SITE Presentation with Drs. Vitulli and Santoli
www.paigeandpeggy.blogspot.com
You can view the presentation at the link above.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Ed.D. In Ed Leadership Approved!
With all that's been going on lately I neglected to share the great news that the USA COE had its Ed.D. In Ed Leadership with concentrations in K-12 and Higher Ed, approved by ACHE to begin in Fall 2014. I'm over the moon about this and would love to talk with anyone interested in the program.
Call for proposals: Conf. on College Men
SC on Men & Masc. (@ACPA_SCM) tweeted at 9:49 AM on Wed, Mar 27, 2013: Last call for program submissions for the Conference on College Men! #ACPA #NASPA #sachat @NASPA_MMKC May 19-21st! http://t.co/qsHwa7PbNx (https://twitter.com/ACPA_SCM/status/316924914034692096) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download
MOOCs...again
SITE General session and keynote with Paul Kim of Stanford University
"Designing a New Learning Environment with a MOOC"
gse-it.stanford.edu/about/team/paulkim
*Dr. Kim and I are the same age, but reviewing his accomplishments I feel like a real slacker.
MOOCs must have a purpose. What is the andragogy? What are the system features?
7 billion people on earth. 3 billion mobile phones on earth.
Mobile learning is being made available for children who have never owned a book. Dr. Park distributes mobile phones to children in poor areas around the world and tells them he got them from aliens and has no idea how they work. The children assure Dr. Park they will help him figure out how the devices work...and that's how they learn.
Dr. Kim's efforts focus on moving from remembering and understanding in the classroom to creating.
Sustainability and scalability of projects is always a challenge. 25% of 450,000 notebook computers distributed to children in Uruguay are still being used. Dr. Kim wants to know why.
"Cultural DNA" - very hard to change our mind sets about how learning should occur. In class vs. mobile learning.
Teachers may not be the only source of knowledge these days.
Dr. Kim created a MOOC "Designing a New Learning Environment," to get help thinking outside the box about learning. He had 20,000+ enrollees from over 100 countries.
*For the rest of the presentation I struggled with Internet connection problems. So I will publish link to Dr. Kim's MOOC for you to explore.
Here it is! http://venturelab.stanford.edu/education
Postscript: Dr. Kim mentioned Anya Kamenetz's book "DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education," and asked who in the audience had read it. My response:
"Designing a New Learning Environment with a MOOC"
gse-it.stanford.edu/about/team/paulkim
*Dr. Kim and I are the same age, but reviewing his accomplishments I feel like a real slacker.
MOOCs must have a purpose. What is the andragogy? What are the system features?
7 billion people on earth. 3 billion mobile phones on earth.
Mobile learning is being made available for children who have never owned a book. Dr. Park distributes mobile phones to children in poor areas around the world and tells them he got them from aliens and has no idea how they work. The children assure Dr. Park they will help him figure out how the devices work...and that's how they learn.
Dr. Kim's efforts focus on moving from remembering and understanding in the classroom to creating.
Sustainability and scalability of projects is always a challenge. 25% of 450,000 notebook computers distributed to children in Uruguay are still being used. Dr. Kim wants to know why.
"Cultural DNA" - very hard to change our mind sets about how learning should occur. In class vs. mobile learning.
Teachers may not be the only source of knowledge these days.
Dr. Kim created a MOOC "Designing a New Learning Environment," to get help thinking outside the box about learning. He had 20,000+ enrollees from over 100 countries.
*For the rest of the presentation I struggled with Internet connection problems. So I will publish link to Dr. Kim's MOOC for you to explore.
Here it is! http://venturelab.stanford.edu/education
Postscript: Dr. Kim mentioned Anya Kamenetz's book "DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education," and asked who in the audience had read it. My response:
#siteconf Does it make me a dork that I was proud to say I had read @anya1anyaDIY U when Dr. Paul Kim asked in his presentation on MOOCs?
— Peggy Delmas (@PeggyDelmas) March 27, 2013
#siteconf AND I required @anya1anya DIY U as text for higher ed leadership class! Great stuff.The best part is that the goddess herself, Anya Kamenetz, retweeted the second tweet! I can't figure out how to embed her retweet here, but I promise you it was the highlight of the conference for my nerdy little higher ed-lovin' self.
— Peggy Delmas (@PeggyDelmas) March 27, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Open Educational Designs:
A Taxonomy for Differentiating and Classifying Open Learning Environments
with Fred Baker and Dr. Dan Surry, University of South Alabama
diigo - for bookmarking (note to self: check it out)
*Disclaimer - my typing skills on iPad can't keep up with pace of presentation, so here is what I managed to capture
Connective digital technologies enable: transparency in learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, organic system structures.
