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Kim Jaxon

Course Description: 21st C Literacies (Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge) | HASTAC - 2 views

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    From the site: "This is a rough DRAFT of a doctoral course I will be offering in Spring 2013 in our new Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge. All the work in that course will have a public component... Since many Ph.D. students today will be teaching in classrooms with hundreds of students and with some hybrid online component, one focus of this course is how to see those situations as opportunities for collective learning, rather than simply "mills" for replicating tired, outmoded Industrial-age ideas."
Kim Jaxon

Are you a Teacher or Curator? - 0 views

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    From the article: "The curators in my world whom I follow online -- technology leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers -- almost never write in absolute terms or as the sole arbiter of an industry standard or direction. Instead, they see themselves in a collaborative role and increasingly defining themselves as curators (and yes, using that exact word) since they act as both holders of a "collection of knowledge" and a teacher of that knowledge area."
Jim Aird

21st Century Skills - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • A particularly effective learning method that incorporates these principles are group learning projects driven by an engaging, real-world questions or problems. These inquiry- and design-based, collaborative learning projects5 are a powerful learning method especially suited for building the essential 21st century skills-and-knowledge listed in the rainbow model above
  • An important new concept in education is that literacy is always changing, and with that you need to adapt to new methods of teaching. Instead of just teaching students how to read and write, you need to be sure they are literate in technology as well. Teaching students about technology should be part of the curriculum
Jim Aird

How Disruptive Is Information Technology Really? (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

  • The act of teaching is becoming more about designing the educational context and engaging students as they learn to approach material in more insightful and demanding ways. We are not transmitters of knowledge very often today,
Kim Jaxon

Twenty-First Century Literacies: Course Description | HASTAC - 5 views

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    Here's a course description for a "Twenty-First Century Literacies" class I will be teaching in Spring 2010. This is for students who are not (yet) English majors. But a different version will also be the gateway course for our proposed new Master's in Knowledge and Networks that we will be posting on Comment Press next month for feedback.
Kim Jaxon

Anne Balsamo: Videos and Frameworks for "Tinkering" in a Digital Age | Spotlight on Dig... - 1 views

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    1.30.09 | The Maker's Movement, the return of "handicrafts," tinkering-these are some of the most fascinating cultural practices making the news recently. In early 2008, an article in the New York Times described the Bay Area Maker's Faire as a gathering of "folks from all walks of life who blend science, technology, craft and art to make things both goofy and grand."
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