On 10/05/2012,
in Daniel S. Christian, online learning, professional development,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/01/2012,
in 21st century, career development, professional development, robotics, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
Top 10: Best jobs for robots 2012 — from roboticsbusinessreview.com by Tom Green
Help wanted: humans need not apply
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Also on that page, a link to:
From DSC:
Why do I keep putting these items re: robotics up on a blog called Learning Ecosystems? Off the top of my head, here are a couple of the reasons why:
- Each year, more workers are losing their jobs to robots. Such workers, if they want to remain in the workforce, are going to need to go back and do some more learning. Lifelong learning continues its way to becoming the norm now. To put it another way…we are potentially leaving a large swath of people behind in this quickly moving technological age — with a larger swath amassing unless such folks can reinvent themselves. Such reinventing work will likely require obtaining some new skills and/or knowledge
- It relates to engineering and computer science, two (of the many) disciplines that I’m interested in and like to keep an eye on.
Do not wait to take control of your professional development –– by Harold Jarche
Excerpt (emphasis DSC):
What happens when freelancing becomes the norm?
The US is no longer an industrial-based society where you can count on having a job for life and a sparkly new watch at your retirement party. (And forget about that pension.) According to the Freelancers Union, one in three workers are now toiling as freelancers, temps, “permalancers”, perma-temps, contractors, contingent workers, etc. That amounts to some 42 million freelancers in the US – people who are working without the benefit of employer-sponsored health insurance, 401k plans and flexible spending accounts. – How America is becoming a nation of freelancers
On 07/17/2012,
in digital audio, digital video, Google, professional development, training / L&D,
by Daniel Christian
On 06/22/2012,
in CMS/LMS, professional development,
by Daniel Christian
On 03/02/2012,
in accreditation, career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, cost of getting a degree, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, future of higher education, game-changing environment, innovation, marketing/social marketing, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, online learning, professional development, real-world assignments, reinvent, social media, staying relevant, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
Unified opens an online university for social media marketers — from TechCruch.com by Anthony Ha
The social media landscape is complex and constantly evolving, leaving top global brands and agencies with the challenge of staying on top of the latest trends and best practices. Unified University is a first of its kind – an all-encompassing training, continuing education and certification program, complete with access to the industry leading best practices knowledge base. Unified University is designed to help marketing and agency executives become experts and internal thought leaders on social strategies, platform insights, earned media measurement, and more.
Through Unified University’s comprehensive training program, a social team can get certified on the Unified Social Operating Platform and learn about the latest advances in social advertising. Certification ensures that a team is up to date on the latest options within the social web, including the benefits of advertising across social ecosystems including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, StumbleUpon and more.
Teams learn that brands may require very different strategies to ultimately achieve similar results. Unified University assures that teams know how to strategically represent brands across all social options while delivering high quality results and maximum ROI.
From DSC:
Is this a part of the future? If higher ed doesn’t respond more forcefully, I’d say so.
Along these lines, from page 408 of the Steve Jobs book:
One of Job’s business rules was to never be afraid of cannibalizing yourself. “If you can’t cannibalize yourself, someone else will,” he said.
Innovate. Reinvent. Staying relevant. This goes for the accreditation agencies as well.
Also see:
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On 12/14/2011,
in collaboration, digital learning, digital video, Google, innovation, open courseware and systems, professional development, student teaching/teacher education, student-related, teachers,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/03/2011,
in K-12 related, professional development, teachers, teaching & learning, trends,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/02/2011,
in career development, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, professional development, training / L&D, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
The 2011 State of the Industry: Increased Commitment to Workplace Learning — from ASTD.org by Michael Green and Erin McGill
Excerpt:
Despite current economic challenges, senior executives continue to invest in developing their employees and understand that a highly skilled workforce is a strategic differentiator. Data from more than 400 organizations across all major industries demonstrate that learning and development is critical to drive growth and sustain a competitive advantage.
The findings of ASTD’s 2011 State of the Industry Report show that organizations are just as committed as ever to learning and development (L&D). ASTD estimates that U.S. organizations spent about $171.5 billion on employee L&D in 2010. This amount includes direct learning expenditures such as the learning function’s staff salaries, administrative learning costs, and nonsalary delivery costs. Sixty percent ($103 billion) of total expenditures were spent on internal expenses and the remaining 40 percent ($68.5 billion) contributed to external expenses.
On 10/18/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, flipping -- inverted learning, informal learning, learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, professional development,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/10/2011,
in art, blogs / blogging / vlogging, K-12 related, presentations, professional development, streams of content,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
This brings to mind another graphic…
On 09/30/2011,
in adjunct faculty, career development, collaboration, communities of practice, faculty, professional development, research, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 09/20/2011,
in digital learning, digital textbooks, K-12 related, mobile learning, professional development, strategy, tablets,
by Daniel Christian
iPad deployment and teacher PD –– from Langwitches.org by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
Excerpt:
I have been reading my fair share of blogs, wikis and other documentation as schools around the world are deploying iPads in their classroom. It is finally our turn at the Martin J. Gottlieb Day School to welcome 20 brand new shiny iPad2s (no cart, just individual iPads).
In the spirit of passing on the trials and errors, as we get the devices ready to be used in the classroom by teachers and students, I am documenting our process.
Also see:
- Many U.S. schools adding iPads, trimming textbooks — from eschoolnews.com
Apple says more than 600 K-12 school districts have launched iPad programs—with two-thirds of them beginning since July
Addendum on 9-22-11:
- Lessons from an iPad Rollout — from The Journal.com by Bridget McCrea
Florida’s “first iPad high school” has deployed 1,000 iPads to its high school teachers and students. Thanks to preparations on the infrastructure, training, and security fronts, the fall rollout has proved relatively snag-free. In March and June, THE Journal reported on The Master’s Academy and the challenges it was tackling on the way to becoming Florida’s first iPad school. The private, interdenominational Christian institution in Oviedo has since handed out nearly 1,000 of the devices to students in ninth through 12th grade. According to Mitchell Salerno, principal, the transition to a more digital educational environment has gone surprisingly well so far. - 10 Ways to Quickly use the iPad in your Classroom — from Electric Educator
NMC launches iTunes U site — from the New Media Consortium
Excerpt:
The NMC is pleased to announce the NMC iTunes U Collection. This site is home to nearly a decade’s worth of content — all of it completely free and easy to find. We’re utilizing iTunes U to package and distribute all sorts of NMC media in forms that are both familiar and useful for educators and students. For example, every NMC publication, every keynote from dozens of NMC events, every NMC Horizon Report, plus podcasts, webinar archives, workshops, papers, conference programs, and communiqués are now all available at iTunes U > New Media Consortium.