If you can't walk the walk, is it OK to limp the limp and talk the talk? Or better to do/say nothing?

...I'm not sure what it means, but it might be important. Steve Gilbert, 20130225

Can you predict or change the future? Do you really want to? See short story "6 Months, 3 days" by C. J. Anders

"The man who can see the future has a date with the woman who can see many futures." - 1st sentence from "Six Months, Three Days," a story by Charlie Jane Anders and winner of the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Full text available free online as of Feb 25, 2013.  Also see excerpt and comments in blog post "Romance Between Clairvoyants: Doomed to Fail?".

Entertaining and thought provoking story about ways in which we could/couldn't influence the future even if we could "see" it... and about whether or not we might really want to.

How many security cameras on YOUR campus? (Videorecord 24/7 avail to admins) Join FridayLive! Feb 22 tlt.gs/frlv

How many campus security cameras? Tomorrow we'll compare/discuss answers to questions like those below!Join our discussion online "Thinking about Violence in our Learning Spaces," FridayLive! February 22, 2013 2:00-3:00 pm ET - online, highly interactive, free to all - Guest presenter/facilitator: Steven Bell, Temple University
I Outdoors on campus: video cameras recording 24/7 (results accessible at least to administrators)
a.  Don't have a clue
b.  < 25
c.  25-100
d.  101-500
e.  501-1000
f.  >1000

II In classrooms: video cameras recording 24/7  (results accessible at least to administrators)
a.  Don't have a clue
b.  < 25
c.  25-100
d.  101-500
e.  501-1000
f.  >1000

III In dorms: video cameras recording 24/7 (results accessible at least to administrators)
a.  Don't have a clue
b.  < 25
c.  25-100
d.  101-500
e.  501-1000
f.  >1000

What's in your Annual Campus Security [Crime] Report? Complying with Clery Act? join FridayLive! Feb 22! tlt.gs/frlv

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For emphasis, I've bolded 3 phrases "Liquor-law violations" et al., in the excerpts below which are from Clery Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [as of Feb 21, 2013]

"Crime log," "Timely Warnings," & "Crime statistics"
The institution's police...or security departments are required to maintain a public log of all crimes reported to them, or those of which they are made aware...Each entry ...must contain the nature, date, time and general location of each crime and disposition of the complaint, if known... Crime logs must be kept for seven years,
..."The Clery Act requires institutions to give timely warnings of crimes that represent a threat to the safety of students or employees. ... to publish their policies regarding timely warnings in their Annual Campus Security Report [ASR]. ...is only required to notify the community of crimes which are covered by the Clery statistics.
"An institution must keep the most recent three years of crime statistics that occurred: on campus, in institution residential facilities, in noncampus buildings, or on public property. The report must also indicate if any of the reported incidents, or any other crime involving bodily injury, was a 'hate crime.' The following offenses,...are required to be included in the institution's ASR as well as sent to the U.S. Department of Education annually:
Criminal homicide:
...
Sexual offenses:
...
Arrest and/or disciplinary referrals forLiquor-law violationsDrug-law violationsIllegal weapons possession

