Feb 21 2012
This brief post offers a reality check on the techno-hype about the use of technology on the college campus. This instructor presents the ground-level view. You will identify with what he says if you teach at a community college!
Hurdles Remain Before College Classrooms Go Completely Digital.
Feb 17 2012
Here is a link to a deli.ci.ous stack (page of links) exploring the study and several of the commentaries on it. This study was published in January 2011, and the controversy is still going strong:
Feb 17 2012
This article presents a good run-through of several colleges’ implementation of tablets. It’s a short article, so don’t expect too much. Would be very nice to see what students think the benefit of the tablets is for them…
Colleges Say Tablets Improve Teaching and Learning | EdTech Magazine.
Feb 14 2012
The entire BCC community is invited to our Spring Professional Day:
“Write, Speak, Think & Connect: What Do Our Students Need for Their Career Success?”
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Join in the program starting at 8:15am with breakfast, followed by opening remarks, a possible video surprise, an academic-industry panel, collegial conversation, and lunch. Two post-conference workshops are open to faculty & professional staff:
Track 1: “Learning for The Common Good: Using Service Learning to Promote Civic Engagement” Workshop with Massachusetts Community Comp
Track 2: “Providing Feedback on Student Writing: Efficiency & Effectiveness,” Workshop with Professor Susanmarie Harrington, University of Vermont, Director, Writing in the Disciplines Program
Please register by February 20 at:
Feb 14 2012
The curse of living in interesting times is no more evident than in the disruptive world of etextbooks/digital publishing/mobile computing/tablet/higher education discussion.
Linked below is a post on the Open Textbooks blog by Andy Oram of OReilly Media. This short post outlines some of the issues concerning the iPad as an educational versus an entertainment platform, and touches on some of the larger issues.
Feb 13 2012
From StacyE:
This is just to remind you that the deadline for preliminary abstracts is February 15, 2012 at 11:59 pm. Anyone who would like to present at the conference must have created an account and submitted a preliminary abstract at that time. Let your students know that they have to get at least a placeholder abstract in by Wednesday. They can always fix it up before the March 2 deadline. Here’s the site:
https://www.honors.umass.edu/undergraduate-research-conference
Feb 06 2012
BCC is planning a major upgrade in the Moodle course management system this summer. A group of faculty will explore how the new version will affect their existing Moodle courses, Also, IT will be checking for new linkages for Moodle courses in MyBCC. Stay posted for further updates on this process.
Jan 18 2012
Thirty full- and part-time faculty met at BCC today to review core competency samples of student work. The student work – including a mix of excellent, average, and poor levels – were considered in light of BCC’s core competency rubrics. Faculty spent two hours discussing the strengths and weaknesses they saw, and authored reports summarizing their findings. It was a unique opportunity to see a group consisting of Nursing, Early Childhood, and Sociology instructors reviewing student writing; or English, Human Services, and Hospitality faculty considering critical thinking. Faculty granting the oral communication competency met to review video of student speeches. Comments about the event ranged from useful to “we need to do more of this.”
Jan 18 2012
No big surprises here, but it’s a fun use of infographics with digital post-its and “handwriting” (remember that?). Click the image for a larger view.
Via: OnlineEducation.net
Jan 11 2012
This Pearson survey (Pearson the publisher), “Pearson Foundation Survey on Students and Tablets,” provides some interesting data on students who own tablets already, and also what students are thinking about tablets:
http://www.pearsonfoundation.org/downloads/PF_Tablet_Survey_Summary.pdf
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