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Apr
16
2012
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A report this year from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center found that one-third of all students switched institutions at least once before graduation. If students can take their data with them across institutional lines more easily, some argue, they'll be better prepared to earn degrees.
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"There was a bit of reluctance, because people often said, 'That's our data, we can't just release that'," he says. "But we made the argument that students are grabbing it anyway, and probably screwing it up and making mistakes, so the best thing we can do is give them some good, clean data with a bit of control."
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Apr
9
2012
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Some of the training can take place in workshops. Employees need to recognize that not all numbers are created equal—some are more reliable than others. They must understand the factors and calculations behind the numbers and learn to think critically about the accuracy, sample sizes, biases, and quality of their data. Even people who took statistics in college could probably use a refresher to help them apply what they learned then to their current jobs.
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Many of the best data-driven cultures have formalized the decision-making process, setting up standard procedures so that employees can obtain and correctly use the most appropriate data.
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Aug
10
2011
Outcomes from Abilene's mobile learning research. This seems to be similar to our Faculty Fellows program, but just focused on mobile.
Jul
17
2011
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The researchers say the internet acts as a "transactive memory" that we depend upon to remember for us
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When asked to remember the facts, those who knew the information would not be available later performed significantly better than those who filed the information away.
But those who expected the information would be available were remarkably good at remembering in which folder they had stored the information.
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Jun
22
2011
A project out of College of Ed that ETS collaborated on. This group created some augmented reality apps for the iPod and iPad to help young students (I believe 3rd or 4th grade) learn about their natural environment, in particular how to identify trees. Pretty cool stuff.
Jun
3
2011
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Used to its fullest potential, however, lecture capture goes far beyond this, giving faculty the ability to restructure the very format of their classes and how they teach them.
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"The fact that this technology is so simple is one of the big reasons it's being used."
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In fact, we should stop calling this stuff lecture capture. It can capture anything: an event, an applied learning project, a guest speaker, debriefing sessions, interviews, or a focus group."
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The types of prerecorded videos that tend to work best, she says, cover such topics as how-tos for using lab equipment or theoretical instruction that can then be followed by an in-class discussion section.
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He also finds that he's less concerned about pacing the lecture so his students can keep up with their note taking.
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Laster feels that lecture capture really comes into its own in those courses that teach the fundamentals to large classes. "Lecture capture as a replacement for the 400-student experience in the lecture hall can make a lot of sense," he explains. "But where you have a more interactive classroom style, it doesn't make sense."
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Interestingly, faculty at many institutions now see lecture capture as a way to help transform those large classes into the kind of interactive learning experience that Laster describes.
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Jun
1
2011
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Instead of the traditional schedule of eight 45-minute classes each day, with courses broken into two semesters, high school students at Calhoun intensively study three to five subjects in each of five terms, or modules, that are 32 to 36 days long. Classes are in blocks of 65 or 130 minutes each day. Every day, students have 45 minutes of “community time,” an intentionally unstructured period for the students to hang out.
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What started five years ago as an effort to accommodate maddeningly complex schedules in a relatively small space quickly became a sort of evangelical mission to make progressive education more, well, progressive: embracing depth over breadth, allowing for more experiential learning in Central Park and at nearby museums, and, administrators said they hoped, reducing stress. Steven J. Nelson, Calhoun’s head of school, said the new schedule fostered teaching in the ways children learn best.
In case you're wondering what the group badge says..
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HULK NOT GET LECTURE CAPTURE! HULK BORED FIRST TIME LISTEN TO PROF'S LECTURE! WHY HULK WANT LISTEN AGAIN?! #BLEND11
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Achievement vs SherryBucks. Struggling with this one a bit, mostly in determining how to make the most value of each option. Sherrybucks are clearly the students "chips" - capital that can be earned and redeemed for something (extra time, bonus points, etc). Because of that exchange, they're value is apparent to the students.
But the achievements are trickier for several reasons.
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For example, is it ok if Millet can see that I obviously did not complete X assignment because I did not earn the badge associated with it? It also might get confusing to students... "I earned 5 achievement points for completing this assignment but my grade was an 8/10".
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May
31
2011
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What they're fighting about: The educational video publishers claim that UCLA is violating copyright and breaching its contract by copying DVD's of Shakespeare plays acquired from Ambrose and streaming them online for faculty and students to use in courses. They say UCLA had the right only to lend copies to teachers for in-class use or to show the DVD's in the library itself.
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The university did not "secure the right to stream our programs from a library server to any class and any student whenever it chooses," said Allen Dohra, president of the trade group, in a written statement. UCLA says copyright law permits streaming.
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May
27
2011
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"It turns out," he says, "that cash isn't that good of a reward. Status is a fantastic motivator for getting people to do stuff."
May
26
2011
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WBLT is not designed as a distance education tool, but rather as a support mechanism for students who are unable to attend lectures for a variety of reasons (Williams & Fardon, 2007). Generally, no time or money are invested in designing or modifying lecture materials for use in the non-contiguous learning environment, though research suggests this should be considered (Gosper, McNeil, Woo, Phillips, Preston & Green, 2007). The lecture is typically recorded and made available for students to access at a later date (Curtin iLectures, 2009; McKenzie, 2008). This is confirmed by Phillips et al (2007) who conducted a survey of 155 academic teaching staff from across four Australian universities and found 75% made no adaptations to their units to accommodate the use of WBLT.
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Overall, it has been shown that students tend to use the recordings to supplement the face to face lectures rather than to replace them (McElroy & Blount, 2006; McNeill et al, 2007; Williams & Fardon, 2007). Further, research shows that students generally consider that WBLT enhance their learning experience and improve the quality of their education.
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Organizations have a lot of experience with goal setting, rules, and incentives. What we haven't figured out is how to align work with personal passion and commitment.
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What we haven't figured out is how to align work with personal passion and commitment.
May
24
2011
May
14
2011
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Kim, an instructional technologist at Dartmouth College and tech blogger for Inside Higher Ed, last fall. "...Lecture capture platforms will be one source in which faculty (and later student!) created content can be seamlessly folded into professionally produced (publisher) content."
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