TGIF -- VoiceThread, sMOOChers, and a great FridayLive with Steve Bell

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Seventh issue, Volume Six	TLT Group TGIF 2.19.2013
From TLT Group World Headquarters	Up-coming Member Exchange Events: VoiceThread: Connecting Many Voices, Wednesday,  2/20, 3:00 PM ET (sMOOChers) (Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup) Friday, 2/22 1:00 PM ET tlt.gs/login Silver Cloudians: Issues for Caregivers of Aging Parents, 2/27 Looking for examples of using MOOC like resources in undergraduate education. Please consider filling out this survey. tlt.gs/MOOCusage Become a TLT member. Click here to find out how.
	More from the TLT-SWG Blog: Designated Learner - Lessons from Our Last Experiment "sMOOChing, Flipped classrooms, MOOCs,.." Slides, Transcript TLTGroup's tlt.gs/frlv #TLTGfrlv FridayLive! Feb 8 online free Teaching/sMOOChing 2&3: Flipped classrooms, MOOCs, Good New Answers for Good Old Questions Feb15 tlt.gs/frlv 2pmET Free
	Members Only Exchange Voice Thread - Connecting Many Voices Wednesday, 2/20/13,  NOTE: new time, 3:00 PM ET Leaders: Penny Kuckhahn, Steve Gilbert, Beth Dailey, and others Our Designated Learner and Social Media/Networking Tools/Resources Experiment Continues. Prior to the session, participants are asked to build a VoiceThread and respond to other VoiceThreads. Post your VoiceThread by commenting to this post. We will be extending our learning from the February 6th session. If you did not attend, this link will take you resources on how to create and respond to VoiceThreads. During the session, be prepared to discuss how your VoiceThread and/or experience with your own and other's VoiceThreads would be beneficial to instruction.  We will also talk about what to avoid when considering VoiceThread for instruction and share lessons learned from our designated learner experiment. Penny will demonstrate how to embed a VoiceThread into a blog. Penny Kuckkahn, MSE, BA: Instructional Designer, Nicolet College. This session is part of an ongoing series. We keep learning about new tools and resources from our members. Those members will be introducing the tools and resources they are currently using. This session is free to TLT Group Individual Members. $75 to others Check your institution's status here if you have your membership through an institutional subscription.
	FridayLive! Thinking about Violence in our Learning Spaces February 22, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all. Steven Bell, Temple University We want our learning spaces to be safe - not only safe for sharing ideas but safe from physical danger. Despite our best efforts we cannot always prevent violence on campus. Just as we need the right technology to advance learning, we need to have in place the appropriate security measures in order for faculty and students to be prepared for unexpected emergencies. While technology can play a role in both prevention and detection, creating more secure learning spaces is the result of campus-wide preparation. Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: March 1 John Sener returns March 8  MOOCs and sMOOChers March 15  There's an App for That 2.4
MOOCs Round Two Week Four	sMOOChers (Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup) meets this week Friday, 2/22 1:00 PM ETtlt.gs/login We have been participating in the EDCMOOC, eLearning & Digital Cultures MOOC sponsored by the University of Edinborough.  So does that make us MOOCers?  What is a MOOCer anyway? On Friday, we will talk together about the process and the content we have been experienecing.  See you there, tlt.gs/login.  We will also meet on 3/1 Some interesting bits and pieces: Dale Parker has set up a study group for us in the MOOC, search on tlt smoochers Check out this very cool VoiceThread, https://voicethread.com/#q.b4104932.i21006791 This is another great resource about how to prepare learners for MOOCs, Your Online Self: Preparing for a Connectivist MOOC Here is a link to some of my reflections on the MOOC #EDCMOOC Being Real and in Rhythm Participants in Week 3 were invited to create an artifact depicting what they have been learning about being human.  This link will take you all the AMAZING submissions. Looking for examples of using MOOC like resources in undergraduate education, pleaseconsider filling out this survey. tlt.gs/MOOCusage
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Designated Learner - Lessons from Our Last Experiment

Created by Felcia Sullivan

https://voicethread.com/#q.b4104932.i21006791

This link will take you to a summary of the Designated Learner lessons learned from our 2/6/13, Members Exchange on Voice Thread.

Join us on February 20th, 3:00 PM ET when the VoiceThread learning continues. Please comment to this post and share a link to a VoiceThread that you have created and/or ways you are currently or planning to incorporate VoiceThread into your teaching and/or personal live. Register for the event on the 20th here.

"sMOOChing, Flipped classrooms, MOOCs,.." Slides, Transcript TLTGroup's tlt.gs/frlv #TLTGfrlv FridayLive! Feb 8 online free

 [Parts II & III Feb 15 at 2pm ET and 4:15pm ET More...]

Flipping MOOCs & sMOOChing
Flipped classroom, MOOCs, Supplemental Instruction, more... 
sMOOChing as Teaching;  Teaching as sMOOChing 
Good New Answers for Good Old QuestionsSocial Collaboration Online - What Does It Mean?

