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Cole Camplese

Amplifying Conversations - Derek C. Gittler at PSU TLT - 4 views

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conversations psutlt

shared by Cole Camplese on 05 May 11 - No Cached
  • My sense, from my marketing experience, is that those providing some product or service too often wish to be the ones defining what a product is or how it is used. They forget that it's the user, and it can only be the user, each individual independent user, that defines a product's value. Therefore, whatever products, services, means, TLT hopes to provide to students and faculty is, to a great extent, out of our control. The final use, the final value, can only exist in the mind of the person served. Likewise the resulting network isn't something that's defined in advance, but one that develops from each person participating in conversation.
  • While certain metrics are valuable and have their place, number of workstations, number of log-ins, number of postings and comments on blogs, those things are and will remain items that are only important to TLT itself. What is more important, and much more difficult to define and measure, is how value in the mind of faculty and students is satisfied.
  • Derek Gittler on 05 May 11
     
    Reflections on a meeting yesterday with Chris Long
Chris Lucas

Seth's Blog: What's high school for? - 4 views

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Teaching

shared by Chris Lucas on 06 May 11 - No Cached
  • Cole Camplese on 06 May 11
     
    I read this and highlighted a few myself ... I really like the idea of teaching stronger and more persuasive communication skills. And that whole notion of being a stronger leader is a critical skill as well.
bartmon

The new intimacy - 4 views

www.brainygamer.com/...the-new-intimacy.html

balance

shared by bartmon on 05 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Call it penance. Detox. I stop gazing at screens. Five days with no tweets. No Zelda. No email. No RSS. I jettison the barriers - the screens, the earbuds, the chatter. I disconnect to reconnect with the non-virtual world I inhabit. Recalibrate. Reevaluate "productive." Embrace silence. Ride my bike. Build towers for the joy of knocking them down. Pay attention.
  • bartmon on 05 Aug 11
     
    Pretty good work-life balance piece.
Cole Camplese

Education Needs a Digital-Age Upgrade - NYTimes.com - 4 views

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education psuhack digitalliteracy digitalhumanities

shared by Cole Camplese on 10 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • According to Cathy N. Davidson, co-director of the annual MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competitions, fully 65 percent of today’s grade-school kids may end up doing work that hasn’t been invented yet.
  • For those two-thirds of grade-school kids, if for no one else, it’s high time we redesigned American education.
  • What she recommends, in fact, looks much more like a classical education than it does the industrial-era holdover system that still informs our unrenovated classrooms.
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  • An institutional grudge match with the young can sabotage an entire culture.
  • When we criticize students for making digital videos instead of reading “Gravity’s Rainbow,” or squabbling on Politico.com instead of watching “The Candidate,” we are blinding ourselves to the world as it is.
  • But digital video and Web politics are intellectually robust and stimulating, profitable and even pleasurable.
  • It’s possible that any of these educational approaches would be more appropriate to the digital era than the one we have now.
  • “What if bad writing is a product of the form of writing required in school — the term paper — and not necessarily intrinsic to a student’s natural writing style or thought process?” She adds: “What if ‘research paper’ is a category that invites, even requires, linguistic and syntactic gobbledygook?”
  • Her recommendations center on one of the most astounding revelations of the digital age: Even academically reticent students publish work prolifically, subject it to critique and improve it on the Internet. This goes for everything from political commentary to still photography to satirical videos — all the stuff that parents and teachers habitually read as “distraction.”
  • The new classroom should teach the huge array of complex skills that come under the heading of digital literacy. And it should make students accountable on the Web, where they should regularly be aiming, from grade-school on, to contribute to a wide range of wiki projects.
  • Cole Camplese on 10 Aug 11
     
    Reminds me of the things Chris Long and I were trying to articulate in our Hacking Pedagogy talk from last year's LDSC.  Must read.
Cole Camplese

7 Things You Should Know About the Modern Learning Commons | EDUCAUSE - 4 views

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psutlt LearningSpaces commons library

shared by Cole Camplese on 26 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • The learning commons, sometimes called an “information commons,” has evolved from a combination library and computer lab into a full-service learning, research, and project space. As a place where students can meet, talk, study, and use “borrowed” equipment, the learning commons brings together the functions of libraries, labs, lounges, and seminar areas in a single community gathering place. The cost of a learning commons can be an obstacle, but for institutions that invest in a sophisticated learning commons, the new and expanded partnerships across disciplines facilitate and promote greater levels of collaboration. The commons invites students to devise their own approaches to their work and to transfer what they learn in one course to the work they do for another.
  • Cole Camplese on 26 Apr 11
     
