Another excellent presentation from Sir Ken Robinson as he discusses the tug of war between standardization and the need to develop creative/divergent thinkers in our education system.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
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Do Schools Kill Creativity?
Sir Ken Robinson is one of my favorite speakers. This presentation challenges our current modes of education in an entertaining way.
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Why I Hate School But Love Education
Interesting video that challenges our perceptions of higher education.
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Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates …
Interesting video about what motivates us toward action. The video also uses a “white board” animation technique to deliver the content.
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EDUCAUSE Top-Ten IT Issues, 2014
It is interesting that many of the issues this year focus on student outcomes and learning. What do you think?
Top-Ten IT Issues, 2014
- Improving student outcomes through an institutional approach that strategically leverages technology
- Establishing a partnership between IT leadership and institutional leadership to develop a collective understanding of what information technology can deliver
- Assisting faculty with the instructional integration of information technology
- Developing an IT staffing and organizational model to accommodate the changing IT environment and facilitate openness and agility
- Using analytics to help drive critical institutional outcomes
- Changing IT funding models to sustain core service, support innovation, and facilitate growth
- Addressing access demand and the wireless and device explosion
- Sourcing technologies and services at scale to reduce costs (via cloud, greater centralization of institutional IT services and systems, cross-institutional collaborations, and so forth)
- Determining the role of online learning and developing a strategy for that role
- Implementing risk management and information security practices to protect institutional IT resources/data and respond to regulatory compliance mandates*
- Developing an enterprise IT architecture that can respond to changing conditions and new opportunities*
* Tie
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Tom Tapscott
This video is about 4 years old but outlines the fundamental argument for transforming the way we teach and learn in higher education. This transition is still being fueled today by younger faculty that have grown up in a “digital world”.
John Lympany 