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Joshua Yeidel

The Answer Sheet - A principal on standardized vs. teacher-written tests - 0 views

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assessment outcomes accountability

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  • Joshua Yeidel on 06 Jan 11
     
    High school principal George Wood eloquently contrasts standardized NCLB-style testing with his school's performance assessments.
Joshua Yeidel

Above-Campus Services: Shaping the Promise of Cloud Computing for Higher Education (EDU... - 0 views

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higher_education information technology

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  • In the early 1990s, Mike Zucchini, formerly the CIO of Fleet/Norstar, saw four possible reasons for outsourcing information technology. He explained these reasons in his "4-S" model: Scale — the desire to access economies of scale and efficiency that an institution could not achieve alone; Specialty — the desire to access specialized expertise that is too expensive to staff; Sale — the desire to turn nonproductive assets of capital facilities and IT equipment into cash to improve a balance sheet and reduce headcount; and Surrender — the desire to simplify the IT agenda by essentially giving up and hoping that a contract for service yields the outcomes an executive desires.7 Zucchini argued that Scale and Specialty are functional reasons for outsourcing and that Sale and Surrender are ultimately dysfunctional. History supports his insights: the big Sale/Surrender outsourcing deals of Kodak, American Express, GM, and Xerox all proved transient as the complexities of managing by contract and service-level agreements led to the eventual re-creation of internal IT service capabilities
  • Joshua Yeidel on 15 Jun 10
     
    Describes a "meta-versity" concept based on cloud computing shared by HE institutions. Although the article focuses on the institution level, many of the considerations also occur in department-level movement toward the cloud.
Joshua Yeidel

Improving Your Assessment Processes: Q&A with Linda Suskie - 0 views

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    "Q: What elements help make institutional effectiveness assessment successful? Suskie: One factor really stands out: If institutional leaders really value assessment results and use them to inform important decisions on important goals, your institutional effectiveness efforts will be a resounding success."
Nils Peterson

Jumo - Together in Concert - 0 views

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  • There are no magic solutions to the challenges our world faces. But there are millions of people around the globe who work each day to improve the lives of others. Unfortunately, there are millions more who don’t know how to meaningfully help. Jumo brings together everyday individuals and organizations to speed the pace of global change. We connect people to the issues, organizations, and individuals relevant to them to foster lasting relationships and meaningful action. 
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      Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10
       
      New social problem solving site being launched soon by one of the co-founders of Facebook, who went on to the My Barack Obama effort during the election.
Nils Peterson

YouTube - Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world - 0 views

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shared by Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10 - Cached
  • Gaming can make a better world
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      Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10
       
      See also UrgentEvoke.com the game she describes in this TED talk and also Jumo.com a social site for problem solving. Are these a collection of resources pointing at a new contextualized learning genre. UrgentEvoke "credentials" is top players (as top players).
Nils Peterson

Kushal Chakrabarti: Vittana: Forget $40K, Send Someone to College for $10 - 0 views

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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.
Nils Peterson

Jonathon James English Cranston's Page - Urgent Evoke - 0 views

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  • Nils Peterson on 19 Mar 10
     
    Evoke is built in Ning..worth a look for how they re-dressed it.
  • Nils Peterson on 19 Mar 10
     
    EVOKE Powers are the core skills, abilities, and talents that make successful social innovation possible. In other words, they are the key social innovation superpowers.
Joshua Yeidel

Biggest Increases in Spending on Higher Education - Government - The Chronicle of Highe... - 0 views

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higher_education

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  • Joshua Yeidel on 23 Mar 10
     
    A tough competitive environment...
Joshua Yeidel

Led by North Dakota, Some States Shield Higher Education From Cutbacks - Government - T... - 0 views

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higher_education

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  • Joshua Yeidel on 23 Mar 10
     