An open dialogue is taking place between learners and educators , and the line is getting blurred.
Principles of openness = respect and freedom
Purpose of course will dictate degree of openness.
Who owns, controls data? How do we define, measure, track success? Here's where we're really lacking.
Drawbacks to instructing in this environment: Unpredictability, sensationalized by media
Benefits: Flexible and motivating for learner, Fosters participation, Helps remove politics from learning environment
Open Education is a "Grand Experiment"
with Fred Baker and Dr. Dan Surry, University of South Alabama
diigo - for bookmarking (note to self: check it out)
*Disclaimer - my typing skills on iPad can't keep up with pace of presentation, so here is what I managed to capture
Connective digital technologies enable: transparency in learning ecosystem, lifelong learning, organic system structures.
An open dialogue is taking place between learners and educators , and the line is getting blurred.
Principles of openness = respect and freedom
Purpose of course will dictate degree of openness.
Who owns, controls data? How do we define, measure, track success? Here's where we're really lacking.
Drawbacks to instructing in this environment: Unpredictability, sensationalized by media
Benefits: Flexible and motivating for learner, Fosters participation, Helps remove politics from learning environment
Open Education is a "Grand Experiment"
More "SITE-ings"
SITE = Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
www.site.aace.org
This is my first time attending the SITE conference, which has 1,500 attendees presently. I understand from Dan Surry that USA COE is dominating with oodles of presentations by faculty and grad students -- yay us!
I've scoped out sessions on educational uses of Twitter (my newest obsession in case you hadn't noticed, @PeggyDelmas), distance Ed, and VoiceThread, among others.
One of the great things about conferences is the interesting people you meet. I sat in the "first timers" session earlier with a couple from Nova Scotia! The gentleman related to me that their weather back home was -2 Celsius...a quick converter search on Google translated that into 28 Fahrenheit. Brrrr. Even though things are chilly here in the Big Easy, we know that warmer temps are just around the corner. These hardy Nova Scotians won't get warm until May-ish. Have I said lately that I love living in the South?
www.site.aace.org
This is my first time attending the SITE conference, which has 1,500 attendees presently. I understand from Dan Surry that USA COE is dominating with oodles of presentations by faculty and grad students -- yay us!
I've scoped out sessions on educational uses of Twitter (my newest obsession in case you hadn't noticed, @PeggyDelmas), distance Ed, and VoiceThread, among others.
One of the great things about conferences is the interesting people you meet. I sat in the "first timers" session earlier with a couple from Nova Scotia! The gentleman related to me that their weather back home was -2 Celsius...a quick converter search on Google translated that into 28 Fahrenheit. Brrrr. Even though things are chilly here in the Big Easy, we know that warmer temps are just around the corner. These hardy Nova Scotians won't get warm until May-ish. Have I said lately that I love living in the South?
SITE Conference
Blogger has been really wonky for me this morning and I left my conference name badge in my hotel room AND I don't feel great...but then one of the kind ladies in registration reprinted my name badge so I wouldn't have to go back to my hotel to fetch it, and I saw my USA colleagues and co-presenters Susan Santoli and Paige Vitulli, and hey, I'm in New Orleans with a lot of smart people who love education and technology, so chin up buttercup, everything's gonna be okay.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
COE Scholarship Cycle Now Open!
College of Education
Scholarship applications are available and due back by May 15th.
Paper copies may be acquired in
COE Student Services or may be completed online at:
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Helping Students Develop Their Digital Identity
NASPA session with Lisa Endersby from University of Ontario Institute of Technology and Inside Higher Ed's Eric Stoller . Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, twitter, tumblr., and google+' oh my!
Social media allows us to follow student development, digitally. So the good, the bad, and the ugly is all out there. But also unique ways to use social media, like Wake Forest's "Compliments" page.
Privacy in a social space is a fallacy.
Validation is easy to come by through social media ("likes", etc. ), so students will experiment or try these things out in those environments.
What are we doing on our campus to help students develop their digital identities? Orientation, Res Life, Career Services, Counseling? Good question. Others report that students complain they've already "had these conversations" in high school and don't want to hear a lecture. Some campuses allow students to run some organization/office social media accounts. Others have departments dedicated to offering training for departments and students on social media.
To complicate things, there are also multiple identities for multiple communities. For example, a RA has a professional identity on social media as well as a personal identity as a student. Show students examples of appropriate/inappropriate use of social media. For example, even corporations have screwed up and posted inappropriate messages -- Red Cross, GM.
Need to talk to freshmen in First Year courses about LinkedIn, rather than in senior year when a lot of questionable material may already be out there on the Internet where employers can find it.
Sometimes "safe" means "sanitized." Endersby advocates for "brave spaces," in which students acknowledge mess ups, and address those issues.