    This is a critical discussion today and will be more important going forward. If TLT wants to create a vision related to creating the best learning spaces in higher education we need to better understand what is and isn't working.  My emerging goal is to establish a strategic direction that has us look at our spaces on a continuum from very informal to very formal in a consistent and systematic way.
  • Allan Gyorke on 26 Apr 11
     
    The writing process around this particular 7 Things paper was a lot of fun. I got a real sense that what we're doing with the Media Commons spaces, especially plans for the Knowledge Commons and Ritenour are in line with the kinds of spaces being developed at other universities. There was a lot of discussion around the political side of these spaces since the physical space, staffing, and resources don't fall into a neat hierarchy of organizational structure. Anyway, I'd really enjoy being part of a discussion about space design. There are a set of recommendations that the informal learning spaces group generated two years ago that haven't been acted upon. Not that those recommendations are still the right way to go, but it's a starting point for some of the discussion: http://tlt.its.psu.edu/about/reports/2009/Learning-Spaces-Vision.pdf/view
Cole Camplese

So When are We Getting an ANGEL Replacement, Anyway? - Onward State - 4 views

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ANGEL psutlt

shared by Cole Camplese on 26 Sep 11 - No Cached
  • So there you have it. We’ll know for sure which course management system the University plans on using by the end of the year. Hopefully. Thank goodness, because we all know how much #ANGELsucks.
Allan Gyorke

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost - 4 views

www.psu.edu/...core_council_reco.html

strategic planning core council resources partners

shared by Allan Gyorke on 06 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • Allan Gyorke on 06 Oct 11
     
    "Core Council Recommendation Letters"
  • Allan Gyorke on 06 Oct 11
     
    Finally - a single place where many of the Core Council letters have been posted. These often contain recommendations such as the need to revise courses or offer more online versions. These units may not know about ways that TLT can help meet the recommendations in their letters. We can go to them with ideas.
Allan Gyorke

MindTap - Cengage Learning - 4 views

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mobile learning eBook apps

shared by Allan Gyorke on 29 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • Allan Gyorke on 29 Apr 11
     
    "Say hello to MindTap. This program of digital products and services: * Engages students through highly interactive content including assignable and gradable learning activities * Offers instructors choice in content, adaptable learning paths, additive learning tools, and multi-platform/device support * Mashes up and orchestrates rich content, learning activities, and apps delivered in one cohesive context to drive higher levels of engagement and outcomes"
  • Allan Gyorke on 29 Apr 11
     
    Not sure if this product has legs or not. I may see a demo of it in a couple of weeks.
Chris Millet

Recording can improve a bad lecture! 7 surprising facts about recorded lectures - 4 views

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psutlt lecturecapture

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  • Chris Millet on 22 Sep 11
     
    1. Students watch lots of recorded lectures at home 2. No technical problems 3. Watch lectures multiple times 4. Watch <75% of lecture 5. Would like to see ALL lectures recorded 6. Improves pass rate 7. Recording lectures improves bad lectures!
Chris Lucas

Google's 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve - NYTimes.com - 4 views

www.nytimes.com/...13hire.html

Google performance management

shared by Chris Lucas on 14 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Google also tries to point out predictable traps in performance reviews, which are often done with input from a group. The company has compiled a list of “cognitive biases” for employees to keep handy during these discussions. For example, somebody may have just had a bad experience with the person being reviewed, and that one experience inevitably trumps recollections of all the good work that person has done in recent months. There’s also the “halo/horns” effect, in which a single personality trait skews someone’s perception of a colleague’s performance.
  • Cole Camplese on 14 Mar 11
     
    I read this today as well. Some really smart ideas in this article ... I love the way google is using data to help in these types of decisions. I am working on a blog post about it.
  • Allan Gyorke on 14 Mar 11
     
    I'd like to look over all 8 principles if anyone sees the full list. A lot of this reminds me of my organizational psychology classes in college. I thought the story about one of the worst managers was funny - "He's not great, but he's not the worst anymore, so we promoted him."
Allan Gyorke