    "a handful of states have been spared the brunt of the recession so far, providing an opportunity for them to improve their national standing in terms of higher education. Leading those states by far is North Dakota, whose higher-education system has seen an 18.5-percent increase in state funds over the past two years. "
Theron DesRosier

How Smartphones and Handheld Computers Are Bringing on an Educational Revolution | Fast... - 0 views

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  • Theron DesRosier on 29 Mar 10
     
    "As smartphones and handheld computers move into classrooms worldwide, we may be witnessing the start of an educational revolution. How technology could unleash childhood creativity -- and transform the role of the teacher. "
Nils Peterson

Larry Magid: Can an iPad replace a laptop? Hands-on Review - 0 views

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  • Despite my excellent experience with Pages and the Bluetooth keyboard, it's not quite ready to replace laptops for production.
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      Nils Peterson on 04 Apr 10
       
      see vnc to run desktop for production
Nils Peterson

Wired.com Buyer's Guide: Choose the Right iPad | Gadget Lab | Wired.com - 0 views

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ipad wired

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  • Nils Peterson on 04 Apr 10
     
    the WiFi model with 32GB looks like a place to experiment
Gary Brown

Can We Afford Our State Colleges? - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

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accountability reform

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  • xperts do not agree on the precise numbers, but over the past generation we have moved from an environment in which states paid for 70 percent of cost and students paid 30 percent, to a situation in which those numbers have exactly reversed. Increasingly, tuition accounts for the lion’s share of institutional budgets, with state appropriations playing a minority role.
  • The sense I got Friday was that higher-education professionals do not expect the ”good old days” to return
  • the apparent consensus that public education needs to be more productive, because there was no discussion of the definition of productivity. 
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  • But even when instruction was (implicitly) assumed to be the measure of productivity, there was no discussion of measurable learning outcomes.
  • 5. It is true that public colleges do not measure learning outcomes. Neither does anyone else. U.S. universities resist this kind of accountability in every way they can think of. Since 1985, when the modern assessment movement gained traction, higher education can only be said to have been temporizing, getting ready to get ready through endless committees that go nowhere.
  • Most institutions continue to invoke apodictic notions of quality and refuse to define quality in modern terms (suitability to purpose; quality for whom and for what purpose) or to address the issue of value added, where career schools and community colleges will generally lead. At this time, there is virtually no institution-wide assessment system in place that would pass muster in a 501 measurement science course.
  • 6. Yes, public institutions need restructuring to make them more accountable and productive. Our independent colleges and universities need the same kind of restructuring and the agenda is rightfully one of public interest. The common perception that taxpayers do not support our private institutions is false.----------------------Robert W TuckerPresidentInterEd, Inc.www.InterEd.com
  • Gary Brown on 05 Apr 10
     
    Tucker's note in the comments again suggests the challenge and opportunity of the WSU model.
Gary Brown

AFT Opens New Web Site as Forum on Accountability and Student Success - The Ticker - Th... - 0 views

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accountability

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  • The American Federation of Teachers is weighing in on the debate over accountability and student success with a new Web site. The site is billed as a "clearinghouse of accountability initiatives" and as a forum for educators to discuss the accountability systems that best help students succeed.
  • Gary Brown on 06 Apr 10
     
    one to be aware of....
Nils Peterson

Urgent Evoke » About the EVOKE game - 0 views

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  • About the EVOKE game Posted by Alchemy on 27 Jan under Behind the scenes EVOKE is a ten-week crash course in changing the world. It is free to play and open to anyone, anywhere. The goal of the social network game is to help empower young people all over the world, and especially young people in Africa, to come up with creative solutions to our most urgent social problems. The game begins on March 3, 2010. Players can join the game at any time. On May 12th, 2010 the first season of the game will end, and successful participants will form the first graduating class of the EVOKE network. Players who successfully complete 10 game challenges will be able to claim their honors: Certified EVOKE Social Innovator – Class of 2010. Top players will also earn online mentorships with experienced social innovators and business leaders from around the world, seed funding for new ventures, and travel scholarships to share their vision for the future at the EVOKE Summit in Washington DC.
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      Nils Peterson on 18 Mar 10
       