Slides, Chat Transcript from 
TLT Group's FridayLive! Feb 8, 2013 2:00-3:00 pm ET 

Steven W. Gilbert & Colleagues

Please find below: Text chat transcript (including many links shared by  FridayLive! participants) and links to other resources (slides, archives).

Join us every/any week as we continue to share good ideas, resources, suggestions, and specific [small] next steps in the TLT Group's FridayLive! free weekly online sessions   

Digital Archive  Full recording of this online session, which includes audio, slides, and text chat available If you are a member of the TLT group.  Use this link tlt.gs/memarchives to access the full  collection of available archived sessions.

Slides for this session available published separately

Text Chat Transcript...

Teaching/sMOOChing 2&3: Flipped classrooms, MOOCs, Good New Answers for Good Old Questions Feb15 tlt.gs/frlv 2pmET Free

sMOOChing as Teaching;  Teaching as sMOOChing 
Part Deux and Part Trois Feb 15, 2013
Flipped classrooms, MOOCs,  
Good New Answers for Good Old Questions   
Steven W. Gilbert, President, TLT Group

2PM ET Part Deux, Free Online tlt.gs/frlv
4:15-5:30PM ET Part Trois, Grandover West, Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC, Lilly Conference

sMOOChing:  Facilitating the most effective integration of MOOCs and similar new resources into undergraduate programs of colleges and universities that are NOT producing or hosting the MOOCs.  And thereby increase the variety, quality, and quantity of undergraduate instruction available to  students and alumni.

FQ3:  3rd Fundamental Question:
How can we help people learn from an available information resource?
          [NEW info resource:  like a MOOC?]   
          [OLD info resource:  like a book?]

• More, better, faster, easier, ...?
• Without the participation of the author/publisher/lecturer?
• Without the awareness of the author/publisher/lecturer?
• Without the permission of the author/publisher/lecturer

Deep Background

TGIF -- Mentoring New Faculty - A Role for Silver Cloudians

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Sixth issue, Volume Six	TLT Group TGIF 2.12.2013
From TLT Group World Headquarters	Up-coming Member Exchange Events: Silver Cloudian Roles - Mentoring New Faculty, 2/13 Online Exploration Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup (sMOOChers) Starts VoiceThread: VoiceThread: Connecting Many Voices  2/20 Silver Cloudians: Issues for Caregivers of Aging Parents, 2/27 Check out the TLT website for all 2013 events including FridayLive!  Free to all. Become a TLT member. Click here to find out how
	More from the TLT-SWG Blog: "The 'Die Hard' Quandary": Guns, Games, Media Violence & Drones - See Enders Game! Again! & join FridayLive! Feb 22! tlt.gs/frlv Superhero Window Washers at children's hospitals! Generous, charming deeds - great story, photos, video!
Member Exchange Events	Members Exchange Silver Cloudian Roles - Mentoring New Faculty (This session is free to TLT Group Members Fee to others) Register in advance February 13, 2013 2:00pm EDT Leaders: Steve Gilbert, Charles Ansorge, Steve Benton, Kenneth Ryalls and others Join us as we talk together with Steve Benton, Senior Research Officer, and Kenneth Ryalls, president of the IDEA Center. The IDEA Center would like to create a mentor program for new faculty.   The focus of our session will be on exploring this new and emerging opportunity. We will also brainstorm future topics. ABOUT THE IDEA CENTER "A non-profit organization, The IDEA Center's mission is to serve colleges and universities committed to improving learning, teaching, and leadership performance. The IDEA Center offers a range of nationally available, research-driven, flexible assessment services for faculty, administrators, and department chairs."
	FridayLive! LIVE From Lilly Greensboro February 15, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all. Description to come. Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: February 22 Thinking About Violence in our Learning Spaces – Preparation Matters (Steve Bell) March 1 John Sener returns March 8  MOOCs and sMOOChers March 15  There's an App for That 2.4
MOOCs Round Two Week Three	sMOOChers  Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup Online Exploration January 25, 2013 through March 1, 2013 PLUS FridayLive! report on March 8, 2013. 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern This series of meetings is free to TLT Group Individual Members.$100 for non members.  [Although you are welcome to become an Individual Member for $75 and attend for free.  Check your institution's status here if you have your membership through an institutional subscription.]  Register here. Our second cohort will participate in a Coursera course: E-learning and Digital Cultures      and meet together to discuss the course content as well as the process Almost weekly online synchronous sessions in the TLT Group's Adobe Connect classroom - Fridays, January 25, February 8 and 22, and March 1, 2013. 1-1:30 PM ET. E-learning and Digital Cultures Jeremy Knox, Sian Bayne, Hamish Macleod, Jen Ross, Christine Sinclair U Edinburgh This course will explore how digital cultures and learning cultures connect, and what this means for e-learning theory and practice. Follow this course at #edcmooc. https://www.coursera.org/course/edc Register both for the MOOC and for this TLT Group cohort
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"The ‘Die Hard’ Quandary": Guns, Games, Media Violence & Drones - See Enders Game! Again! & join FridayLive! Feb 22! tlt.gs/frlv

