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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

My own textbook. How? « Lisa's (Online) Teaching Blog - 1 views

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    Blog post by Lisa Lane, November 2, 2012, on textbook creation/use, convenience, costs, etc. It's relevant to our 'series' formulation in the WLStudio.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Walk Deliberately, Don't Run, Toward Online Education - Commentary - The Chronicle of H... - 0 views

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    Blog post by William Bowen, March 25, 2013, on movement towards online education. He would like more hard evidence to understand impact/success among other effects, tool kits (platforms), new mind-set to attempt online to reduce costs without adversely affecting educational outcomes, what we must retain in terms of central aspects of life on campus such as "minds rubbing against minds." Excerpts: "My plea is for the adoption of a portfolio approach to curricular development that provides a calibrated mix of instructional styles." ... "Their students, along with others of their generation, will expect to use digital resources-and to be trained in their use. And as technologies grow increasingly sophisticated, and we learn more about how students learn and what pedagogical methods work best in various fields, even top-tier institutions will stand to gain from the use of such technologies to improve student learning." Really like this comment for value of MOOCs for post-college graduates: "A quibble. I am intrigued by your comment about "minds rubbing against minds." While there is undeniable worthiness of the thought inside academic communities perhaps underestimated is the lack of such friction after graduation and how MOOCs can provide opportunities outside the alma maternal environments. To take courses at the local U. costs both in inconvenience of scheduling, transportation and monetary costs equivalent to constantly having a new Hyundai. Those requirements wind up as being unreasonable. Since January I have had the great pleasure of thinking about the thoughts of Dave Ward and colleagues from the University of Edinburgh and arguing about points in the forums. More recently, Michael Sandel on Justice from Boston. These opportunities are enormously better than nothing at all, clearly benefiting myself and probably also friends, colleagues and civil society. While these experiences do not provide the intensity of a post seminar argument in the Ree
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

America's Smartphone Addiction Is Now An Epidemic - 0 views

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    "The convenience of having a computer in our pocket 24/7 has radically changed how we interact with the world, and the grand experiment is changing how we feel about ourselves and others. Perhaps it's time for us to start using technology more responsibly; not as a pacifier, but as a way to actually better ourselves." cartoons about technology
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Why Technology Is So Addictive, and How You Can Avoid Tech Burnout - 0 views

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    Blog by Adam Dachis on Lifehacker on living with technology, 8.31.10. Outlines the problem and provides answers. We're surrounded by gadgets that demand our attention, constantly fragmenting our ability to properly focus on the task at hand. Living with technology doesn't mean we have to live with an addiction, however. Here's how to beat tech burnout. Back when we were tethered to desktop computers, this wasn't such a problem. First of all, technology had yet to proliferate in society at the enormous level it has nowadays, but more importantly we didn't have little computers (read: smartphones) that we could stick in our pockets. Previously we might check out email at a few convenient intervals during the day. Now these tiny little multitaskers are requesting our attention wherever we go. We have many more opportunities to interact with information and so we run into two more dilemmas: filtering an information overload and using our technology appropriately. The Solutions So what do we do about it? Overcoming a tech addiction and avoiding burnout requires work. There aren't any magic tricks that'll pave the road to freedom, but here are some ideas to get you started. Out of Sight, Out of Mind Stop Multitasking Never Apologize Get Organized
anonymous

New Sam's Club/Gallup Microbusiness Tracker Finds Women Entrepreneurs on the Rise, High... - 0 views

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    "-- Nearly half of new microbusinesses are women-owned -- Many microbusiness owners are pulling double duty, depending on a second job to make ends meet -- Despite struggles, 69 percent of microbusiness owners say they have the ideal job -- Microbusinesses would rather spend more time serving customers than taking time off WASHINGTON & BENTONVILLE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 03, 2014-- One in three microbusiness owners (31%) depend more on a second job for their personal income than they do on their business, yet 69 percent say owning their business is the ideal job, according to the new Sam's Club/Gallup Microbusiness Tracker. In collaboration with Gallup, Sam's Club unveiled a new quarterly tracking poll today focused on America's smallest businesses -- microbusinesses -- with five or fewer workers. With more than 25 million microbusinesses in the United States*, they account for approximately 10 percent of all American jobs across a broad spectrum of businesses, such as pizza shops and cafes, convenience stores, pet groomers, mechanics, offices, day care centers and more. The results of the inaugural Sam's Club/Gallup Microbusiness Tracker provide new insights into the preparedness, concerns and needs of America's vital microbusiness segment. The results reflect 868 phone interviews made in March 2014 with companies of five or fewer employees."
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

How can scholarly societies or associations add value with eLearning programs? | Exchanges - 0 views

