Next Gen Learning

From Wikipedia, essentially "Diffusion of Innovations is a theory of how, why, and at what rate new ideas and technology spread through cultures." Theory was popularized this theory in his 1962 book "Diffusion of Innovations"

Mentioned in Engaging Faculty thread in Jam as theory that claims to predict who would be willing to adopt a technology.

Focus Session: Open Educational Content: Addressing Challenges and Seizing Opportunities.

Resources may include ideas on how to engage faculty in new initiatives.

This high level, general definition of deeper learning is on The Hewlett Foundation site.

Document on deeper learning competencies can be found in the Next Generation Learning Conference Room on the Polilogue site.

By Mantz Yorke, 2006 in The Higher Education Academy Learning & Employability Series (One) This report offers a concise summary of definitions, approaches, issues and challenges for HEIs.

Download report (PDF) on this page, see link Denholm. 2011. Scottish Higher Education Employability Conference: strengthening partnerships with employers.

Blog of Jam moderator, Bror Saxberg, on What Works for Learning.

"Faculty Adoption of Educational Technology Educational technology support plays a critical role in helping faculty add technology to their teaching"

Franziska Zellweger Moser. 2007. EDUCAUSE Quarterly (EQ) Volume 30 (2007). In depth case studies at three highly interesting but very different universities-MIT, Tufts, and Northeastern- based on interviews about the issue of faculty adoption of educational technology.

ALEKS produces web-based, artificially intelligent educational software used for assessment and then individualized lesson plans. Developed at the University of California, Irvine with funding from the National Science Foundation.

mentioned in Deeper Learning thread in NGLC Jam 2012 as a case that the Stanford professor who founded Udacity, a start-up for low cost online courses expected to reach masses, may follow for handling feedback. "progressive and multiple successes on practice problems demonstrates deeper learning." see tag 'article' for the link to the article about this professor in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Google Books excerpt of Language, literacy, and learning in educational practice: a reader by Stierer and Maybin, see pp 45-58. This excerpt includes Vygotsky's work on proximal development. Also known as Vykotsky.

mentioned in Deeper Learning thread re: adaptive testing. "Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development," the problems are situated for success with an incremental stretch by the student. Adaptive testing can well serve competency based learning- earn an "A" by progressing X number of steps or reach some threshold of competence. Attainment is self-reinforcing and can be pragmatically related to grades."

MEIBL, at Abilene Christian University, is a blended learning strategy which creates an active and engaging learning environment.

"Time saved on information transfer through MEIBL strategies enable faculty to mentor learners to engage course content at a deeper level. This project will scale MEIBL to demonstrate effectiveness in STEM programs with diverse and underrepresented student populations. "

By Robert J. Mislevy, Linda S. Steinberg, & Russell G. Almond, Education Testing Service, December 4, 1999. Overview of program of research and application that introduces a framework for designing, producing and delivering educational assessments.

Report to download (PDF) By Louise Yarnall, Larry Gallagher & Geneva Haertel, December 2009, SRI International: Inquiries Into Community College "...report on determining what big ideas matter to undergraduates in biology, particularly non majors."

By Grant P. Wiggins and Jay McTighe. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1998. (On Worldcat) "With an expanded array of practical strategies, tools, and examples from all subject areas, the book demonstrates how the research-based principles of Understanding by Design apply to district frameworks as well as to individual units of curriculum. "

By Robert M. Diamond. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2nd edition 1998. (On Worldcat)

By Nick DeSantis on Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 23, 2012. Article is about Sebastian Thrun, a research professor of computer science at Stanford who has given up teaching to found Udacity, a start-up offering low-cost online classes.

The SALG website is a free course-evaluation tool that allows college-level instructors to gather learning-focused feedback from students.

Link to download (PDF) of questionnaire.

Home page for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Cyberlearning Transforming Education program's Summit. Summit organized by SRI International and the Lawrence Hall of Science, with key support from the National Geographic Society, to advance the vision of the future of learning with a goal towards scalable and sustainable development in STEM education. Mentioned in Deeper Learning thread in context of others using data mining approach and building models.

By Malcolm S Knowles, New York: Association Press, 1975 (on Worldcat)

Download (Microsoft Word format) of abstract for Do the Math! Do the Math is one of the Wave 1 winners in the Next Gen Learning Challenges project. Using the principles of course redesign, as set by National Center of Academic Transformation (NCAT), the four partners (Chattanooga State Community College, Jefferson Comunity and Technical College, University of Hawaii - Mauii College and Education Trust) have come together to redesign their developmental math courses.