Call for Chapters:
Inspiring Change: Lessons for Leaders about Large-Scale Technology Implementation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10N-_8rwPnpmtkJu1q2Cs-BuyDs0s6bw3/view
Through storytelling and narrative case studies, this book proposes to provide evidence-based practices, practical strategies, administrative considerations, and management tools for K12 and post-secondary school leaders charged with implementing technology at scale. It intentionally takes a broad view across all education levels to tell stories about how large-scale technology implementations might inspire systemic changes and new collaborations. In order to do so, this book proposes to include diverse voices and perspectives representing K12 and post-secondary institutions with the goal of facilitating equitable, sustainable technology access for learner success.
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More on ED Leadership and Technology in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=edad+technology
Tip: Planning by Design
Stage 1: Planning learning outcomes, assessment, learning activities & course materials.
https://higheredpraxis.substack.com/p/tip-planning-by-design
The idea of backwards design has been around for several decades, starting with Understanding by Design, published in 1998 by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTigue.
- Learning Outcomes.
- Assessment.
- Learning Activities.
- Course Materials.
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What is happening with virtual and augmented reality in higher education?
This week the Forum will explore that question with two authors of a new report, iLRN‘s State of XR 2021. Maya Georgieva and Emory Craig, founders and principals of Digital Bodies, are world experts in Extended Reality. They have also been brilliant and in-demand Forum guests in 2020, 2019, and 2018.
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more on future trends forum in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=future+trends+forum
AI Technology in Education Will Grow 40% Annually Until 2027
Europe is expected to hold a significant market share with supportive government initiatives.
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more on AI in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=artificial+intelligence
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-05-21-computational-thinking-is-critical-thinking-and-it-works-in-any-subject/
Computational thinking is one of the biggest buzzwords in education—it’s even been called the ‘5th C’ of 21st century skills.
Document-based questions have long been a staple of social studies classrooms
Since the human brain is essentially wired to recognize patterns, computational thinking—somewhat paradoxically—doesn’t necessarily require the use of computers at all.
In a 2006 paper for the Association for Computing Machinery, computer scientist Jeanette Wing wrote a definition of computational thinking that used terms native her field—even when she was citing everyday examples. Thus, a student preparing her backpack for the day is “prefetching and caching.” Finding the shortest line at the supermarket is “performance modeling.” And performing a cost-benefit analysis on whether it makes more sense to rent versus buy is running an “online algorithm.” “Computational thinking will have become ingrained in everyone’s lives when words like algorithm and precondition are part of everyone’s vocabulary,” she writes.
three main steps:
Looking at the data: Deciding what’s worth including in the final data set, and what should be left out. What are the different tools that can help manipulate this data—from GIS tools to pen and paper?
Looking for patterns: Typically, this involves shifting to greater levels of abstraction—or conversely, getting more granular.
Decomposition: What’s a trend versus what’s an outlier to the trend? Where do things correlate, and where can you find causal inference?
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more on critical thinking in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=critical+thinking
We say we prepare students for undefined futures. Are they better for it?
https://www.chronicle.com/article/an-unconvincing-argument-for-the-liberal-arts
The medieval European understanding of liberal arts, based partially on a reinterpretation of classical ideas, suggested that elites needed an open-ended education based on the trivium and quadrivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy) because, as rulers, they would face complex and unexpected problems, whereas others only needed an introduction to “practical arts” relevant to specific repeated labor.
either everyone needs liberal arts or no one does. If liberal arts and preparation for uncertainty are synonymous, it can’t possibly make sense to limit that training to future leaders or a small elite.
Liberal-arts faculty can be surprisingly incurious about how teaching actually happens in educational settings different from their own
Helga Nowotny calls “the cunning of uncertainty” and accept her argument that everyone — rich and poor, college educated in a liberal-arts curriculum, or high-school educated in a trade — can and should live with and even embrace that cunning. By “cunning,” Nowotny means that uncertainty is an irreducible part of human life and the physical universe, and that we should follow where it leads us.
John Kay has called obliquity: that in a very concrete and empirical sense, many of our most cherished goals and values are achievable only if we do not try to achieve them directly.
Maybe a liberal education is, or could be, about embracing uncertainty where it is generative, necessary, and useful.
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more on liberal arts in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=Liberal+Arts
https://iated.org/iceri/
ICERI2021, the 14th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation will be held in Seville (Spain) on the 8th, 9th and 10th of November, 2021.
ICERI is one of the largest international education conferences for lecturers, researchers, technologists and professionals from the educational sector. After 14 years, it has become a reference event where more than 800 experts from 80 countries will get together to present their projects and share their knowledge on teaching and learning methodologies and educational innovations. The 2021 edition of ICERI is sure to be among the most successful education conferences in Europe.
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More on conferences in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=conferences
What We Learned in the Pandemic About Graduate Training
Three Covid-inspired innovations shed light on what needs to change in graduate education
https://www.chronicle.com/article/what-we-learned-in-the-pandemic-about-graduate-training
- How we admit students to graduate school.
- How we mentor graduate students.
- How we improve fairness, equity, and inclusion.
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more on grad students in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=graduate+students
4 Benefits of Gamification in the Online Classroom
1. Combining Learning and Gaming Develops Additional Skills
2. Gamification Dwarfs the Fear of Failure
3. Game-Based Learning Provides Short-Term Rewards
4. Gamifying the Learning Experience Promotes Collaboration and Healthy Competition
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more on gamification in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=gamification
8 Tips for Educators Dealing with Digital Fatigue
https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2021/06/8-tips-educators-dealing-digital-fatigue
Feeling mentally exhausted from videoconferencing? Take these steps to stay sharp.
Tip #1: Create a Dedicated Space for Online Teaching
Tip #2: Be Selective When Trying Online Learning Tools
Tip #3: Calendar Block and Automate to Save Time
Tip #4: Delegate Tasks to Teaching Assistants or Students
Tip #5: To Prevent Burnout, Resist the Urge to Multitask
Tip #6: Turn Off Your Camera From Time to Time
Tip #7: Schedule Time for Self-Care in Education
Tip #8: Cut Yourself Some Slack During Online Teaching
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more on burnout in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=burnout