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Learned about this from Lucy MacDonald - our interviewee for "Helping Students Learn to Study: Why Meta is Betta" Friday, March 25, 2011 2:00 pm (ET)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
13 X 7 is 28 - According to Abbott & Costello Video 3 mins
Legal and Ethical Use of Software - "The EDUCOM Code" 1987
Statement of principle developed collaboratively by reps of industry, higher ed:
"Respect for intellectual labor and creativity is vital to academic discourse and enterprise. This principle applies to works of all authors and publishers in all media. It encompasses respect for the right to acknowledgment, right to privacy, and right to determine the form, manner, and terms of publication and distribution.
This "statement of principle about intellectual property and the legal and ethical use of software. This 'code'--intended for adaptation and use by individual colleges and universities--was developed by the EDUCOM Software Initiative." under the direction of Steven W. Gilbert.
From: "Using Software: A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community"
- first issued by EDUCOM and ADAPSO in 1987.
"Respect for intellectual labor and creativity is vital to academic discourse and enterprise. This principle applies to works of all authors and publishers in all media. It encompasses respect for the right to acknowledgment, right to privacy, and right to determine the form, manner, and terms of publication and distribution.
"Because electronic information is volatile and easily reproduced, respect for the work and personal expression of others is especially critical in computer environments. Violations of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy, unauthorized access, and trade secret and copyright violations, may be grounds for sanctions against members of the academic community.
From: "Using Software: A Guide to the Ethical and Legal Use of Software for Members of the Academic Community"
- first issued by EDUCOM and ADAPSO in 1987.
Full text available December 21, 2010 at: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/html/code.html
NOTE OF FULL DISCLOSURE: I was leading the EDUCOM Software Initiative in 1987 and thoroughly enjoyed working with more than 100 colleagues from many corporations, associations, colleges and universities to develop and publish the "Using Software" brochure in which the EDUCOM Code first officially appeared.
NOTE OF FULL DISCLOSURE: I was leading the EDUCOM Software Initiative in 1987 and thoroughly enjoyed working with more than 100 colleagues from many corporations, associations, colleges and universities to develop and publish the "Using Software" brochure in which the EDUCOM Code first officially appeared.
"My Class is the World" Online Degree by Mobile Phone
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@Dinner table - on laptop - benefits, challenges, and misconceptions about online courses; laptop vs. cell phone; misconceptions, credibility
@Parked motorbike - doing assignments, a quiz by cell phone
@Driver's seat of parked car - checks course calendar, registers for course
- from "My Class is the World" Billy Sichone from Mpika Zambia "made this mini-movie using his mobile phone" - African Digital Diaries, University of the People.
Learned about this from Ilene Frank - our interviewee for "Tuition-Free Univ. - U. of the People" Friday, April 1, 2011 2:00 pm (ET)
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
"Employees must hold hands before returning to work"
Only source I can find for attribution/citation: "... on to the printer to get quotes on her latest prank sign (she was responsible for the ubiquitous "Employees Must Hold Hands Before Returning to Work" signage that seemingly popped up at every bar and restaurant in town a year and a half ago). " - excerpt from article "Funny Girl" about Amy Krouse Rosenthal in "Chicago Reader"
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
'Balance of Life as Final Frontier' vs. Simulation/Reality Blur
Can college-aged online poker millionaires achieve a balanced life? How will they know when they find it?
"While heightened dexterity, comfort with snap decisions and the stamina gained from years spent sitting in front of a computer screen give the young online pro an edge over his older counterpart, the greatest benefit borne from a life spent playing video games lies somewhere in the strange, disconnected relationship between what is simulated and what is real. The armies of Command and Conquer do not suffer real casualties. An unsuccessful session of Minesweeper does not result in the loss of a leg. [Anyone read Ender's Game lately? And what happened to Second Life? - SWG]
"While heightened dexterity, comfort with snap decisions and the stamina gained from years spent sitting in front of a computer screen give the young online pro an edge over his older counterpart, the greatest benefit borne from a life spent playing video games lies somewhere in the strange, disconnected relationship between what is simulated and what is real. The armies of Command and Conquer do not suffer real casualties. An unsuccessful session of Minesweeper does not result in the loss of a leg. [Anyone read Ender's Game lately? And what happened to Second Life? - SWG]
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"'Most of us young kids who play at nosebleed stakes don’t really have any clear idea about the actual value of the money we win or lose,' Cates says. 'Most of us see the money more as a points system. And because we’re all competitive, we want to have the highest score. But really, we don’t know what making $400,000 or losing $800,000 means, because we don’t have families or whatever. This blind spot gives us the freedom to always make the right move, regardless of the amount at stake, because our judgment isn’t clouded by any possible ramifications.'
