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Nils Peterson

Arianna Huffington and Jay Rosen: Thanks to the People Who Worked on OffTheBus; Here's ... - 0 views

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community huffingtonpost crowd-source

shared by Nils Peterson on 19 Nov 08 - Cached
  • In fact, OffTheBus was such a success that HuffPost intends to make the crowd sourcing and distributed journalism methods developed and honed by OTB during the election an integral part of our editorial process -- utilizing them across all of our different sections.
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Education Department Proposes To End Federal Funding To For-Profit Colleges Whose Stude... - 2 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...nding-jobs-loans_n_657821.html

assessment stakeholder financial aid higher_education accountability

shared by Nils Peterson on 24 Jul 10 - Cached
  • The Education Department proposed much-anticipated regulations Friday that would cut off federal aid to for-profit college programs if too many of their students default on loans or don't earn enough after graduation to repay them.
  • To qualify for federal student aid programs, career college programs must prepare students for "gainful employment."
  • But shares were mixed among companies such as ITT Educational Services Inc., Corinthian Colleges Inc., Education Management Corp. and Career Education Corp. Those companies operate career colleges focusing more on two-year programs or lower-income students and may need to make big changes
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Craig Newmark: "A Craigslist for Service" - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...list-for-service_b_150924.html

service learning

shared by Nils Peterson on 17 Dec 08 - Cached
  • Nils Peterson on 17 Dec 08
     
    lays out specific actions using existing tools (not craig's list) and encourages action on part of Obama and citizens. get educated on an issue
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Top Fed Official Warns Jobs Will Be Scarce As 'Paradigm Shift' Slows Hiring - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...fficial-warns-jo_n_471681.html

shared by Nils Peterson on 22 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Over the last three quarters worker productivity jumped an average of 6.8 percent, the highest three-quarter average in more than 40 years. Meanwhile, the economy has shed 8.4 million jobs since December 2007.
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 22 Feb 10
       
      In our univ. cost cutting, can any productivity gains be claimed? measured as graduates/total payroll perhaps. measured as learning outcomes for 21st century...doubtful
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Kushal Chakrabarti: Vittana: Forget $40K, Send Someone to College for $10 - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...orget-40k-send-s_b_500076.html

shared by Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Nardith's mom, Angelica, is a long-time client of EDAPROSPO, a local microfinance non-profit in Peru, and has built a successful combi (a bus-like taxi) business of her own. She makes enough money to take care of her family and save a little for the future. When Vittana and EDAPROSPO launched a brand-new college loan program for would-be Peruvian students back in July, Angelica jumped at the never-before-seen opportunity for her daughter. Nardith's loan was arranged and her profile appeared on Vittana. Then, because of 17 people around the world -- a mom in Norway, an MBA student in Boston, a banker in NYC, a professional poker player in Los Angeles, an engineer in Seattle, and many others -- who together lent her $700, Nardith was able to re-enroll in a nursing program
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10
       
      micro-lending for education. Its a technical education, so one might assume a lower risk for the investor.
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World Air Traffic Over A 24-Hour Period (VIDEO) - 1 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...r-traffic-over-a_n_529905.html

visualization traffic

shared by Nils Peterson on 09 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Nils Peterson on 09 Apr 10
     
    another cool visualization, watch world air traffic -- no wonder we have a carbon problem
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Walmart's Growth: An Awesome Visualization Of The Retailer's Rapid Expansion (INFOGRAPHIC) - 3 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...growth-an-awesom_n_529037.html

walmart visualization

shared by Nils Peterson on 08 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Beginning with the first Walmart store, which opened in Rogers, Arkansas, in 1962, this incredible visualization -- put together by FlowingData, a data visualization website run by UCLA statistics doctoral student Nathan Yau -- traces the expansion of the seemingly omnipresent discount chain across America
  • Nils Peterson on 08 Apr 10
     
    an interesting visualization in its own right, perhaps another tool set we might use at "FlowingData"
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Larry Magid: Can an iPad replace a laptop? Hands-on Review - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ad-replace-a-lap_b_524318.html

shared by Nils Peterson on 04 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Despite my excellent experience with Pages and the Bluetooth keyboard, it's not quite ready to replace laptops for production.
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 04 Apr 10
       
      see vnc to run desktop for production
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Arianna Huffington: All for Good: A New "Craigslist for Service" - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ood-a-new-craigs_b_208407.html

shared by Nils Peterson on 13 Jun 09 - Cached
  • This summer, the White House is planning to issue a national call to service. But already a group of individuals from the worlds of tech, marketing, academia, and public service, inspired by President Obama's vow to make service a "a central cause" of his presidency, have banded together to create a new website that aims to become a craigslist for service. It's called All For Good.
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 13 Jun 09
       
      Back in November I blogged about this idea http://www.nilspeterson.com/2008/11/10/implementing-obama%E2%80%99s-100-hours-of-service-plan/ following a Craig Newmark posting in HuffPost in response to a suggestion for a "Craigslist for service." This is the alpha version of that concept.
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Don Tapscott: The Impending Demise of the University - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ding-demise-of-t_b_213702.html

shared by Nils Peterson on 11 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Why should a university student be restricted to learning from the professors at the university he or she is attending. True, students can obviously learn from intellectuals around the world through books, or via the Internet. Yet in a digital world, why shouldn't a student be able to take a course from a professor at another university?
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 11 Jun 09
       
      This points to some of the ideas we have been diagramming relative to harvesting feedback and learning in community. It also points at issues like student "swirling" (taking classes from many universities) and how that might be integrated via a portfolio
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Marty Linsky and Alexander Grashow: Obama is Reset -- Are You? - 0 views

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shared by Nils Peterson on 01 Apr 09 - Cached
  • Will you hunker down until the storm blows over and then try to restore? Or will you adapt and Reset now, and start from a new beginning?
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 01 Apr 09
       
      Josh made this same observation about the choice facing WSU and higher ed. He said relative to the Newspapers and Universities piece he Diigoed that he worries WSU 'sails under' in this process. Gary calls it never letting a good crisis go wasted
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Tom Vander Ark: How Social Networking Will Transform Learning - 2 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...l-networking-wit_b_349467.html

learning web2.0 higher_education

shared by Nils Peterson on 12 Nov 09 - Cached
  • Key assumption: teacher effectiveness is the key variable; more good teachers will improve student achievement
  • I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10
       
      I just Diigoed UrgentEvoke.com (a game) and Jumo.com a new social site, each targeted at working on big, real-world problems.
  • Theron DesRosier on 12 Nov 09
     
    Vander Ark was the first Executive Director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From his post: "There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.'" "One problem not addressed by these theories is the lack of innovation diffusion in education--a good idea won't cross the street. Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas." "Key assumption: teacher effectiveness is the key variable; more good teachers will improve student achievement" "I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement."
  • Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10
     
    "Key assumption: teacher effectiveness is the key variable; more good teachers will improve student achievement" Vander Ark was the first Executive Director for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. From his post:"There are plenty of theories about how to improve education. Most focus on what appear to be big levers--a point of entry and system intervention that appears to provide some improvement leverage. These theories usually involve 'if-then' statements: 'if we improve this, then other good stuff will happen.'" "One problem not addressed by these theories is the lack of innovation diffusion in education--a good idea won't cross the street. Weak improvement incentives and strong bureaucracy have created a lousy marketplace for products and ideas." "I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement."\n\n\n
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