50 most stunning examples of data visualization and infographics | Richworks - 4 views

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visualization data design inspiration infographics

shared by Allan Gyorke on 31 Oct 11 - Cached
  • Allan Gyorke on 31 Oct 11
     
    "The terms Data visualization and Infographics are used interchangeably, the former means the study of visual representation of data and the latter is its representation per se. In this article, I have showcased some of the most creative infographics and data visualization examples, along with some really effective tools to help you improve your skills in creating infographics. Enjoy the journey!"
  • Allan Gyorke on 31 Oct 11
     
    I was looking for some good examples of displaying data in meaningful ways and came across this post.
Cole Camplese

New Cultures of Scholarship - Christopher P. Long's ePortfolio - 4 views

www.personal.psu.edu/...w-cultures-of-scholarship.html

cultures scholarship christopher cpl

shared by Cole Camplese on 28 Oct 11 - No Cached
  • The presentation is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the theoretical background that helps us put the transformation of literacy through which we are living into a wider context. In the second part, I focus on a few of the ways I have sought to integrate digital technologies into my scholarly practices.&nbsp;
Cole Camplese

New website to unify students - The Daily Collegian Online - 3 views

www.collegian.psu.edu/...One_School_cover.aspx

psutlt angel social

shared by Cole Camplese on 28 Apr 11 - No Cached
  • One founder of the site, David Adewumi, said the idea was spurred by the features Penn State’s current ANGEL course management system lacks. “Everyone knows ANGEL is terrible for students,” Adewumi (senior-Spanish) said. “It’s about managing courses for faculty and staff. We’re making a solution that is perfect for what students need to do group things.”
  • Cole Camplese on 28 Apr 11
     
    I think all the LMS/CMS venders could use help in the social, bottom up world of collaboration around learning.
Cole Camplese

How to Take an Email Sabbatical - 3 views

www.danah.org/EmailSabbatical.html

email rest relax

shared by Cole Camplese on 07 Jul 11 - No Cached
  • At its most crass level, an email sabbatical is when you make all of your email bounce. But you can't simply turn off your email without pissing off countless people in your life. Thus, an email sabbatical is actually a series of steps to let you step away from your inbox guilt-free and return to an empty inbox upon your return.
  • Cole Camplese on 07 Jul 11
     
    By danah boyd ... on taking an email sabbatical.
Kevin Morooney

9 things Education Technology has wrong | Gradebook - 3 views

blog.learnboost.com/...education-technology-has-wrong

education technology

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  • Allan Gyorke on 27 May 11
     
    Ugh - the title got me. I was hoping it would be more of a post about changing the way we're thinking about educational technologies. It's more of a review of education technology companies and conferences.
Cole Camplese

"In the Plex" Exposes Internal Google Conflicts and Machinations | Liz Gannes | Network... - 3 views

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Google web

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  • Allan Gyorke on 27 Apr 11
     
    Have you read the book yet? I downloaded it, but haven't had a chance yet. Looks very interesting. We thought about Levy a couple of years ago as a potential keynote speaker for the Symposium.
  • bkozlek on 27 Apr 11
     
    "Files are so 1990," said Pichai. "I don't think we need files anymore."
gary chinn

How Do We Prepare Kids for Jobs We Can't Imagine Yet? Teach Imagination - Education - GOOD - 3 views

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creativity education imagination Teaching

shared by gary chinn on 06 May 11 - No Cached
  • Instead of simply putting their research on how to foster imagination, creativity, and conceptual thinking into a report, King and Fouts decided to create a free, easy-to-use web portal that's full of the ideas and solutions that they've found work best. Interestingly, instead of the model of individual success and standardized test taking that currently exists in schools, the education approaches they've found best foster imagination also teach kids to collaborate to solve problems.
  • gary chinn on 06 May 11
     
    I like the idea behind the project, as well as the portal-style organization. fun to take a look at some of these.
Cole Camplese

Instagram is quickly becoming the next great social network - SplatF - 3 views

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iOS pictures social

shared by Cole Camplese on 05 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • Cole Camplese on 05 Aug 11
     
    The stunning things to me is that this is probably the best service I use regularly on my iPhone and they only have 5 people.
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