems, pace of change, personalized/customized learning, strategy, teaching & learning, traditional / tradition, universities, using teams, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
From Spring 2010
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From DSC:
If you are even remotely connected to higher education, then you *need* to read this one!
Most certainly, not everything that Thomas Frey says will take place…but I’ll bet you he’s right on a number of accounts. Whether he’s right or not, the potential scenarios he brings up ought to give us pause to reflect on ways to respond to these situations…on ways to spot and take advantage of the various opportunities that arise (which will only happen to those organizations who are alert and looking for them).