If We Profs Don't Reform Higher Ed, We'll Be Re-Formed (and we won't like it) | HASTAC #yam

Although normally a pretty upbeat and optimistic person, I end a lot of my different talks these days with a pretty scary, even dystopic slide:    "IF WE PROFS CAN BE REPLACED BY A COMPUTER SCREEN, WE SHOULD BE.”

 

That gets people’s attention.   And it makes people mad.   My meaning is often misunderstood at first—and that’s what I want.  I want profs in the audience to be outraged that I’m saying they can be replaced by a computer screen.   And, if they think they are not replaceable by a computer screen, I want them to articulate why. 

 

If they can make a good case for what they add, then my conditional statement is answered negatively:   No, I cannot be replaced by a computer screen because of . . .       Making that case accurately and persuasively (to the public, to legislators, to donors, and mostly to our students)  is the single most important thing any professor can do because, if we don’t, it will be made for us.  And we won't like the result.

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Flipped Classroom Successes in Higher Education | Emerging Education Technology #yam

Colleges and University Professors are Improving Learning Outcomes, and Lowering Costs, with Flipped Classroom Techniques.

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Have Books Jumped the Shark? - Edudemic #yam

When you think about it, hoping that a 21st century middle or high school student will obsess over reading like they do. . .say. . .Tumblr or their new iPhone. . . is almost laughable. It is as anachronistic as wishing for an age before freeways or toys before plastic.

Indeed, expecting kids to deeply embrace and read books today whether for independent reading or homework is not a whole lot different than asking them to churn their own butter, carry their favorite music around in their backpack as an LP collection, use a telephone that is wired to the wall, or watch their favorite shows on a black and white tv with rabbit ears. But really – have books jumped the shark?

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Joe Wilson: E-Assessment Question , #InsideLearning and #GlowRoadshow #yam

For learners,  and I am one, learning is a lifelong continuum . I still think though that those who deliver learning and the accreditation of learning still live in silos,  worse some of them have stopped learning.

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Mayer & Clark – 10 brilliant design rules for e-learning

Richard Mayer and Ruth Clark are among the foremost researchers in the empirical testing of media and media mix hypotheses in online learning. Their e-Learning and the Science of Instruction (2003) covers seven design principles; multimedia, contiguity, modality, redundancy, coherence, personalisation, and practice opportunities. Clear explanations are given about the risks of ignoring these principles - with support from worked examples and case study challenges. It should be a compulsory text for online learning designers.

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Global Game Jam 2013 Competition - Microsoft UK Faculty Connection #yam

Microsoft is supporting the WW competition and in the UK were having a dedicated competition at each event and online.

So even if who cannot physically attend the event can enter the online competition see  http://www.ubelly.com/global-game-jam/

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Winning the Talent War with the System z « DancingDinosaur

The next frontier in the ongoing talent war, according to McKinsey, will be deep analytics, a critical weapon required to probe big data in the competition underpinning new waves of productivity, growth, and innovation. Are you ready to compete and win in this technical talent war?

Similarly, Information Week contends that data expertise is called for to take advantage of data mining, text mining, forecasting, and machine learning techniques. The System z data center is ideally is ideally positioned to win if you can attract the right talent.

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Ten lies programmers tell themselves | ITworld #yam

If George Washington really never told a lie, then he must never have been a programmer. All those long hours sitting alone in a cube or at a workstation (unless you pair program) can lead you to not just talk to yourself, but to outright lie. How else to justify doing (or not doing) certain things that you probably shouldn’t (or should) do?

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MagicScroll Instantly Makes Any Web Page Distraction-Free and Adds a Book-Like Interface - LifeHacker #yam

Chrome: Reading articles online isn't always the most pleasant experience. MagicScroll is a Chrome extension that transforms a page into a book-like, distraction free experience to make reading longer articles online easier.

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Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 App competition 2013 #yam

Join the European APPCUP 2013!

Take the chance to develop your application for Windows 8 or Windows Phone 8.

It´s a great opportunity to showcase your development skills for innovative applications.

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Should You Use Twitter? This Flowchart Has The Answer. - Edudemic #yam

While I’m strongly in the camp of ‘everyone should use Twitter because we all use it in a different way,’ this humorous Twitter flowchart was just too interesting to not post. It’s basically a visualization that helps you critically think about why you should or shouldn’t use Twitter.

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