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Judy Brophy

Crowdsourcing contingent salary data | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    It started with an announcement in February that a University of Georgia instructor would start a crowdsourcing project to find out more about working conditions and salaries of adjuncts. Last month, a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro announced that she was attempting something similar for graduate student employees. Both projects are attempts at gathering information -- on the salaries of adjuncts and graduate students -- where rigorously researched data is difficult to come by. Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/04/02/crowdsourcing-contingent-salary-data#ixzz1quha2YCW  Inside Higher Ed 
Judy Brophy

Berklee College of Music launches first accredited bachelor's degree programs in music ... - 0 views

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    The online degrees therefore cater to musicians whose careers prevent them from moving to Boston. Applicants with professional experience can submit their portfolios and receive up to 30 prior learning credits. Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/10/31/berklee-college-music-launches-first-accredited-bachelors-degree-programs-music#ixzz2jJ7Obpkh Inside Higher Ed
Jenny Darrow

True innovation in Higher Ed will emerge from faculty-driven, open-source projects, not... - 0 views

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    "True innovation in Higher Ed will emerge from faculty-driven, open-source projects, not start-up commercialisation"
Judy Brophy

Harvard joins MIT in platform to offer massive online courses (Update) | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    After a whirlwind nine months that has witnessed a rapid rebirth of online education at elite U.S. universities in the form of massively open online courses, or MOOCs, Harvard University has thrown its hat into the ring - along with the largest investment yet in technology aimed at bringing interactive online education to hundreds of thousands of students at a time for free.
Judy Brophy

Poll Everywhere: Tool 5 of 10 - CEITL @ Zane State College - 0 views

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    respond via text messsaging, twitter or web higher ed free account gets you 32 responses per poll
Judy Brophy

teachwithyouripad - iPad Apps - 0 views

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    Not much in higher ed but still useful
Judy Brophy

The Adjunct Project - 0 views

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    The goal of this website is to identify universities that set the standard for best practices with regard to adjuncts. The best schools should be recognized and honored for what they are doing. The project is also designed to promote transparency in higher education employment practices for the sake of teachers, students, and parents.
Jenny Darrow

Blog U.: Why My Bookmarks Are Not Delicious - Technology and Learning - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    Reading content on the web feels so 2007. I don't Delicious because I don't bookmark, and I don't bookmark because I'm no longer searching for and jumping around the web looking for content. Nowadays I consume most content on my iPad or Touch, using apps such as the one from the NYTimes. The app may restrict where I go, meaning less variety but a higher quality consumption experience. I imagine that over time more of the magazines and journals I read will morph into apps, providing high quality multimedia reading and viewing experiences on portable devices. Reading the NYTimes on my Touch or iPad is better than through a browser because I'm in "lean back" consuming mode. If I'm on my browser it means that I'm on my computer, with all the attention pulls from e-mail and writing projects.
Matthew Ragan

YouTube U. Beats YouSnooze Through - Online Learning - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

  • There are some college experiences that don't fit this mold. Many seminars and advanced courses are based on hands-on projects and small-scale discussions with professors. Those are undoubtedly valuable. But core classes tend not to be taught that way. The very classes that should establish a student's base understanding of a subject are taught like assembly lines—lecture, problem set, exam—with no quality control. Sure, the product's quality is graded, but nothing is done about defective understanding as the student is pushed down the line.
  • Students don't retain anything because they didn't intuitively understand it to begin with.
  • Why aren't we using the 300-person gathering at 10 a.m. every Tuesday and Thursday as an opportunity for active peer-to-peer instruction rather than a passive, one-size-fits-all lecture?
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  • Then the professor is freed to be an active participant in an interactive, peer-to-peer problem-solving powwow in the classroom.
  • Ten years from today, students will be learning at their own pace, with all relevant data being collected on how to optimize their learning and the content itself. Grades and transcripts will be replaced with real-time reports and analytics on what a student actually knows and doesn't know.
Judy Brophy

TED Talk + E-Book = "Media Makeover" | Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    by CEO of Public Radio International,
Jenny Darrow

Blog U.: The Digital Native Fundamental Attribution Error - Technology and Learning - I... - 0 views

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    Where Levine gets it wrong is to assume that this shift is being driven by the demand of digital natives for new methods of teaching and learning. Levine writes that, "Today's traditional undergraduates, aged 18 to 25, are digital natives. They grew up in a world of computers, Internet, cell phones, MP3 players, and social networking." I recommend that Arthur Levine, and all of you, download (buy, whatever) a copy of Clay Shirky's new book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age. Shirky talks about the fundamental_attribution_error, the tendency to explain behaviors as the result of character as opposed to the opportunity structure.
Judy Brophy

Career Advice: LinkedIn-iQuette - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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    "A simple Google search on LinkedIn etiquette produces a cacophony of often contradictory information on best practices for using the site for career development purposes. "
Judy Brophy

Views: Teaching With Blogs - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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    How to go about making blogs work in a course.
Matthew Ragan

Decoding the Value of Computer Science - 0 views

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    In The Social Network, a computer-programming prodigy goes to Harvard and creates a technology company in his sophomore dorm. Six year later, the company is worth billions and touches one out of every 14 people on earth.
Matthew Ragan

A 'Stealth Assessment' Turns to Video Games to Measure Thinking Skills - 0 views

  • "We have this whole group of kids who are not engaged with school, and appropriately so, because schools are so antiquated," she says
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    Colleges no longer simply want to know what their students know, but how they think.
Judy Brophy

Blog U.: 10 Competencies for Every Graduate - Technology and Learning - Inside Higher Ed - 2 views

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    1. Start a Blog 2. Buy an Audio Recorder and Learn to Use It 3. Start Editing Audio 4. Post an Interview (or Podcast) on Your Blog 5. Learn How to Shoot, Crop, Tone, and Optimize Photos (And Add Them to Your Blog) 6. Learn to Create Effective Voice-Over Presentations with Rapid Authoring Software
Jenny Darrow

Career Advice: Does Wikipedia Suck? - Inside Higher Ed - 1 views

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    Finally,  decent article from the Chronicle about how to address wikipedia. Still slanted but there is a nod to being realistic.
Matthew Ragan

Professors and Social Media - 1 views

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    Professors, particularly those in the senior ranks, might have a reputation for being leery of social media. But they are no Luddites when it comes to Web 2.0 tools such as Facebook and YouTube, according to a new survey scheduled to be released today.
Judy Brophy

Blog U.: Student Views on Technology and Teaching - Technology and Learning - Inside Hi... - 0 views

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    recommendations:1. Ensure that all readings, articles, presentations and videos (all course material) are available in the course management system.2. "Create a weekly reading assessment that asks students to formulate or discuss the most important things you wanted them to get out the this week's articles."3. "Make your syllabus a living document and let students know about changes via class emails - it will put your class in the forefront of their minds."4. "Use technology to help students engage with one another - create peer review groups for papers or discussion groups online."
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