  • Supported professional development.
  • Member needs
  • common benefits
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  • It can provide members with professional development and learning, facilitate accreditations and certifications that are critical to their careers, and increase the levels of engagement between societies and their members, and between the members themselves.
  • professional development and learning, facilitate accreditations and certifications that are critical to their careers, and increase the levels of engagement between societies and their members, and between the members themselves.
  • strategic goals to the professional needs
  • strategic goals to the professional needs of their members
  • valuable program of benefits that will attract new members, and bolster retention rates
  • Member needs
  • Lifelong learning.
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  • Supported professional development.
  • Convenience.
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  • Community engagement.
  • Community engagement.
  • Our successful eLearning packages are being adopted by membership organizations around the world as we combine our expertise in publishing with our experience in developing digital learning environments to create new possibilities for our society partners.  
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    blog by Martin Davies for Wiley.com on value of eLearning programs for professional membership groups
Lisa Levinson

Advantages & Disadvantages of Job Hunting on the Internet | Chron.com - 0 views

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    from work.chron.com: advantage of job boards: convenience, cheap Disadvantage: limited job pool, competition
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

The FTC's Privacy Cop Cracks Down | MIT Technology Review - 0 views

  • You’ve brought major cases against Facebook and Google, and you’re requiring them to undergo audits every two years until 2032. What is the significance of those cases? These are examples of enforcement actions we brought to ensure that companies adhere to the promises they make to consumers about privacy.
  • n the meantime, your agency recommended that Internet companies voluntarily adopt a “Do Not Track” policy. What if they don’t?
  • That technology is coming to the U.S., and coming very quickly. It’s obviously a great convenience for consumers, but there are serious privacy and security issues.
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    short interview with David Vladeck, former head of FTC Consumer Affairs on privacy issues online and how Google and Facebook failed to live up to protecting privacy of their users. by Jessica Leber, June 26, 2012.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

No Time to Be Nice at Work - NYTimes.com - 0 views

  • INCIVILITY also hijacks workplace focus
  • According to a survey of more than 4,500 doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel, 71 percent tied disruptive behavior, such as abusive, condescending or insulting personal conduct, to medical errors, and 27 percent tied such behavior to patient deaths.
  • incivility miss information that is right in front of them. They are no longer able to process it as well or as efficiently as they would otherwise.
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  • Technology distracts us. We’re wired to our smartphones. It’s increasingly challenging to be present and to listen. It’s tempting to fire off texts and emails during meetings; to surf the Internet while on conference calls or in classes; and, for some, to play games rather than tune in. While offering us enormous conveniences, electronic communication also leads to misunderstandings. It’s easy to misread intentions. We can take out our frustrations, hurl insults and take people down a notch from a safe distance.
  • Incivility shuts people down in other ways, too. Employees contribute less and lose their conviction,
  • To be fully attentive and improve your listening skills, remove obstacles. John Gilboy told me about a radical approach he took as an executive of a multibillion-dollar consumer products company. Desperate to stop excessive multitasking in his weekly meetings, he decided to experiment: he placed a box at the door and required all attendees to drop their smartphones in it so that everyone would be fully engaged and attentive to one another. He didn’t allow people to use their laptops either. The change was a challenge; initially employees were “like crack addicts as the box was buzzing,” he said. But the meetings became vastly more productive. Within weeks, they slashed the length of the meetings by half. He reported more presence, participation and, as the tenor of the meetings changed, fun.
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    Article by Christine Porath, June 20, 2015, NYT on rudeness and bad behavior and its impact on us. Has two lists: Boors in the Workplace, Behaviors that we admit to Also has paragraph on impact of multitasking and too much technology
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

How to raise wages | The New Republic - 0 views

  • Many workers aren’t even getting the pay they’ve been promised for the work they do. Complaints of wage theft, like that experienced by NFL cheerleaders, jumped by 400 percent between 2000 and 2011. It’s rampant in some industries: 89 percent of fast food workers say they’ve been made to work for free off the clock, denied overtime pay, or simply paid less than minimum wage. More is stolen from low-wage workers than is robbed from banks, gas stations, and convenience stores combined. Lawmakers in a handful of cities and two states, Colorado and New York, have passed anti-wage theft ordinances to crack down on companies that steal wages and make it easier for workers to bring claims.
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    mentions wage theft experienced by NFL cheerleaders, fast food workers, low-wage workers
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Learners are learning differently; are you changing the way you train and support them?... - 0 views

  • It is continuous
  • It is on demand
  • It happens in short bursts
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  • It is social
  • It happens in the flow of work or on-the-go
  • It is often serendipitous
  • It is autonomous
  • They are changing the concept of training,
  • The structure helps learners to develop the ‘hooks’ to hang their new understanding and skills
  • providing pathways through many learning experiences
  • social, drip, drip experience provides safety nets
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    Jane Hart speaks to the context behind her upcoming workshop (starts April 6) on updating our approaches to helping people learn based on what many are already choosing to do. Food for thought ... MAEA and learning design? Blog post?
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