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"Ashton (theAshman103) Griffin, Cates’s roommate and online rival, also cites a balance of life as the final frontier for the young poker millionaire. In mid-2009, Griffin says he won $7 million in just three months but lost three-quarters of it in the following five months. He cites that swing as a turning point in his career. 'Back when I was jungleman’s age, I only saw money as a system of keeping points,' he says. 'But the swings caught up to me. I couldn’t stomach being in front of the computer for six, eight hours a day and having the result be that I lost $2, $3 million. So now my primary objective is to have a healthy balance of life.'"
Monday, March 28, 2011
Students Produce Critical Media Analysis Using Jing - Free
#tltlta see Printable Paper Bookmark PDF More intro & resource info
Advice (Briefest Summary)
Assign students to make structured critical analyses of brief media excerpts; and then to use Jing (simple, free, online tool) to produce "screencasts" that synchronize their critical comments with the media excerpt. Require each student to record his/her narration while delivering it orally to the full class. Both the instructor and the classmates provide immediate constructive feedback. This live recording session helps many students to produce higher quality narration - more vibrant tones, simpler and clearer language.
Students Produce Critical Media Analysis Summary on as Synchronized Narration Using Jing in Introductory Undergraduate Courses
Purpose and Context
Help faculty to enable each undergraduate student in an introductory media/communications course to:
Develop skills in using a structured approach for critical analysis of media.
Improve skills for producing recordings of high-quality narrated media, especially for synchronizing narration with an already available media excerpt.
Problem
Students arrive in the course with quite varied familiarity and competence for planning, producing narrated media and for using relevant online tools.
Advice (Briefest Summary)
Assign students to make structured critical analyses of brief media excerpts; and then to use Jing (simple, free, online tool) to produce "screencasts" that synchronize their critical comments with the media excerpt. Require each student to record his/her narration while delivering it orally to the full class. Both the instructor and the classmates provide immediate constructive feedback. This live recording session helps many students to produce higher quality narration - more vibrant tones, simpler and clearer language.
Students Produce Critical Media Analysis Summary on as Synchronized Narration Using Jing in Introductory Undergraduate Courses
Purpose and Context
Help faculty to enable each undergraduate student in an introductory media/communications course to:
Develop skills in using a structured approach for critical analysis of media.
Improve skills for producing recordings of high-quality narrated media, especially for synchronizing narration with an already available media excerpt.
Problem
Students arrive in the course with quite varied familiarity and competence for planning, producing narrated media and for using relevant online tools.
Ctrl Z = UNDO Useful tip or Shareworthy LTA?
#tltlta Launching Twitter hashtag for Low-Threshold Apps & Activities see tlt.gs/ltas
Part I - a tip Part II - Intro: Tip vs. "Shareworthy LTA"
I. Tip
Wish you could find an "Undo" button when you use Gmail? Google Docs? Other Google services? Other software?
Sometimes I can and sometimes I can't. Recently I found that pressing the <Control> or <Ctrl> key AT THE SAME TIME I press the "z" key often works to UNDO whatever just happened, and doesn't seem to do anything harmful.
II. Tip vs. Share-Worthy LTA
Is this "tip" an"LTA" [Low-Threshold Application/Activity ]? Is it "shareworthy"?
What might make it a shareworthy LTA?
How personal and subjective is the use of this label "share-worthy LTA"?