Social media allows us to follow student development, digitally. So the good, the bad, and the ugly is all out there. But also unique ways to use social media, like Wake Forest's "Compliments" page.
Privacy in a social space is a fallacy.
Validation is easy to come by through social media ("likes", etc. ), so students will experiment or try these things out in those environments.
What are we doing on our campus to help students develop their digital identities? Orientation, Res Life, Career Services, Counseling? Good question. Others report that students complain they've already "had these conversations" in high school and don't want to hear a lecture. Some campuses allow students to run some organization/office social media accounts. Others have departments dedicated to offering training for departments and students on social media.
To complicate things, there are also multiple identities for multiple communities. For example, a RA has a professional identity on social media as well as a personal identity as a student. Show students examples of appropriate/inappropriate use of social media. For example, even corporations have screwed up and posted inappropriate messages -- Red Cross, GM.
Need to talk to freshmen in First Year courses about LinkedIn, rather than in senior year when a lot of questionable material may already be out there on the Internet where employers can find it.
Sometimes "safe" means "sanitized." Endersby advocates for "brave spaces," in which students acknowledge mess ups, and address those issues.
Generation Tightrope
Listening to Drs. Arthur Levine and Diane Dean at NASPA Conference talk about their new book, "Generation Tightrope: A Portrait of Today's College Student." Makes me feel very elder statesman, but I've got to get the book!
Here's the essence of what the researchers found regarding today's college student.
Digital natives
Most diverse, more global
More connected, yet more isolated
Most coddled, pampered
In worst economy
So colleges need to educate for:
Life in a time of profound change
Life in a digital society
Life in a diverse, global society
Life in an evolving information economy
Civic engagement
Here's the essence of what the researchers found regarding today's college student.
Digital natives
Most diverse, more global
More connected, yet more isolated
Most coddled, pampered
In worst economy
So colleges need to educate for:
Life in a time of profound change
Life in a digital society
Life in a diverse, global society
Life in an evolving information economy
Civic engagement
Monday, March 18, 2013
NASPA Conference
First time attending the NASPA conference. True to what everyone has told me, it's an enormous conference, and today is just the pre-conference portion, so all attendees haven't even arrived yet.
www.NASPA.org
Dr. Peter Lake, law prof at Stetson is leading my pre-conference workshop on legal issues in higher Ed.
NASPA Graduate Fair
Looking for new students to recruit into our Ed Leadership master's program at the NASPA Graduate Fair.
Thanks to my current students for allowing me to include your pictures in the looping slide show playing at the Grad Fair. Shout out to Kendra, Rachel, Jessica, Joe, and Petre. You guys look good!
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Must-have Tech Skills for Teachers
This is a great article from Edudemic about must-have technology skills for teachers. It gives some very cool technology resources. I'm excited to explore Learnist and Zite!
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/the-10-skills-modern-teachers-must-have/
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/the-10-skills-modern-teachers-must-have/
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
More MOOC News
I JUST brought the topic of MOOCs up at yesterday's Advising Council meeting -- discussing ways in which our students might use MOOCs. Most obvious was taking MOOCs to prep for CLEP tests (don't you just love Education's alphabet soup?).
Now this from Inside Higher Ed...
California lawmaker pushing state institutions to accept MOOCs for credit.
"The proposal is certain to draw plenty of attention in California and beyond. Its symbolic importance is enormous, observers said, as lawmakers in the nation’s largest state look for help from nonaccredited, for-profit companies to meet student demand. And the legislation could create the most promising credit-bearing path to emerge for MOOCs, which have been touted as a “disruptive” force in higher education."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/13/california-bill-encourage-mooc-credit-public-colleges#ixzz2NQl1DdSf
Inside Higher Ed
Now this from Inside Higher Ed...
California lawmaker pushing state institutions to accept MOOCs for credit.
"The proposal is certain to draw plenty of attention in California and beyond. Its symbolic importance is enormous, observers said, as lawmakers in the nation’s largest state look for help from nonaccredited, for-profit companies to meet student demand. And the legislation could create the most promising credit-bearing path to emerge for MOOCs, which have been touted as a “disruptive” force in higher education."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/03/13/california-bill-encourage-mooc-credit-public-colleges#ixzz2NQl1DdSf
Inside Higher Ed
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
USA COE ranked #111 in US News & World Report
Good news!
University of South Alabama College of Education is ranked #111 in US News and World Report list of Best Colleges of Education for 2013 tied with the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, and Univ. of West Virginia and ahead of several other well known Colleges of Education in the region.
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/edu-rankings
South Alabama is 3rd highest ranked COE in the state and highest in the Gulf Coast region between Tallahassee (FSU) and Baton Rouge (LSU).
And we're only getting BETTER!
