Skip to main content

Home/ UA DDS/ Group items tagged that

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
wlampner

Trump administration official describes plan to 'rethink' higher education through upco... - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...think-higher-education-through

online CBE federal_rules

shared by wlampner on 30 Jul 18 - No Cached
  • epartment wants to drop a standardized definition for academic course work, known as the credit hour, that the Obama administration rewrote in 2010 to curb credit inflation
  • re-examination of requirements for online education
  • faculty interaction and state authorization rules
  • ...8 more annotations...
  • evaluating rules for competency-based education and the outsourcing of academic programs to nonaccredited providers
  • ccreditors have clamored for the department to get rid of the credit-hour definition, complaining it is difficult for them to track. Officials from some colleges, particularly those offering competency-based programs, have argued that the standard makes it difficult to comply with federal aid requirements.
  • The credit hour probably interferes with innovation almost more than anything
  • biggest providers of nontraditional education today -- online colleges -- have far more data on faculty instruction and student engagement than any other type of institution. And accreditors, she said, would come up with new ways to evaluate academic workloads based on that data.
  • department will propose that negotiators discuss federal rules for the outsourcing of portions of academic programs to nonaccredited or noncollege providers
  • Currently, no more than half of a program can be administered by an outside entity, such as an online program management (OPM) company
  • uild on lessons being learned from an Obama-era experiment to allow such partnerships to receive federal aid, dubbed the EQUIP program
  • e department wants to put more of an onus on colleges to justify not taking transfer credit,
wlampner

The Hope and Hype of the Academic Innovation Center - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 0 views

www.chronicle.com/...242284

innovation ITL Mission

shared by wlampner on 24 Jan 18 - No Cached
  • wlampner on 24 Jan 18
     
    "A 2015 survey found that a growing number of colleges were marrying their academic-technology units with their teaching and learning centers in hopes of igniting fundamental reforms across campus. A common mission for innovation centers, particularly at large public universities like Michigan State, is improving student success. That may include revamping large introductory courses, training professors in design thinking and active learning, and using analytics to improve retention and graduation rates."
wlampner

Listening to Online Education's Ombudsman - The Digital Campus 2013 - The Chronicle of ... - 0 views

chronicle.com/...138797

online education efficacy research elearning

shared by wlampner on 29 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • weighty body of research suggesting that online learning can be just as good as face-to-face.
  • small sample size; inability to control for ubiquitous selection effect
  • really important is first to recognize that online learning isn't any one thing
  • ...8 more annotations...
  • lack of good estimates of likely cost savings
  • o 'disrupt' or not 'disrupt' is not the way to intelligently discuss online learning,
  • People want to simplify, and sometimes they want to oversimplify,
  • randomized experimental trials are tedious and often beside the point
  • Colleges that wait for perfect evidence risk sinking deeper into a hole
  • There can be a fine line between deliberation and inertia.
  • case for using randomized trials should itself be subject to careful cost-benefit analysis
  • best is the enemy of the good
Patrick Tabatcher

The Writers, Directors, and Producers who Make Films that Fail the Bechdel Test - 0 views

polygraph.cool/bechdel

gender infographics

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 18 May 16 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 18 May 16
     
    Another page that looks at gender in films. Also with some nice charts.
Steve Kaufman

Few students or faculty like gen ed. Harvard and Duke are trying to change that. - 0 views

www.eab.com/daily-briefing/2016/03/15/few-students-or-faculty-like-gen-ed-harvard-and-duke-are-trying-to-change-that?WT.mc_id=Email|Daily%20Briefing%20LeadHeadline|DBA|DB|Mar-15-2016|||||&elq_cid=1781057&x_id=003C000001phYe9IAE

elearning education

shared by Steve Kaufman on 15 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Steve Kaufman on 15 Mar 16
     
    Harvard Universityand Duke University have revamped their general education models to make courses more interesting and meaningful to students and faculty, Colleen Flaherty reports for Inside Higher Ed. At both universities, leaders are concerned that students do not understand the point of general education, a problem also seen at other institutions nationwide.
wlampner

Old Publishers Dive Into The New: Pearson Inks API Billing Deal With Zuora; Adds Food T... - 0 views

techcrunch.com/...ject-adds-food-data-to-the-mix

pearson techcrunch

shared by wlampner on 29 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Plug & Play project is part of a bigger effort that Pearson has been making to get more innovative. That’s especially important for the company’s education division, which makes up 70 percent of Pearson’s business and could potentially be a part of what some consider a big future area for tech growth.
  • being innovative when you’re a large, legacy business can be a challenge both internally — and externally
  • Right now it’s about innovation and partnerships because people still think of [Pearson education] as textbook publishers, but that’s not what we are.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • Pearson also has a partnership with Learn Capital to co-invest in startups that are working on products that are adjacent to Pearson’s own interests, specifically in education.
wlampner

