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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

eqm0531.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 0 views

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    Article by Peter Chepya (professor of instructional design at Post University in CT) in 2005 on E-Personality: The Fusion of IT and Pedagogical Technique, how to create the 'there" on line. The excerpt below speaks to the transformation that occurs with Jam newcomers as they move from text-based exchange to passionate dialogue online. We need to figure out how to convey this in a Jam video. Excerpt: My online teaching relies on the "human element," expressed in features such as companionability and presence. The cumulative effect creates an atmosphere I call "presence learning" as opposed to the outdated misnomer "distance learning" often used with Internet courses. Presence learning creates a palpable connection between the instructor and the student, engaging students in "reality," not "virtual reality"--another outdated aphorism. Once while delivering a paper at a conference of online educators, I was challenged by a participant who thought my online course (being projected onto a screen) was "heavy on the text." Upon learning that the questioner's field was American literature, I asked hi if he thought Moby Dick was "heavy on the text." If the work is compelling, the medium disappears and the experience becomes actual. ...We came to accept the telegraph as "real" communication, as we then did the telephone, radio, recorded music, television, and cinema. We forgot the medium in each case.
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An Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach - 1 views

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    Blog post about her company/community, Powerful Learning Practice, on the blog Connected Educators, posted Dec 18 2011. Nussbaum-Beach founded Powerful Learning Practice, with creates virtual CoPs, primarily with K-12 educators. Their model is to collect teams from several schools to work together in a larger CoP. In the first year, participants share in an action research project; if they chose to continue for a second year, they "collaboratively create" a classroom unit.
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    Many of the ideas here -- specifically those around engagement and various assessments/measures of success -- seem akin to KPI's own findings. Interesting project and interview.
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TheBrain - 0 views

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    A "digital memory" tool. Make levels of connections that realign based on term selected. Evaluating for KPI's glossary terms. -IF
Diana Woolis

R&D: Innovate and Scale | U.S. Department of Education - 1 views

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    If we are to achieve our goal of leading the world in education, we must be leaders in the design and implementation of a more effective education system. To that end, this plan calls for a new approach to R&D for education that focuses on four areas:
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7 Community Colleges Try an Online Doorway to Help Students Succeed - 0 views

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    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.
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College Board Launches Center on Higher Ed. Policy and Practice - 0 views

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    From Education Week, April 21 2010. This article is not available for free, online. If you are not an Education Week subscriber, check with your local library for full text of this article.
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Millions In Student Aid Going Unused - 0 views

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    By Tara Siler on All Things Considered, NPR, March 31, 2010. Siler reports that students miss out on financial aid, particularly in community colleges, because they don't understand the system. Pell Grants can be particularly useful to low income students, if they understand how, when, and why to apply.
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nuPOLIS Site to Terminate - 0 views

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    The headline is an April Fools joke. nuPOLIS is "the Internet presence of the Innovation Network for Communities (INC)" and a favorite site of Susan and Diana. However, their 15-month start-up grant is coming to an end, and this organization that concentrates on social innovation must decide how -- and if -- they will move forward. Stay tuned to see what happens.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Harold Jarche » Communication and working together - 1 views