In our recent Frugal Innovation work, we've been trying to figure out how to INTENTIONALLY, ACTIVELY, VISIBLY enable and encourage "faculty sharing further," especially for LTAs that improve teaching and learning with technology. I suspect that a key factor is whether or not someone considers the LTA "share-worthy"; i.e., cares enough, values this LTA enough to feel some energy for sharing it with deserving colleagues. And, perhaps, "share-worthiness" is determined by an often unconscious comparison of several factors:
- Perceived usefulness
- Ease of learning and implementation
- Ease of sharing
- What else?
Internet, Facebook, Twitter: Revolution - Cannot be Ignored
"Facebook’s growth had been so sudden that the censors had not yet placed any restrictions on it. Tunisia has the highest rate of Internet use of any Arab country."
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"That changed on Jan. 14, ... Suddenly, reporters could tell the truth.
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"That changed on Jan. 14, ... Suddenly, reporters could tell the truth.
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"In Tunisia and then in Egypt and across the region, people who had complained only to friends and family felt the fear that their rulers depended upon dissipate like air from a pierced balloon. The wizards who commanded seemingly omnipresent secret police forces were revealed to be just old men behind a curtain, running state security operations that didn’t even know how to handle a virus of rebellious Facebook pages."
- excerpts from In Tunisia, act of one fruit vendor sparks wave of revolution through Arab world - The Washington Post by Marc Fisher, 3/27/2011
It is no longer reasonable to believe that Internet-based communications can or should be centrally controlled. What about in classrooms?
Steve Gilbert
President, TLT Group
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Who owns "T" and "L"? What can TLT Group do?
TLT=Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Should I be worrying about a lawsuit from Sesame Street? After all, who has claim to the alphabet?
Do critics of traditional grading systems have a new weapon? Can they get the Electric Company or Webster's dictionary to sue schools, colleges, and universities that still use letter grades?
We decided not to try to own "TLT" when we launched the TLT Group in 1998.
We're pleased when someone asks our permission to name something "TLT" or "TLTR," - we've almost always said "yes." We're almost as pleased when we discover someone has done so without asking.
But now I'm getting worried because I just read "When tech companies engage in legal squabbles about who gets to use our everyday words, what are ordinary speakers of the language to make of it all?"
"Facebook has been notorious in this regard, filing trademarks on an array of common four-letter words: like, 'wall,' 'poke' and, naturally, 'face' and 'book.' " - from The Great Language Land Grab - NYTimes.com by Ben Zimmer, NY Times 3/26/2011
Can you recommend a lawyer who can help us get the letters "T" and "L"? Should we limit our demands to those two letters and hope that our parsimony (only needing two letters for our three letter name) will increase our "appeal" (heh heh)? Or should we go all the way and grab "group" and "g," "r," "o," "u," and "p"?
Thanks for your help.
Steve Gilbert, P*******t
T*e T**ch*ng, L****ing, a*d **chno**gy Gr*up
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Fun Lyrics, Beautiful Images, Informative/Sarcastic Text - Morphogenesis Song!
"Not many songs have been written about the classical problem of morphogenesis (shape change in growing organs). However Flanders and Swann wrote one brilliant and amusing song, called 'Misalliance,' about the growth of twining plants.... (Note that the handedness of the vine is known to be genetic and not related to geography or Coriolis forces.)"
- Excerpted from From: Science Song of the Week | Sing About Science & Math Blog "Songs for Teaching, Learning, & Fun,"
Posted on March 24, 2011 by crowther "Thanks to Dr. Wendy Silk for providing this highly informative guest post!"
Learned about this from Lucy MacDonald - our interviewee for "Helping Students Learn to Study: Why Meta is Betta" Friday, March 25, 2011 2:00 pm (ET)
Photo of "honey bee on honeysuckle" by Aka Hige on Flickr.
Be there the first time beginners cross the threshold in online courses!