What is the correlation of local gun violence in the United States with

• Easy access to guns, especially military level guns
• Frequent use of violent video games
• Frequent viewing of violent movies, TV, news
• Mental illness
• Unsuccessful learning

What is the correlation of passive acceptance of gun violence with those factors?

How safe can anyone feel when young men selected to operate weaponized drone aircrafts for the U. S. military have been raised on an emotional diet rich in violent video games, violent movies, violent television, violent news, ... where there are no real consequences for their own aggressive actions?

If you haven't recently read (or reread)  Enders Game by Orson Scott Card, I urge you to do so with the previous questions in mind.   Also see:
"Educ Video Games w Real/Virtual Missiles? DISTURBING VIDEO..." TLT-SWG blog posting re Enders Game

We need to untangle these factors and develop constructive educational strategies to avoid even greater future catastrophes.  Join our discussion online "Thinking about Violence in our Learning Spaces," FridayLive!  February 22, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - online, highly interactive, free to all - Guest presenter/facilitator:  Steven Bell, Temple University

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We want our learning spaces to be safe - not only safe for sharing ideas but safe from physical danger. Despite our best efforts we cannot always prevent violence on campus.

I

And see excerpts below from  "The ‘Die Hard’ Quandary," by Joe Nocera, and "Shooting in the Dark," by Benedict Carey, both in the New York Times Feb 12, 2013.

"The ‘Die Hard’ Quandary," by Joe Nocera, The New York Times, February 11, 2013 online, February 12, 2013 p. A27

..."What got me thinking about “Die Hard” — and guns in the movies more generally — is, of course, the furious gun debate since the killings in Newtown, Conn.

..."This is, quite simply, untrue. 'There is tons of research on this,' says Joanne Cantor, professor emerita of communications at the University of Wisconsin, and an expert on the effect of violent movies and video games. 'Watching violence makes kids feel they can use violence to solve a problem. It brings increased feelings of hostility. It increases desensitization.' Every parent understands this instinctively, of course, but those instincts are backed by decades of solid research."

..."Violent video games and movies, he went on to say, are certainly not the only factor that can lead someone to commit an act of gun violence. 'If someone has no other risk factors, he can play Grand Theft Auto all day and never commit a violent act. But if he has a number of the other risk factors. ...' Anderson let the thought hang."

"Shooting in the Dark," by Benedict Carey, Feb 11, 2013 online, Feb 12, 2013 p. D1, The New York Times
"The young men who opened fire at Columbine High School, at the movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and in other massacres had this in common: they were video gamers who seemed to be acting out some dark digital fantasy. It was as if all that exposure to computerized violence gave them the idea to go on a rampage — or at least fueled their urges.

"But did it really?

"Social scientists have been studying and debating the effects of media violence on behavior since the 1950s, and video games in particular since the 1980s. The issue is especially relevant today, because the games are more realistic and bloodier than ever, and because most American boys play them at some point. Girls play at lower rates and are significantly less likely to play violent games.