Brightspace system helps Deakin uni psych up students to perform | The Australian - 0 views

m.theaustralian.com.au/...story-e6frgakx-1227074233525

D2L brightspace engagement

shared by wlampner on 02 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Using the platform, she employed 27 intelligent agents, automated notifications based on specific course performance criteria. The agents allow Dr Broadbent and her team to monitor student performance in ways previously not possible.
  • f they have done really well or if they are struggling they get sent an email
  • You can personalise it and put their name in and lots of students think that I have personally sat down and written them an email at that point in time, which is really great
  • ...5 more annotations...
  • verwhelmingly positive, with the ­retention rate in the unit now 90 per cent
  • student satisfaction averaged 4.44/5, which was well above the average at the university of 3.9/5.
  • features such as audio note and video note had made a difference to the quality and the amount of feedback
  • e have easily doubled the amount of feedback that students are getting, which is obviously really good for them
  • ESULT: Improved retention rates in the unit to 90 per cent, with greater student satisfaction, increased the feedback amount and quality
Patrick Tabatcher

Stock photos that don't suck - Medium - 4 views

medium.com/62ae4bcbe01b

stock-photos stockphotos royalty-free

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 24 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 24 Feb 14
     
    A list of stock-photo sites that provide free photos.
wlampner

U.S. Department of Education Expands Innovation in Higher Education through the Experim... - 0 views

www.ed.gov/...education-through-experimental

TPG_Grant CBE USDOE

shared by wlampner on 23 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • The Department took those suggestions, and will be providing institutions with greater regulatory flexibility to design and test new approaches to student financial aid designed to meet the need of these students through several new experiments that will: Enable students to earn federal student aid based on how much they learn, rather than the amount of time they spend in class by providing federal aid to students enrolled in self-paced competency-based education programs. Provide flexibility for an institution to provide a mix of direct assessment coursework and credit hour coursework in the same program. Allow the use of federal student aid to pay for prior learning assessments, which can allow students—including returning adults or veterans—to decrease their time to get a degree.
  • Institutions that apply for and are granted these limited waivers would be able to have more flexibility over a portion of their federal student aid in order to implement experiments suggested by colleges, universities and the higher education community. Applications for the new experiments will be due in late September
  • Department is also announcing today that it will collaborate with the Department of Labor to develop a $25 million grant competition for an Online Skills Academy to support the development of a platform to enable high-quality, free or low-cost pathways to degrees, certificates, or other employer-recognized credentials
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • release a notice inviting applications this week for a $1.5 million grant to study online education which will contribute to the growing body of evidence about what works in online education, especially for low-income and first-generation students.
wlampner

Innovative Pedagogical Approaches for Higher Education - 0 views

reimagine-education.com

education contest elearning blended innovation

shared by wlampner on 05 Mar 15 - No Cached
  • REIMAGINE EDUCATION The global awards for innovative higher education pedagogies enhancing learning and employability
  • Despite years of discussion about the need to reform higher education most programs, whether academic or private enterprise, still rely on traditional pedagogical approaches that center on "teaching" (not learning) and often remain isolated from the demands of employers.
  • The Wharton-QS Stars Awards 2014: Reimagine Education took place on December 9th in Philadelphia.
  • ...1 more annotation...
  • global competition received submissions from 427 universities and enterprises from 43 countries with 21 awards judged by a panel of 25 international experts – a 'who’s who' of higher education.
  • wlampner on 05 Mar 15
     
    Oscars of innovation in higher education. Maybe some ideas here that could inspire our faculty to think outside the box?
wlampner

Purdue U gets into competency-based education with new bachelor's degree - 0 views