Guardian Angel/Training Wheels Approach: Experienced online teacher offers to "hold your hand" during beginners' first online experience. Important to reduce anxiety about first use of essential online tools and increase likelihood first experience is comfortable and worthwhile. successful - Join our interview with experienced online teacher Lucy MacDonald "Helping Students Learn to Study: Why Meta is Betta" Friday, March 25, 2011 2:00 pm (ET)
Friday Live! Registration More info...tlt.gs/MetaBetta3
ATTRIBUTION FOR IMAGES ABOVE
Photo of Guardian Angel "Scarface, the angel" http://www.flickr.com/photos/e3000/3044177550/ taken by e³°°° / Eddy Van 3000 with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
Photo of small child riding bike with training wheels "Terror on Training Wheels"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/3397197237/ taken by Dawn Endico with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
ATTRIBUTION FOR IMAGES ABOVE
Photo of Guardian Angel "Scarface, the angel" http://www.flickr.com/photos/e3000/3044177550/ taken by e³°°° / Eddy Van 3000 with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
Photo of small child riding bike with training wheels "Terror on Training Wheels"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/candiedwomanire/3397197237/ taken by Dawn Endico with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Why Meta is Betta: Possible to help students learn math by reading textbook?
This Friday 3/25 - How to help students learn to study - even how to learn from reading math textbooks! Interview with experienced online teacher Lucy MacDonald - who worked with a math teacher to help students READ math. Observed that students did NOT read textbook at all. Helped teachers, students develop Textbook Reading Guides. Worked with students to WRITE instructions about how to read and study more effectively for students - intended for students who would take the same course next term. Subsequently other math teachers asked for copies of the handouts to use with other math textbooks - as model for helping students learn from math textbooks.
Join us for "Helping Students Learn to Study: Why Meta is Betta"
Interview: Lucy Tribble MacDonald "I'm an early adopter and i like to be pregnant"
Friday, March 25, 2011
2:00 pm (ET)
Friday Live! Registration More info...tlt.gs/MetaBetta3
The Nano Song - Using Music for Learning/Teaching
L. MacDonald will discuss, among other things, use of music. Join us for "Helping Students Learn to Study: Why Meta is Betta"
Interview: Lucy Tribble MacDonald Friday, March 25, 2011 2:00 pm (ET)
Friday Live! Registration More info...tlt.gs/MetaBetta3
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Calculus Xmas Carols - Really!
Derivatives, Derivatives (sung to the tune of O Christmas Tree [O Tannenbaum])
Derivatives, derivativesThey help us find the rate of change.
Derivatives, derivatives
They're not that hard, they're in our range.
The product rule is so much funIt's one prime two plus two prime one
Derivatives, derivatives
They help us find the rate of change.
And there's more!
"No one's saying that the air's a little thinner in Colorado, and maybe that's why Denise McCleary and her classes at Fairview High School enjoy singing math carols, but that's my suspicion. Can you spot her in the photo? I'll give you a hint: She holding something that rhymes with shmaccordian.
- excerpts from Calculus-Help.com: Survive calculus class! - Calculus Carols
ATTRIBUTION FOR IMAGES ABOVE
Picture of Christmas tree above from http://www.flickr.com/photos/therichardlife/4206351506/ taken by therichardlife / Stephanie Richard with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
Image of calculus derivative above "lutning4" from mattemagnus / Magnus Dahlström http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattemagnus/4267117100/ with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
- excerpts from Calculus-Help.com: Survive calculus class! - Calculus Carols
ATTRIBUTION FOR IMAGES ABOVE
Picture of Christmas tree above from http://www.flickr.com/photos/therichardlife/4206351506/ taken by therichardlife / Stephanie Richard with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
Image of calculus derivative above "lutning4" from mattemagnus / Magnus Dahlström http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattemagnus/4267117100/ with CC Attribution ShareAlike License
Share It Forward - Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
"You may share, adapt, or 'remix' this work [description of item being licensed] if and only if you include attribution and this 'share it forward' licensing as shown next... "
More complete, effective version:
More complete, effective version:
Monday, March 21, 2011
Policies or Guidelines for Constructive Use of Classroom Recordings?
Does your institution have resources for video recording classes? Policies?
Who has what kind of rights to recordings produced with equipment owned by the institution? By equipment owned by students?
Anyone have guidelines for constructive use of classroom recordings? Guidelines for helping students learn better by making and using these recordings?
Guidelines or tools for preventing clandestine recording? Using Spy Pens, Smartpens, Looxcie headsets?
