Feb
2021
The U new online learning platform
Digital Literacy for St. Cloud State University
https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2020/07/how-to-create-your-own-online-board-game.html
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more on gamification in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=gaming
https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20210126142422302
The gate is now wide open
Teachers used to be the gatekeepers to information, to knowledge. The successive inventions of writing and reading, print, the library, and then the World Wide Web, mean that we teachers are no longer the gatekeepers.
Schools, universities and teachers to some extent remain the gatekeepers to knowledge, the definers of what comprises valid knowledge. We do this, of course, through holding the ultimate educational power – the power to assess.
But it is not clear how long we teachers will, or should, hold this power. Increasingly, students, and employers, nations, cultures, many groups in our societies, rightly want a say in defining what is valid knowledge, a valid curriculum.
Knowledge isn’t enough
Each year, vast amounts of new knowledge are produced. Also, each year, vast amounts of current knowledge become wrong, or redundant, or both. Knowledge dies. In some subjects, a significant proportion of what was taught in the first year will have died by the time the students who learned it graduate. So, what is education for?
Machines are doing more and more of the work
The bad news is, we are getting squeezed out of work. The good news is, we are getting squeezed up, into ever more interesting work. We will be able to stay ahead for a long time; because there are always still more difficult and important and exciting things for us to do, increasingly with the support of our increasingly capable machines.
Employers want graduates to be job-ready. They also want graduates to be fluent in the five Cs: Creativity, Communication, Collaboration and Criticality as well as Competence. Not all university education currently develops the first four Cs. Very little university education currently gives high priority to their development. Rarely are they formally assessed.
Changing outcomes, changing pedagogies
The architecture of a university expresses its views about pedagogy. This remains true with the great leap online. The old pedagogic architecture – of teaching as (mainly) telling, of learning as (mainly) listening and reading, of access in and through the library to specified stored knowledge, and of assessment as (mainly) recalling, repeating back what has been learned, perhaps with some application or interpretation – has for the most part been recreated in digital form, with varying degrees of success
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more on online education in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+education
Colorado State U. Global’s provost says online education is the future
In the U.S., the percentage of undergraduate students taking at least one course online grew from 15% in 2004 to 43% in 2016, a 2018 study from the National Center for Education Statistics found.
CSU Global last week launched Direct Path Education, a new program centered on industry-specific education that allows students to transfer their credits toward a degree or earn certificates and professional certifications. The six-week courses add to a growing trend in the U.S. as many workers who lost their jobs following the pandemic search for new opportunities.
My note: this article in conjunction with the “global upskilling”: https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/2021/02/11/global-upskilling-and-universities/
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more on online ed in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+education
https://www.ecampusnews.com/2021/01/21/5-ways-to-be-an-innovative-online-instructor/
1. Assess the level of student engagement
2. Leverage technology
3. Get student input
4. Encourage student involvement
5. Have discussions with your peers
http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/oer/2021/01/18/learning-to-learn-online/
Learning to Learn Online was created by students to help ease the shift from a traditional classroom setting to an online environment. You will explore a total of six unique chapters that will help you successfully prepare for online learning.
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more on learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=learn+to+learn
Higher Ed Learning Collective
https://www.facebook.com/groups/onlinelearningcollective/permalink/711959409434760/
https://cognitiontoday.com/pros-and-cons-of-online-education-and-learning/
Cons/Disadvantages of learning online
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Alpha
Meet Generation Alpha. Here’s How Their Lives Will Be Different Than Previous Generations
Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, & Gen Alpha: What Generation Am I?
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more on online ed in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+education
We need to prioritize student outcomes over modality, says a higher ed industry executive.
https://universitybusiness.com/the-online-vs-in-person-learning-debate-is-missing-the-point/
“Students miss opportunities for enriched and flexible learning opportunities when they are confined to a binary learning modality. I envision a future where we retire the idea of online vs. classroom learning, replacing these dueling models with a unified format that prioritizes outcomes. Instead of approaching education from a “this or that” approach, we’d serve students much better with a “this and that” approach.”
My note: That higher ed industry executive seems oblivious about the #hyflex discussions
Even before COVID-19, in-person learning was being challenged by innovation.
Finally, no matter which hybrid approach schools take to learning, they need to work with businesses to align curriculum to in-demand job skills. It doesn’t matter how perfectly designed a course or program is if it doesn’t provide outcomes that ultimately enable employment opportunities.
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more on online learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+learning
more on F2F learning in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=f2f
Four teachers share their favorite online tools to use during this unusual year, including sites for educational games and others for collaborative work. #EWOpinion https://t.co/yihTiS100e
— Education Week (@educationweek) November 14, 2020
Wordwall
Padlet
PearDeck
FlipGrid
Google Slides,
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more on online tools in this ISM blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+tools