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Apple Webcast Review: Getting to Know iTunes U [Jennifer Funk]

On 11/27/2012, in Apple, professional development, by Daniel Christian

Apple Webcast Review: Getting to Know iTunes U — from edcetera.com by Jennifer Funk

Excerpt:

Apple just launched its three-part webcast series exploring the ways educators can use iTunes U. The webcasts seem to be aimed at shining a light on a relatively underexposed Apple product, and, perhaps more subtly, addressing the need for quality control, an issue since its early days.

Part one of the series, which you can watch on demand from a Safari browser here, featured two Apple representatives and two educators who gave a general overview of the platform, offered examples of use in both high school and college classes, and answered educator questions.

If you don’t have an extra 45 minutes to watch the webcast, check out the highlights below.

 

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Creativity and Education: Why it matters [Adobe]

On 11/16/2012, in Adobe, career development, creativity, professional development, workplace, by Daniel Christian

 

 

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Excerpt:

Around the world, educators are fostering creative thinking with their students. We see this every day across both K-12 and higher education in compelling, engaging ways. I remembera 4th grade reading class that I attended where the teacher read aloud to students while sitting around a “virtual campfire” she’d created with iMovie – the students loved it. At the same time, we hear a lot about a growing emphasis on, “teaching to the test” that can sometimes result in a decreased focus on creativity – we think this is a huge problem for our students and for the global economy. College-educated professionals agree. I wanted to share newly-released results of what more than 1000 college graduates say about the importance of creativity in education.

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In this flipped class, teachers learn from students’ video [Fortson]

On 11/16/2012, in digital video, flipping -- inverted learning, K-12 related, professional development, student-related, teachers, by Daniel Christian

In this flipped class, teachers learn from students’ video — fromthejournal.com by Kim Fortson
As many students can attest, video creation doesn’t have to be difficult and it certainly doesn’t have to be scary. One teacher shares how the flipped classroom can be a lesson in media literacy for students and teachers alike.

Excerpt:

New York technology teacher and trainer Rob Zdrojewski is flipping the flipped classroom–or, rather, his students are.

Using a video technology known as screencasting, Zdrojewski, who will host two workshops at the upcoming FETC Conference in January, turns the popular phrase on its head by asking his students at Amherst Middle School to create instructional videos for their teachers.

“The term ‘flip your classroom’ is really for the teachers to flip the classroom for the students, but this is like flipping the professional development for your staff–but having students teach the teachers,” Zdrojewski says. “It’s another catchphrase we’ve been using.”

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Reflecting on the Top IT Issues of 2012 [Schaffhauser]

On 11/15/2012, in analytics, career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, data related items, IT in HE, leadership, professional development, strategy, vision/possibilities, by Daniel Christian

Reflecting on the Top IT Issues of 2012 — from campustechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser

  1. Updating IT professionals’ skills and roles to accommodate new technologies and changing IT delivery models
  2. Supporting IT consumerization and bring-your-own device programs
  3. Developing a cloud strategy
  4. Improving the institution’s operational efficiency through IT
  5. Integrating IT into institutional decision-making
  6. Using analytics to support the important institutional outcomes
  7. Funding IT initiatives
  8. Transforming the institution’s business with IT
  9. Supporting research with high-performance computing, large data, and analytics
  10. Establishing and implementing IT governance throughout the institution

 

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Involving students in IT — — from campustechnology.com by Keith Norbury
IT shops are turning to students to staff help desks, troubleshoot, and more. For schools, it’s a way to cut costs; for students, it’s a learning experience and a pathway to employment.

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Thanks to the folks who put on — and participated in — a great Sloan Consortium Conference last week!

On 10/18/2012, in online learning, professional development, by Daniel Christian

I just wanted to thank everyone who put on — and participated in — a great 18th Annual Sloan Consortium International Conference on Online Learning last week in Orlando, Florida! (~1600 on site attendees and ~1300 virtual attendees)

And if you’re reading this Ray Schroeder and/or Karen Vignare,
a special thanks out to you for your presentation on the MOOCs
and on the work you all have been doing for years.

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I wonder, are we in higher ed already owning the development of our own ***personal*** brands more and more?

On 10/15/2012, in career development, changing business models, Daniel S. Christian, marketplaces, professional development, research, by Daniel Christian

After hearing Sebastian Thrun’s keynote last week at the Sloan Consortium Conference on online learning — where he at one point alluded to the creation of “rockstar professors” arising from the current day MOOCs — and after reading the following item, I wonder…

…are we already owning our own personal brands more and more…?

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Academia.Edu overhauls profiles as the onus falls on researchers to manage their personal brands — from techcrunch.com by Kim-Mai Cutler

 

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Looking forward to attending the Sloan Consortium Conference next week

On 10/05/2012, in Daniel S. Christian, online learning, professional development, by Daniel Christian

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Top 10: Best jobs for robots 2012 [Green]

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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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:

  1. 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
  2. It relates to engineering and computer science, two (of the many) disciplines that I’m interested in and like to keep an eye on.

 

 

 

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Do not wait to take control of your professional development [Jarche]

On 09/26/2012, in career development, professional development, workplace, by Daniel Christian

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

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12 features of supporting social collaboration in the workplace [Hart]

On 08/31/2012, in career development, collaboration, professional development, social learning / networks, strategy, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

12 features of supporting social collaboration in the workplace — from Learning in the Social Workplace by Jane Hart

Excerpt:

I am often asked how to support social collaboration in the workplace. As I showed in my recent blog post, there are some big differences between learning in an e-business and learning in a social/collaborative business.

So it is not just about adding new social approaches or social media into the training “blend”, supporting social collaboration is underpinned not only by new technologies but by a new mindset.  In other words, it means ..

 

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YouTube.com’s Creator Hub

On 07/17/2012, in digital audio, digital video, Google, professional development, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/

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3 solid paid training options for Moodle [Thibault]

On 06/22/2012, in CMS/LMS, professional development, by Daniel Christian

3 solid paid training options for Moodle — from Moodle News by Joseph Thibault

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Hard at work in the jobless future [Lee]

On 04/03/2012, in Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, career development, corporate / business world, dangers of the status quo, emerging technologies, future, game-changing environment, play, professional development, quality, robotics, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Hard at work in the jobless future — from WFS.org by James H. Lee
Jobs are disappearing, but there’s still a future for work. An investment manager looks at how automation and information technology are changing the economic landscape and forcing workers to forge new career paths beyond outdated ideas about permanent employment.

Excerpt:

The Future of Work: Emerging Trends
Work will always be about finding what other people want and need, and then creating practical solutions to fulfill those desires. Our basic assumptions about how work gets done are what’s changing. It’s less about having a fixed location and schedule and more about thoughtful and engaged activity. Increasingly, this inspiration can happen anytime, anyplace.

There is a blurring of distinctions among work, play, and professional development. The ways that we measure productivity will be less focused on time spent and more about the value of the ideas and the quality of the output. People are also going to have a much better awareness of when good work is being done.

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[From DSC: Is this a piece of the future?] Unified opens an online university for social media marketers [Anthony Ha]

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, 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

 

unifiedsocial.com

Services > Unified University

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.

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YouTube for Schools

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

YouTube for Schools

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