"Click this pen and it doesn't just write words it records video. With a tiny color camera and microphone, it makes AVI movies with sound and stores them in 4GB of internal memory. Nobody needs to know that you're recording. USB cable connection lets you transfer data to your computer. By the way, this pen writes, too." - excerpt from SkyMall.com - Electronics & Gadgets as of 20110321
SMARTPENS: "Write less and listen more."
SPY PENS: Just checked website for air travel "SkyMall" catalog under the "portable video" category and immediately found 5 recording pens including one labelled "Spy Pen" described as follows:
"Carry eyewitness in your pocket
SMARTPENS: "Write less and listen more."
"Send and Share Your Notes
"Share your notes and recordings privately or with the world. Export your notes as a PDF, an audio file or as interactive Flash™ movies called pencasts. Embed pencasts on a blog, website, Facebook or the Livescribe Community." - excerpts from Website for Livescribe's commercial Smartpen products for automatically synchronizing handwritten notes with digitally recorded audio as of 20110321.
ATTRIBUTION FOR IMAGE ABOVE
Some Rights Reserved by NYM. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en; URL for photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nym/5036841721/ This is a cropped version of photo "Me wearing the new Looxcie wearcam by nym" downloaded 2011-03-21 by Steven W. Gilbert, TLT Group from Flickr Web-based photo service www.flickr.com; Person who uploaded the picture to Flickr (username listed in Flickr profile on this date): "http://www.flickr.com/people/nym/“;
Don't worry about how to "capture" lectures. Already happening with Spy Pens, Smartpens, headsets!!
"Nobody needs to know you're recording."
How many students already recording lectures and classes? Using Spy Pens, Smartpens, and tiny camcorders now avail in bluetooth phone headsets? See photo and excerpts below.
Recording with/without permission? With/without awareness of faculty?
SPY PENS: Just checked website for air travel "SkyMall" catalog under the "portable video" category and immediately found 5 recording pens including one labelled "Spy Pen" described as follows:
"Carry eyewitness in your pocket
"Click this pen and it doesn't just write words it records video. With a tiny color camera and microphone, it makes AVI movies with sound and stores them in 4GB of internal memory. Nobody needs to know that you're recording. USB cable connection lets you transfer data to your computer. By the way, this pen writes, too." - excerpt from SkyMall.com - Electronics & Gadgets as of 20110321SMARTPENS: "Write less and listen more."
"Send and Share Your Notes
"Share your notes and recordings privately or with the world. Export your notes as a PDF, an audio file or as interactive Flash™ movies called pencasts. Embed pencasts on a blog, website, Facebook or the Livescribe Community." - excerpts from Website for Livescribe's commercial Smartpen products for automatically synchronizing handwritten notes with digitally recorded audio as of 20110321.
ATTRIBUTION FOR IMAGE ABOVE
Some Rights Reserved by NYM. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en; URL for photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nym/5036841721/ This is a cropped version of photo "Me wearing the new Looxcie wearcam by nym" downloaded 2011-03-21 by Steven W. Gilbert, TLT Group from Flickr Web-based photo service www.flickr.com; Person who uploaded the picture to Flickr (username listed in Flickr profile on this date): "http://www.flickr.com/people/nym/“;
How get my/your attention for important info - IMPORTANT TO ME/YOU!
Phone and online newspapers both fading?
"full-fledged adults have... given up the telephone — land line, mobile, voice mail and all." - see below
"full-fledged adults have... given up the telephone — land line, mobile, voice mail and all." - see below
"The New York Times will charge a subscription fee for frequent
readers of its Web site and mobile applications starting March 28. It’s a
gutsy experiment in resetting the financial equation of the newspaper
industry." - excerpt from "NYTimes.com to levy subscription fee"
"In the last five years, full-fledged adults have seemingly given up the telephone — land line, mobile, voice mail and all. According to Nielsen Media, even on cellphones, voice spending has been trending downward, with text spending expected to surpass it within three years." - Excerpt from Don’t Call Me, I Won’t Call You - NYTimes.com
Thursday, March 17, 2011
CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH - Slow Revolution - 12 Still Valid Recommendations from 1996
“most common institutional strategy for integrating information technology into teaching and learning is CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH.