  • levels of access to various members, depending on the task. Where would that come into your framework? Harold Jarche, on February 11th, 2010 at 19:32 Said: Good question. I wonder if the act of hiding information is a result of an over-controlling organizational communication structure, and not supporting collaboration or cooperation in a more unfettered manner? Cooperative or collaborative learning? « Edmusings, on February 12th, 2010 at 15:01 Said: [...] Harold Jarche &nbsp;uses the two terms with collaboration applied to&nbsp;a model of action for informal groups, such as communities of practice, and cooperation with loose networks. [...] uberVU - social comments, on February 27th, 2010 at 3:14 Said: Social comments and analytics for this post… This post was mentioned on Twitter by omeroz: Communication and working together http://bit.ly/9QDBZx... Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree &nbsp;Notify me of subsequent comments to this thread Conversations Harold Jarche on The Networked Workplace Jon Husband on The Networked Workplace ?????? ??????? LMS? « E-learning NET on Formalized informal learning: a blend we don’t need Harold Jarche on New Hire Practices Harold Jarche on Vendor-neutral E-PORTAFOLIOS, del PLN al APRENDIZAJE!!! « juandon. Innovación y conocimiento on All models are flawed but some are useful kaleem on New Hire Practices Kare Anderson on Vendor-neutral Harold Jarche on Social learning for collaborative work Mack on Social learning for collaborative work Twitter Faves rdeis: Transparency + Clarity = Understanding. @aronsolomon http://www.aronsolomon.com/t-c-u/ rdeis: Good employers don't work against human nature http://t.co/ZbhwVve via @globeandmail &gt;&gt; Paying attention to 4 human needs. jukkaam: Mistaken beliefs business leaders have about innovation: know the competition, best way of doing things http://onforb.es/klE9ej #innovation hjarche: KM shifts from ‘content &amp; collection’ to ‘context &amp; connection’ by @panklam http://ur1.ca/4avm9 #PKM hjarche: Excellent #PKM &amp; networked learning ref list by @hreingold http://ur1.ca/4av6x Introduction to Mind Amplifiers Archives<SELECT onchange=document.location.href=thttp://www.jarche.com/his.options[this.selectedIndex].value; name
  • Something I am trying to get a handle on in my dissertation has to do with communication (and communication formats) that are imposed on a group/team and those in which groups or teams are able to develop their own forms and forms of communication. What I found is that a team might have “hidden” communication, withholding from some, developing different spaces and different &nbsp;levels of access to various members, depending on the task. Where would that come into your framework? Harold Jarche , on February 11th, 2010 at 19:32 Said: Good question. I wonder if the act of hiding information is a result of an over-controlling organizational communication structure, and not supporting collaboration or cooperation in a more unfettered manner? Cooperative or collaborative learning? « Edmusings , on February 12th, 2010 at 15:01 Said: [...] Harold Jarche &nbsp; uses the two terms with collaboration applied to &nbsp; a model of action for informal groups, such as communities of practice, and cooperation with loose networks. [...] uberVU - social comments , on February 27th, 2010 at 3:14 Said: Social comments and analytics for this post… This post was mentioned on Twitter by omeroz: Communication and working together http://bit.ly/9QDBZx . . . Leave a Reply Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree &nbsp; Notify me of subsequent comments to this thread Conversations Harold Jarche on The Networked Workplace Jon Husband on The Networked Workplace ?????? ??????? LMS? « E-learning NET on Formalized informal learning: a blend we don’t need Harold Jarche on New Hire Practices Harold Jarche on Vendor-neutral E-PORTAFOLIOS, del PLN al APRENDIZAJE!!! « juandon. Innovación y c on ocimiento on All models are flawed but some are useful kaleem on New Hire Practices Kare Anders on on Vendor-neutral Harold Jarche on Social learning for collaborative work Mack on Social learning for collaborative work Twitter Faves rdeis: Transparency + Clarity = Understanding. @aronsolomon http://www.aronsolomon.com/t-c-u/ rdeis: Good employers don't work against human nature http://t.co/ZbhwVve via @globeandmail &gt;&gt; Paying attention to 4 human needs. jukkaam: Mistaken beliefs business leaders have about innovation: know the competition, best way of doing things http://onforb.es/klE9ej #innovation <A clas
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    An earlier blog by Harold Jarche referring to Lillie Efimova's work. Note how structure/goal oriented moves over to informal/opportunity-driven network with personal drivers taking over. Perhaps most MCNC groups reside in the opportunity-driven, informal networking place--not so much coordination but cooperation keeps them together, weakly? Has an impact also on facilitator's role.
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Growing Virtual Communities - 0 views

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    By Debbie Garber, The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, vol 5 (2), August 2004. This paper goes beyond technology to look at "the social process on which an online learning community if it is to flourish and be useful." Also stresses "importance of nurturing the community's health, and the natural life cycle of a virtual community...."
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Working Examples - About - 0 views