..."The research falls into three categories: short-term laboratory experiments; longer-term studies, often based in schools; and correlation studies — between playing time and aggression, for instance, or between video game sales and trends in violent crime.

 ...“'None of these extreme acts, like a school shooting, occurs because of only one risk factor; there are many factors, including feeling socially isolated, being bullied, and so on,' said Craig A. Anderson, a psychologist at Iowa State University. 'But if you look at the literature, I think it’s clear that violent media is one factor; it’s not the largest factor, but it’s also not the smallest.'

..."In surveys about 80 percent of high school-age boys say they play video games, most of which are thought to be violent, and perhaps a third to a half of those players have had a habit of 10 hours a week or more.

..."It may be that playing video games for hours every day keeps people off the streets who would otherwise be getting into trouble. It could be that the games provide 'an outlet' that satisfies violent urges in some players — a theory that many psychologists dismiss but that many players believe."

TGIF -- VoiceThread on Wed and a Mystery on Friday

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Fifth issue, Volume Six	TLT Group TGIF 2.5.2013
From TLT Group World Headquarters	Up-coming Member Exchange Events: VoiceThread: Social Media/Networking Tools/Resources 2/6 Online Exploration Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup (sMOOChers) Starts Silver Cloudians: IDEA center as a model, 2/13 Silver Cloudians: Issues for Caregivers of Aging Parents, 2/27 Check out the TLT website for all 2013 events including FridayLive!  Free to all. Become a TLT member. Click here to find out how
	More from the TLT-SWG Blog: Superhero Window Washers at children's hospitals! Generous, charming deeds - great story, photos, video! Learning JING using the Designated Learner Approach Revamp the Sacred Credit-Hour? Caveat - Need to Clothe the Emperor?
Member Exchange Events	Members Exchange Voice Thread Social Media/Networking Tools/Resources   This session is free for TLT Group Members Fee for others Register here. February 6, 2013 2:00 PM ET During our Member's Exchange - Designated Learner session Penny Kuckkahn will teach Robert Voelker-Morris how to use VoiceThread. To prepare for this learning experience, complete the following prior to the session: Set up a VoiceThread account, http://voicethread.com/ Find an image and bring it to the session. Play this video for background information on VoiceThread. More about Penny Kuckkahn, MSE, BA: Instructional Designer, Nicolet College. Robert Voelker-Morris, MS, BS: Faculty Technology Consultant, Teaching and Learning Center, Adjunct Instructor, Arts and Administration, University of Oregon.
	FridayLive! Mystery Session  Topic TBA February 8, 2013  2:00-3:00 pm ET - free to all.  Register in advance Not yet certain of what this session will be, but it's bound to be interesting. Up-coming  FridayLive! schedule: February 15 Live from Lilly Greensboro February 22 Thinking About Violence in our Learning Spaces – Preparation Matters (Steve Bell) March 1 John Sener returns
MOOCs Round Two Week Two	sMOOChers  Smart MOOCs Higher Education Research Subgroup Online Exploration January 25, 2013 through March 1, 2013 PLUS FridayLive! report on March 8, 2013. 2:00-3:00 pm Eastern This series of meetings is free to TLT Group Individual Members.$100 for non members.  [Although you are welcome to become an Individual Member for $75 and attend for free.  Check your institution's status here if you have your membership through an institutional subscription.]  Register here. Our second cohort will participate in a Coursera course: E-learning and Digital Cultures      and meet together to discuss the course content as well as the process Almost weekly online synchronous sessions in the TLT Group's Adobe Connect classroom - Fridays, January 25, February 8 and 22, and March 1, 2013. 1-1:30 PM ET. E-learning and Digital Cultures Jeremy Knox, Sian Bayne, Hamish Macleod, Jen Ross, Christine Sinclair U Edinburgh This course will explore how digital cultures and learning cultures connect, and what this means for e-learning theory and practice. Follow this course at #edcmooc. https://www.coursera.org/course/edc Register both for the MOOC and for this TLT Group cohort
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