“Education can provide the excuse and the means for transforming society...for better or worse.
“Information technology can provide the excuse and the means for transforming education...for better or worse.”
I'm both disappointed and pleased that so much of what I wrote in “Making the Most of a Slow Revolution” in March/April 1996 Change Magazine, seems so appropriate today - 15 years later.
And I still believe “that the next decade-not the next 18 to 24 months-will be critical.”
Here are a few more UNREVISED excerpts, including a dozen recommendations for avoiding CRISIS, LURCH while improving teaching and learning with technology. The full article begins with a description of conditions that engender unrealistic expectations; identifies 11 significant obstacles; offers specifics for each of the 12 recommendations; and concludes with guidelines for local Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtables.
"Education is being transformed, but the inertia of the system is enormous, and the costs associated with widespread, 'deep' integration of information technology into teaching and learning are significant. In order for institutions to make difficult choices among strategies for change in the absence of conclusive data, each college and university must get the best advice it can from those within its own community who have relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and insights about teaching, learning, and technology. Implementing the best strategies requires institution-wide collaboration involving all key stakeholders. The cumulative impact will be 'revolutionary,' changing how people teach and learn, and what is taught and learned.
“So now I believe that the next decade-not the next 18 to 24 months-will be critical. There seems to be rapidly growing acceptance that the ways in which information technology is used for teaching and learning will be a significant part of this transformation. What can colleges and universities do to prepare for this slow revolution? Can We learn how to participate comfortably and effectively in it--and even to direct it?
“Unfortunately, the most common institutional strategy for integrating information technology into teaching and learning is CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH.
“What follows are 12 recommendations for avoiding this pattern while improving teaching and learning through more effective use of information technology.
And I still believe “that the next decade-not the next 18 to 24 months-will be critical.”
Here are a few more UNREVISED excerpts, including a dozen recommendations for avoiding CRISIS, LURCH while improving teaching and learning with technology. The full article begins with a description of conditions that engender unrealistic expectations; identifies 11 significant obstacles; offers specifics for each of the 12 recommendations; and concludes with guidelines for local Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtables.
"Education is being transformed, but the inertia of the system is enormous, and the costs associated with widespread, 'deep' integration of information technology into teaching and learning are significant. In order for institutions to make difficult choices among strategies for change in the absence of conclusive data, each college and university must get the best advice it can from those within its own community who have relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and insights about teaching, learning, and technology. Implementing the best strategies requires institution-wide collaboration involving all key stakeholders. The cumulative impact will be 'revolutionary,' changing how people teach and learn, and what is taught and learned.
“So now I believe that the next decade-not the next 18 to 24 months-will be critical. There seems to be rapidly growing acceptance that the ways in which information technology is used for teaching and learning will be a significant part of this transformation. What can colleges and universities do to prepare for this slow revolution? Can We learn how to participate comfortably and effectively in it--and even to direct it?
“Unfortunately, the most common institutional strategy for integrating information technology into teaching and learning is CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH, CRISIS, LURCH.
“What follows are 12 recommendations for avoiding this pattern while improving teaching and learning through more effective use of information technology.
1. Fundamental QuestionsKeep asking fundamental questions.
2. Future VisionObserve trends; shape the future; build a vision.
3. Permanent ChangeAdjust to new pace and depth of change.
4. Judgment, Reductionism, TrustUse judgment; resist reductionism; trust faculty and students
5. Dichotomies; CombinationsReject dichotomies; find good combinations.
6. Intellectual Property, Fair UseUnderstand intellectual property help keep “fair use.”
7. Guidelines, PoliciesDevelop new guidelines quickly; develop new policies slowly.
8. Support-Service CrisisPrepare for your support-service crisis.
9. Student RolesExtend student roles as assistants, learning colleagues; form Faculty
Student Support Service Teams (FSSSTS) and learning communities. 10. Portfolio of Change StrategiesDevelop a portfolio of change strategies.
11. Realistic Expectations: More Time, MoneyInvest more time and money.
12. Institutionwide CollaborationDevelop institutionwide collaboration to improve teaching and learning.
Full article by Steven W. Gilbert, Change Magazine, March-April 1996 pp. 10-23
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
"The only safe way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend."