www.insidehighered.com/...education-new-bachelors-degree

CBE

shared by wlampner on 30 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Many of the 600 or so colleges that are trying to add competency-based degrees are focused on adult, nontraditional students who want a leg up in the job market
  • in collaboration with specific industry partners, where an employer’s endorsement of the credential can lead to a graduate employee getting a promotion.
  • ther colleges' forays into competency-based education have been in disciplines with professional licensing and a heavy dose of task-based learning, which seems like an easier fit with academic programs based on mastery rather than time in a classroom.
  • ...13 more annotations...
  • The toughest nut to crack for competency-based education appears to be bachelor’s degrees aimed at traditional-age students.
  • hat’s what Purdue University is doing with a newly approved bachelor’s in transdisciplinary studies in technology
  • ombines technical disciplines with the humanities.
  • Customization is a big part of the degree’s novelty.
  • which will blend technology-focused disciplines such as computing, construction management, engineering, and aviation with social sciences, the humanities and business.
  • kills employers need for a “thinking economy.” That means complex problem solving, effective communication, critical thinking and ethical judgmen
  • igital badges and produce e-portfolios to display their work
  • In order to do that in a traditional sense, this student would have to get at least one major and three minors
  • urdue’s degree track is based on the credit-hour standard, in which the demonstration of competencies is linked to corresponding college credit
  • he U.S. Department of Education has taken some heat from its own Office of the Inspector General for approving direct-assessment degrees
  • an inspector general audit of Western Governors University over the faculty role in competency-based education (the results of which have yet to be made public), have had a chilling effect on how regional accreditors view proposals for new direct assessment and other competency-based degrees
  • mployer groups, such as the National Association of Manufacturers, praised the new degree in written statements.
  • To scale a program with this level of customization would be challenging,
Patrick Tabatcher

Zotero | Home - 0 views

www.zotero.org

tools

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 30 Nov 12 - Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 30 Nov 12
     
    An open source project that helps you to collect, organize and cite research sources. 
wlampner

MOOCs and Libraries: Duke Librarians Aid MOOCs With Technology, Research - 1 views

moocsandlibraries.blogspot.com/...librarians-aid-moocs-with.html

mooc libraries

shared by wlampner on 05 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • wlampner on 05 Apr 13
     
    Interesting that instructional technology housed in library at Duke.
Patrick Tabatcher

jQuery Sheetrock - 1 views

chriszarate.github.io/sheetrock

jquery GoogleDocs

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 05 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 05 Jun 13
     
    A tool that lets you pull in spreadsheet data from a public Google spreadsheet. Could be a good way to pull data into a course or onto a page and keep it easily up to date.
Patrick Tabatcher

Current status by Nick of 37signals - 0 views

37signals.com/...3514-current-status

ipad.apps analytics system-status

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 26 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 26 Apr 13
     
    Nice example of using Panic's Status Board app to monitor tickets, on-call status, server info and other information. Perhaps something that could be useful with Springboard management. 
Patrick Tabatcher

Feed Informer: Mix, convert, and republish feeds - 0 views

feed.informer.com

widget rss

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 24 Apr 13 - Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 24 Apr 13
     
    RSS widget that could be useful for adding RSS feeds to Springboard.
Patrick Tabatcher

The Educator's Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons | The Edublogger - 0 views

theedublogger.com/...-fair-use-and-creative-commons

copyright media-resources

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 24 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 24 Apr 13
     
    Information on copyright and fair use. Good list of sites that offer free (open source or copyright free) media.
wlampner

World's Largest Natural Sound Archive Now Online - 1 views

mashable.com/...largest-natural-sound-archive

audio

shared by wlampner on 25 Jan 13 - No Cached
  • wlampner on 25 Jan 13
     
    he "largest and oldest" collection of natural sounds in the world is now digital and available online, Cornell University announced. The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology houses a scientific archive of biodiversity audio and video recordings. Previously in analog format, the recordings - which go back to 1929 - are now completely digitized, and can be heard at MacaulayLibrary.org. "In terms of speed and the breadth of material now accessible to anyone in the world, this is really revolutionary," Greg Budney, Macaulay's audio curator, said in a statement. It took archivists 12 years to finish digitizing the collection, which has nearly 150,000 audio recordings that run a total of 7,513 hours, according to Cornell. The library features 9,000 species, including mostly birds, as well as whales, elephants, frogs and primates.
Patrick Tabatcher

Ratchet - 0 views

maker.github.com/ratchet

mobile-development rapid.prototyping

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 08 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 08 Nov 12
     
    A set of tools for prototyping iPhone apps that uses HTML, CSS and Javascript. Could be a good way to work through some stuff before fully developing it or, outsourcing something if we ever wanted to make our own app.
Patrick Tabatcher

Mosaic - 0 views

heymosaic.com

photography mobile-computing iPhone

shared by Patrick Tabatcher on 08 Nov 12 - No Cached
  • Patrick Tabatcher on 08 Nov 12
     
    This is totally personal. Thought it was worth sharing to the group. You can order a photobook right from your iPhone of photos that you've taken with your phone. $20. Looks pretty nice.
‹ Previous 21 - 40 of 103 Next › Last »
Showing 20▼ items per page