Students, faculty, staff...be proud!!
University of South Alabama College of Education is ranked #111 in US News and World Report list of Best Colleges of Education for 2013 tied with the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, and Univ. of West Virginia and ahead of several other well known Colleges of Education in the region.
http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-education-schools/edu-rankings
South Alabama is 3rd highest ranked COE in the state and highest in the Gulf Coast region between Tallahassee (FSU) and Baton Rouge (LSU).
And we're only getting BETTER!
Students, faculty, staff...be proud!!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
SpeakFirst Coach positions
Impact Alabama has posted "SpeakFirst Coach" positions.
These positions are located in Alabama. They are seeking senior candidates from
all majors.
For additional information regarding
requirements/qualifications, please refer to the following Jaguar Job Link Job
I.D. 4562 at https://www.myinterfase.com/usacareerservices/student/
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Thank you,
Delia K. Ingram
Recruiting Coordinator
USA Career Services
Meisler Hall, Suite 2100
Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002
251) 460-6216 Phone
251) 460-6091 Fax
Explore Experience Engage
Summer Camp Staff Intern positions
Wisconsin Badger Camp has posted an announcement for Summer
Camp Staff Intern positions. They are seeking all students from the
College of Arts and Sciences, College of Education, Pat Capps Covey College of
Allied Health Professions, or the School of Continuing Education and Special
Programs.
To view this opportunity, please access your Jaguar Job Link
at https://www.myinterfase.com/usacareerservices/student/
. The Job ID# to search is 4556.
If you have not activated your Jaguar Job Link account,
please follow the link above to create your profile and submit a resume.
Thank you,
Natalie Weston
Co-op/Intern Coordinator
Career Services
University of South Alabama
(251) 460-6197
Explore Experience Engage
Recreation Supervisor Position
The City of Gainesville has posted a “Recreation
Supervisor" position. This position is located in Gainesville, Florida.
They are seeking masters, doctoral or alumni candidates from the College of
Arts and Sciences, School of Continuing Education and Special Programs, College
of Education or Mitchell College of Business.
For additional information regarding
requirements/qualifications, please refer to the following Jaguar Job Link Job
I.D. 4524 at https://www.myinterfase.com/usacareerservices/student/.
If you have not activated your Jaguar Job Link account,
please access https://www.myinterfase.com/usacareerservices/student/
to create your profile and submit your resume.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Thank you,
Delia K. Ingram
Recruiting Coordinator
USA Career Services
Meisler Hall, Suite 2100
Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002
251) 460-6216 Phone
251) 460-6091 Fax
Explore Experience Engage
Monday, March 4, 2013
NACADA Region IV Conference
A number of USA's academic advisors are attending the National Academic Advising Association's (NACADA) Region IV conference in Biloxi today and tomorrow. Presenters include myself and Josh Wooden from the College of Education, and Dr. Nancy Howell and Mavis Jarrell from the College of Arts and Sciences. Other USA attendees include Diane Harvey and Kimberly Davis (School of Continuing Education), Jay Hunt and Selecia Judge (College of Allied Health), and Kelly Taylor (College of Arts and Sciences).
Topics of interest include effective/efficient communication, transfer shock, talking to students about faith, and technology in advising.
Topics of interest include effective/efficient communication, transfer shock, talking to students about faith, and technology in advising.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Young Author's Conference
"A story is a gift someone gives you" - Karen Lynn Williams
Lots of kids, parents and teachers learning about reading on a Saturday morning with author Karen Lynn Williams at Mobile's West Regional library.
Break out sessions included interviewing, poetry, and music and words.
http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/02/metro_mobile_reading_councils.html
Friday, March 1, 2013
USA COE Alum Job Opp
Please announce to students:
Goodwill Easter Seals has posted a Program Manager Education
Services "Instructor" position. This position is located in Mobile,
Alabama. They are seeking alumni candidates from the College of Education.
Please apply before Friday, March 8, 2013.
For additional information regarding
requirements/qualifications, please refer to the following Jaguar Job Link Job
I.D. 4531 at https://www.myinterfase.com/usacareerservices/student/.
If you have not activated your Jaguar Job Link account,
please access https://www.myinterfase.com/usacareerservices/student/
to create your profile and submit your resume.
We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Thank you,
Delia K. Ingram
Recruiting Coordinator
USA Career Services
Meisler Hall, Suite 2100
Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002
251) 460-6216 Phone
251) 460-6091 Fax
Explore Experience Engage
Young Author's Conference
Headed to the Young Author's Conference with my young author tomorrow! Free event, open to students in grades 2-12 + parents. What a great way to follow up Dr. Seuss's birthday and Read Across America.
http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/02/metro_mobile_reading_councils.html
http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/02/metro_mobile_reading_councils.html
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)