GlobalSkillsCC

Posted on the blog The Lazy Way to Success by Fred Gratzon.

LH used this in Week 11, semester 3 as an example of how a writer must define his/her own terms.

Built by the University of Maryland, MathBench modules "iintroduce students...to the mathematical underpinnings of what they learn in introductory biology courses." There are links to the various concepts, including such topics as measurement, probability and statistics, and population dynamics. This site is an opportunity to provide "real world" examples in math class.

By Derek Bruff in The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 6, 2011. The author discusses multiple methods of sharing academic information: social bookmarking, back channels and collaborative documents.

By Josh Fischman, and part of The Chronicle (of Higher Education's) 2011 Special Report on Online Learning, published Nov 6 2011. Central Piedmont Community College developed an Online Student Portal learning system to improve retention among its students. They have had success with the system (in use 2004-2008). Now, with a Next Gen grant, they will roll the system out to 6 additional local schools to see if they can match the retention improvements. The system is based both on learning styles and on frequent intervention by students and counselors.

Op-Ed by David Brooks in the New York Times, October 31 2011. Brooks finds that the disparity between college grads and non-grads is much more glaring than that of the "1%" who are the focus of the Occupy Wall Street and similar movements. And he finds that this disparity is seen in small cities and towns all over America. Not only does he cite income disparity, but also family structure and things like health risks.

Produced by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET), 1997, and posted to the web by the Annenberg Foundation. This series of 8 90-minute videos are now all available for free. The videos look at all aspects of assessment, with a focus on math and science. NOTE: The project is nearly 15 years old and is likely somewhat dated.

By Michael Winerip in the On Education column of the New York Times, October 23 2011. The article highlights students who have attended NYC high schools but then failed their placement tests when they arrived at CUNY community colleges. The system now offers an intensive remediation program called Start in which students focus on all 3 remediation subjects (reading, writing and math) for 5 hours/day, 5 days/week, all for a cost of $75 for the semester.

Published by the American Association of Community Colleges, October 2011. Authored by Christopher M. Mullin. You can read the Executive Summary on this page, or download the full text PDF. The report concludes that community college enrollments have gone up considerably since 2007, and that "educational attainment for all key populations is increasing at community colleges."

Links on this page for the Proceedings, abstracts, and conference guide.

From WNYC - News. This is a transcript with a link to the MP3 (audio) file. See adding tag for related bookmarks.

Article by Claire Ellen Weinstein, Ph.D., describes a course that she developed based upon her Model of Strategic Learning. Published in LASSI in action (July 2003).

By De Sellers, Dochen, Hodges, published by Prentice Hall in 2004. This text helps students to build learning strategies.

by Scardamalia M., Bereiter. C. Published in Cognition and Construction, 1992,9(3), 177-199.

Lewis, David. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1994. See polynesian_wayfinding tag for related bookmarks.

Unsigned, published in Instructional Strategies Online, Saskatoon Public Schools, n.d. Article includes links. Classroom strategy where instructor poses a question and students first think about the answer, then discuss it in pairs, and finally come together to discuss their answers.

By Roger T. and David W. Johnson, published in In Context: A Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture. Originally published in in Transforming Education (IC#18)\nWinter 1988, Page 34. The article discusses the social and cooperative aspects of learning.

From YouTube; set to the tune of William Tell Overture. Lyrics included.

The second track, Fast Car, was mentioned in the Jam.

By Janis Ian. The second track, At seventeen, was mentioned in the Jam.

By Carly Simon. The first track, That's the way I always heard it should be, was mentioned in the Jam.