  • Imagine a worked example as a bid. The author is asking others: Do you think this problem and the proposed solution or approach to it I explicate here shows promise to be an important part of our emerging field or collaboration? If not, show me why not. If so, help me develop my ideas, and join yours to mine, in order to build this new field or collaboration.
  • WEP is meant to be a platform for starting and sustaining emerging areas of research, intervention, and practice.
  • This new form of scholarship stresses innovation, building new collaborations, and discovering new paths and not just retreading old ones.
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    In addition to bookmarking the home page of this site (follow tag: wep), I have bookmarked the About page where James Gee welcomes users and explains his vision for worked examples.
Diana Woolis

Nik's Learning Technology Blog: 10 Tech Tools for Teacher Training Courses - 1 views

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    to see if I could fundamentally change the way the teachers related to technology, not just in the classroom as a tool for teaching learners, but as a tool within their everyday working practice.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Companies Erect In-House Social Networks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    Title: Companies are Erecting In-House Social Networks, June 26, 2011, This article intrigued me from the get-go because: 1) it speaks to the desire for people to be connected socially in their work; 2) it provides forums (opportunities) for the distantly-connected worker(s)/network member(s) to 'trickle-up' by sharing innovative practice/ideas; 3) it resembles Facebook for its ease of participation and entry level; 4) it creates a social network, which is the beginning of conversation, which is the beginning of collaboration, no? :-) We know that high school students LOVE the SLI because it gives them the opportunity to meet and greet and sometimes talk about meaningful social justice issues. But the hook is social, then learning. We have been talking about trying Facebook this year to ease the way in for up to 200 kids, but many school districts do not allow students to access Facebook from school computers. Maybe we need to explore Yammer or Chatter or look to see if there is a comparable open source app?
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60 Apps in 60 Minutes - 0 views

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    A slideshow by Scott Brown and Joe Murphy, originally presented at the Special Libraries Association (SLA) Annual Conference, 2011. If you use Android, i-Phone, or i-Pad, here are some apps recommended for librarians and "info pros."
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Education to Employment Report - 0 views

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    Produced by McKinsey & Company, McKinsey on Society division, December 2012. McKinsey & Company notes that, in many countries, we are faced with "high levels of youth unemployment and a shortage of job seekers with critical skills." In this report, they have compiled case studies of best practices from around the world (with the goal of high employment of program graduates) as well as surveying students about their own prospects based on their education. On this page, links to the report itself (as well as Executive Summary) as well as access to some of the case studies.
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    If the goal of postsecondary education is employment, this report starts to posit some innovations and solutions.
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Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? The Verdict - 0 views

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    Posted by Melissa Terras in her eponymous blog, April 3 2012. Terras, a scholar in the Digital Humanities in the UK first uploaded her published papers to her school's digital repository and then blogged and tweeted about the papers. She has seen great growth in the download rate for these papers, though not across the board. To wit, she's increased her prominence (and that of her papers), but some of her papers are of greater interest than others. In future, she hopes to track her citation index over time, though it's too soon to measure at present.
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    This nicely summarizes Terras's lessons learned: "If (social media interaction is often) then (Open access + social media = increased downloads)."
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Tagasauris - 0 views

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    According to the About page, Tagasauris helps it's user-clients to generate metadata for their photos and other "knowledge-work." Users upload photos and a distributed network of Tagasaurus on-demand employees generate the metadata. Users are charged a fee for this service.
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    As of Sept 2012, video & audio are "coming soon." I'm not sure if they are yet equipped to handle "knowledge work." Also unclear where true crowdsourcing comes in. It sounds like they provide the (selected) crowd, rather than this being a platform one can employ to open work to the larger crowd.
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Leadbeater, Charles - 0 views

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    Leadbeater is a "management thinker" and an "authority on innovation and creativity." This site contains links to his publications (most notably We-think) and his recent work. For more on Leadbeater, see the leadbeater tag.
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Davies, Dr. Andrew - 0 views

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    Dr. Davies is a Reader in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group.
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New Visions - 0 views

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    This organization works with New York City public schools to establish innovative strategies that make success more likely for struggling students. The organization offers a website, The KnowledgeBase (https://knowledgebase.newvisions.org), that offers toolkits, strategies, resources and networking.
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