- Abraham Lincoln; or is following version correct? and what is citation?
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
Is Meta Betta? "decline of American culture, the triumph of technology over privacy, and the end of shame as a motivating force"
2,829,091 = # Twitter followers of Charlie Sheen 20110315 3:51pm ET"... I am fascinated by the phenomenon of popular fascination with [Charlie] Sheen." - From "Sheen Madness" by Ruth Marcus, Wash. Post
"It’s not just the analysis of the troubled actor. It’s the analysis of the analysis.
"...we are now in Defcon Three of Celebrity Scandal: The 'Whither Society' portion of the meltdown. Defcon Five is the scandal itself. Defcon Four is the all-of-us-watching-with-mouths-agape phase. With Defcon Three comes the clothes-rending: Are we enablers? Should we be egging him on? Is this actually news? And most worrying of all: why do we care?"
- From "Sheen-ology" [Print] or "Charlie Sheen, Deconstructed" [online] A version of this article appeared in print on March 6, 2011, on page WK5 of the New York edition.
- From "Sheen-ology" [Print] or "Charlie Sheen, Deconstructed" [online] A version of this article appeared in print on March 6, 2011, on page WK5 of the New York edition.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Create Accessible/Usable (Disabilities) Online Educ Materials
Free 10-module tutorial from Ga. Tech. "Accesselearning Tutorial"
Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education (GRADE) is a research project at the Georgia Tech Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access (CATEA). http://www.catea.gatech.edu/grade/
Recommended in email from Rebecca Skipper "The following link contains ten modules which include tips on how to make MSWord, PDF, JAVA scripts, video, PowerPoint, Excel, and flash files Tips & Guidelines for making files accessible."
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Fun Graffiti: Kaiser is my roll model
[Testing automatic posting of TLT-SWG posts as TLT Group Tweets and Facebook Fan Page Notes. March 13, 2011 8:42pm ET]
Friday, March 11, 2011
Useful URLs on Accessibility from Norm Coombs
Book chap1 tlt.gs/y63u; 3/11 2pmET tlt.gs/frlv free online discussion of 5 key questions and exchange of tips, recommendations, and resources.
FridayLive! Bookgroup session today 2pm ET 3/11. Norman Coombs, author of Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities , Jossey-Bass, 2010. Register for free Additional info, prep available: tlt.gs/accessfrlv311
- Web site about Section 508 Federal standards for Information technology accessibility http://section508.gov
- Web accessibility guidelines produced by the Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/
- Guidelines for publishers producing accessible books for public schools http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/federal/what_is_nimas
- Web site of the Digital Accessibility Information System http://www.daisy.org/
- Web site of EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information http://easi.cc
- Standards for the Creation of Accessible Materials: National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). "NIMAS is a technical standard used by publishers to produce source files (in XML) that may be used to develop multiple specialized formats (such as Braille or audio books) for students with print disabilities." http://aim.cast.org/learn/policy/federal/what_is_nimas
"suggest.. four year colleges adopt community colleges and have a symbiotic relationship with them"
From "How Higher Education is Breaking the Social Contract and What To Do About It" by Daniel Yankelovich
Recommended "It's a must read!" by JM in comment to TLT-SWG blog posting "Higher Ed in Crisis Requiring Radical Change?"
Recommended "It's a must read!" by JM in comment to TLT-SWG blog posting "Higher Ed in Crisis Requiring Radical Change?"
QTs5 How remember/meet needs of students with disabilities?
Book chap1 tlt.gs/y63u; 3/11 2pmET tlt.gs/frlv free online discussion of 5 key questions and exchange of tips, recommendations, and resources.
FridayLive! Bookgroup session today 2pm ET 3/11. Norman Coombs, author of Making Online Teaching Accessible: Inclusive Course Design for Students with Disabilities , Jossey-Bass, 2010.
Question 5: When you don't actually see your students, how might you help remind yourself to remember extra steps to help students with disabilities such as using proper document markup, adding text tags to images and providing captions and transcriptions for students with hearing impairments?
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