Polar, founded last year, polls users on smartphones and tablets by letting them choose between two things — for example: Coke versus Pepsi, or Warriors versus Lakers. The startup has served more than half a billion polls in the past eight months and had 1.1 million active voters in September, according to a blog post by founder Luke Wroblewski.
In this stage the teacher takes on traditional lecture-style teaching and hasn’t yet implemented any online or blended learning strategies.
2. Stranger in a Strange Land:
Next, the teacher becomes a Stranger in a Strange Land, as instruction moves to the computer, and the computer becomes the primary instructional tool. At this stage, the teacher is still unsure of how they fit in but is experimenting with and utilizing online tools to enhance instruction.
3. Resource:
As the teacher continues to evolve, they enter the Resource stage, and while the computer is still the primary instructional tool, the teacher is comfortable being a resource, answering questions and re-teaching when asked.
Understanding Organizations Using the Four Frame Model: Factories or Machines [Structure], Family [Human Resources], Jungle [Politics], and Theatres, Temples or Carnivals [Symbols]
Bolman, L, & Deal, T. (2003). Reframing organizations: Artistry, choice, and leadership (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass [Chapter 1.]. See also. Gallos, J. V. “Reframing Complexity: A Four-Dimensional Approach to Organizational Diagnosis, Development and Change.” In Gallos, J. V. (Ed.). Organization Development. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2006.
From: Zane Berge [mailto:berge@umbc.edu] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: Call for Chapters – Digital Badges in Education: Trends, Issues, and Cases
Dear Authors,
You are invited to submit a chapter proposal for a book, Digital Badges in Education: Trends, Issues, and Cases that Lin Muilenburg and I are editing that will be published by Routledge. Please see the call for chapters at: http://bit.ly/CFC_DBiE
Feel free to pass this call along to anyone or any group you believe would be interested.
Regards,
Zane
Zane L. Berge, Ph.D.
Professor of Education berge@umbc.edu
Twitter: @ZaneBerge
Share, if you are using badges as part of the assessment process in your class and/or if you intend to start using it.
Let us know, if you would like to start discussion on this campus about adoption of badges as part of the assessment process.
From: Amy Jiang [mailto:ajiang@laverne.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 4:21 PM To:lita-l@ala.org Subject: [lita-l] 3D printer and charges
Hello Everyone,
Our library is thinking of purchasing a 3D printer for students and faculty’s academic uses. One possible use is that our faculty would like to print out Smithsonian artifacts and have them available for students. also, we are thinking if students have some ideas they want to print out, they can use the 3D printer as well.
I would like to hear from the list about your experience, recommendation on 3D printer. More specifically, here are my questions:
1. kind of 3D printer you would recommend. There are so many different types of 3D printer. For starting, what kind of price range of3D printer we should be looking for?
2. materials: it seems there are hundreds of materials for 3D printer. which one should we carry and what are the cost?
3. charges: should we charge to people when they print? if we charge, how much would be appropriate?
4. support: do you feel supporting 3D printer is challenging? how much of staff resources it would possibly consume in your organization?