      Using gaming as a tool to build networked learning skills to solve real problems. Steps seem to include finding real resources on the web and bringing them back to enrich the game site. I found this from a TED talk by Jane McGonigal, Institute for the Future and game designer. Puts a new spin on the DML call for games. This project funded by World Bank
Gary Brown

electronic portfolios and student learning outcomes assessment - 0 views

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assessment

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  • There has been an upsurge in reports and press coverage concerning accountability issues and student learning outcomes assessment (SLOA) in higher education. This paper is a brief overview of that upsurge, citing and synthesizing some of the most recent information published about accountability and SLOA.
  • Gary Brown on 16 Mar 10
     
    A resource
Joshua Yeidel

In Many States, Public Higher Education Is Hitting a Point of 'Peril' - Government - Th... - 0 views

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  • Nevada universities are preparing to close colleges, departments, and programs; demoralized professors are fleeing the state; and thousands of students are being shut out of classes at community colleges. The prospect of shutting down an entire institution remains a "distinct possibility" for the future, the chancellor says.
  • the resiliency of public financial support for American higher education is threatened, putting quality, capacity, and the underlying ability to meet student and societal needs at risk
  • "Higher education is changing by virtue of 1,000 painful cuts," said Stephen R. Portch, a former chancellor of the University System of Georgia. If public colleges cannot revamp their structures—such as by creating ways to measure learning more effectively and allowing capable students to earn degrees more quickly­—state tax systems will continue to limit spending on colleges in ways that will erode quality, Mr. Portch said, leaving faculty members to teach more and more students and take more and more unpaid furlough days, alongside fewer and fewer colleagues. "Business isn't coming back to normal this time," he says.
  • Joshua Yeidel on 16 Mar 10
     
    Nevada universities are preparing to close colleges, departments, and programs; demoralized professors are fleeing the state; and thousands of students are being shut out of classes at community colleges. The prospect of shutting down an entire institution remains a "distinct possibility" for the future, the chancellor says. The resiliency of public financial support for American higher education is threatened, putting quality, capacity, and the underlying ability to meet student and societal needs at risk.
  • Joshua Yeidel on 16 Mar 10
     
    Washington is not the hardest-hit state. Our work can be seen as having a direct bearing on this crisis.
Nils Peterson

Assess this!: Assessment of learning is more complicated than it is (?) - 0 views

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  • "I still feel like there's no there there" when it comes to colleges' efforts to measure student learning, Kevin Carey, policy director at Education Sector, said in a speech at the Council for Higher Education Accreditation meeting Tuesday.Views like Carey's, which are widely held by policy experts who look at higher education from the outside, tend to aggravate faculty members and other professionals in the industry to no end...given how much assessment activity is unfolding on the campuses.That's where the disconnect comes in. Most of the assessment activity on campuses can be found in nooks and crannies of the institutions - by individual professors, or in one department - and it is often not tied to goals set broadly at the institutional level. Some of it has been undertaken directly in response to the outside calls for accountability, and seems workmanlike - testing or measurement done for measurement's sake.To be ultimately successful, any meaningful assessment effort must be embraced widely by instructors...and to do that, "you've got to start this conversation as an instructional conversation that includes assessment".... It must begin with agreement (in a department, a college, and ultimately across a discipline or institution) about the learning goals that students should derive from the curriculum - and then intensive work to infuse the skills needed to reach those goals into the curriculum, course by course....
    • Nils Peterson
      Nils Peterson on 18 Feb 10
       
      see Gary's oft-repeated comment about assessment is part of T&L. Also note the tension Ewell mentions
Nils Peterson

Top Fed Official Warns Jobs Will Be Scarce As 'Paradigm Shift' Slows Hiring - 0 views

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  • 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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