ForFellowFaculty - Ed News & Tech Tips: Obama on Cost of College, Reading Levels of College Athletes, Flipping the Classroom + MORE [VID]

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ForFellowFaculty - Ed News & Tech Tips: Getting Out of Finals, Finishing College, Defining 'MOOC' + OTHER NEWS [VID]

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ForFellowFaculty - Ed News & Tech Tips: No Need for College in 15 Yrs, Correct Spelling Not Necesary + OTHER NEWS [VID]

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ForFellowFaculty - Ed News & Tech Tips: #StudentLoans, #CollegeHookups, #Internships + other news [VID]

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ForFellowFaculty - Ed News & Tech Tips: #MOOCs, #Americanism, #Internships + other news (Week of 7/7/13)

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#ForFellowFaculty --- News (6/22/13): Maya Angelou video, Smartphones, #HBCUs + other news

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#ForFellowFaculty --- News (6/19/13): Special on MOOCs [vid]

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ForFellowFaculty --- This Week: Twitter Boosts Grades, Salaries of New Graduates & Other News [VID]

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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's News (9/30/12) - Number of Faculty Not Rising, The College Ranking Racket & Other News [VID]

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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's News (9/16/12) - Google in Higher Ed, College in the Cloud & Other News [VID]

Here are some news articles that I've read, in whole or in part.  My fellow faculty members, I thought you might also have an interest in the articles. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of these, just post a comment below.

Feature:

New on YouTube: 
Google Plus for Higher Education (31 educational uses for Google+ - YouTube 


Note: They are using Google+ Hangouts to do this video conference call.


FYI - The Headlines:

• U.S. News Releases Its Take on the Best Colleges - College Bound - Education Week 
• Top B-Schools See Application Declines | Inside Higher Ed 
• Digitally Savvy Students Play Hide-and-Seek With Campus Messages - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education 
• Counselors a Resource for College-Goers, But Many Find Them Unapproachable - College Bound - Education Week 
• Education Week: NAEP Shows Most Students Lack Writing Proficiency
• Essay on how a fellowship refreshed an academic career | Inside Higher Ed
• Academic Success is Multi-Factorial | Psychology Today
• Student Athletes and Higher Education - C-SPAN Video Library
• Getting to the Root of 'Radical' - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Capacity to Blush at Plagiarism - Letters to the Editor - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• A Living Wage for Campus Workers - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Researchers argue over school vouchers' impact on college-going | Inside Higher Ed 
• That's Dr. So-and-So to You - Graduate Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• The World of Higher Ed
• International educators discuss problem of fraud | Inside Higher Ed
• Internationalization Of Higher Education In The United States Of America And Europe - Hans, De Witt - YouTube
• Many Africans Look to China for a Prosperous Future - Global - The Chronicle of Higher Education 
• Get the Most Out of Studying Abroad for the Least Amount of Cash | HackCollege
• Panelists debate 'lingua academia' vs. linguistic diversity | Inside Higher Ed
• Chicago Teachers
• As Chicago Teachers Strike, Unions At A Crossroad : NPR [Audio]
• Chicago teachers strike leaves 400,000 students out of school - CNN.com
• Union: Chicago teachers to go on strike - CNN.com

Taking Care of the Teacher

• Really? Using a Computer Before Bed Can Disrupt Sleep - NYTimes.com 
• Upgrade Your Sleep This Weekend - Lifehacker  
• How To Maximize Your Sleep Schedule | HackCollege 
• Are You Future-Focused or Present-Focused? - Lifehacker 
• Take the Cognitive Science Quiz | Psychology Today
• Keep Two To-Do ListsWhat Would College In The Cloud Be Like? | HackCollege, One Electronic and One Paper, To Help Prioritize Daily Lists - Lifehacker 
• Are Your Goals Holding You Back? - Lifehacker 
• Find Hundreds of Free eBooks, Audio Books, and Textbooks at Open Culture - Lifehacker 

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• Google Course Builder to Allow Anyone to Create an Educational Course | HackCollege
• What Would College In The Cloud Be Like? | HackCollege
• 10 (More) Google Shortcuts to Hone Your Google-Fu - Lifehacker
• 6 Apps That Let You Text for Free - Mashable!
• UVa: MOOCs, Revenue, Enrollment, and Blended Learning | Inside Higher Ed
• MOOCs, Reputation and Credit Ratings | Inside Higher Ed
• Class2Go: A New Way of Learning | HackCollege
• Our Curriculum Is Not Whispersyncing | Inside Higher Ed
• Doing DH versus Doing Digital | Inside Higher Ed

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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's News (9/9/12) - Mandatory Mandarin, The Future of Education & Other News [VID]

Here are some news articles that I've read, in whole or in part.  My fellow faculty members, I thought you might also have an interest in the articles. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of these, just post a comment below.

Feature:

New on YouTube: Khan Academy: The future of education? - CBS/YouTube

Khan Academy

FYI - The Headlines:

• ODU holds Football 101 for international students | WVEC.com Norfolk - Hampton Roads
• Some Ga. Schools Make Mandarin Mandatory : NPR [Audio]
• Chinese Universities Attract More Foreign Students | Inside Higher Ed
• Essay on what new faculty members need to know about salaries | Inside Higher Ed
• Studies Show More Students Cheat, Even High Achievers - NYTimes.com
• Colleges Need Clear, Functional Goals - Letters to the Editor - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Pell spending declines despite growth in grant recipients | Inside Higher Ed
• Professional College Counselors Can Help Students Succeed - Letters to the Editor - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Student Focus
• Tip Sheet | How to Succeed in College - NYTimes.com
• 12 Things Students Should Never Do on Social Media - Mashable!
• Teach Students What They Don't Know But Are Ready To Learn | Psychology Today
• Student Opinion | What Music Inspires You? - NYTimes.com
• Advice for using classroom teaching to enhance student success (essay) | Inside Higher Ed
• Education and Politics
• 2 Campaigns Diverge on Confronting Rising Cost of College - NYTimes.com
• Education Week: Clinton Calls for National Education-Technology Effort
• Higher education in first days of the Democratic National Convention | Inside Higher Ed

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• Top 10 Simple Things Every Computer User Should Know How to Do
• Into the Future With MOOC's - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• How (and Why) to Participate in a Tweetchat - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 10 Emerging Education and Instructional Technologies that all Educators Should Know About (2012) | Emerging Education Technology
• 8 Great Education and Instructional Technology Infographics | Emerging Education Technology
• Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Classroom 2.0 with 75 Articles from Innovative Educators | Emerging Education Technology

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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's News (9/2/12) - Cheating @Harvard, Student Excuses & Other News [VID]

Here are some news articles that I've read, in whole or in part.  My fellow faculty members, I thought you might also have an interest in the articles. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of these, just post a comment below.

Feature:

New on YouTube: What we're learning from online education


FYI - The Headlines:

• Cheating Scandal at Harvard | Inside Higher Ed
• British lecturer compiles best student excuses | Inside Higher Ed
• Treat yourself right at the start of the academic year (essay) | Inside Higher Ed
• Study: College Students Spend Little Time on Political News | Inside Higher Ed
• Study: Minority of Parents Focus on All College Costs | Inside Higher Ed
• Last Chance to Shed School Loans - Proving All Is Hopeless - NYTimes.com
• Dept. of Ed. Provides College-Prep Checklist by Grade - College Bound - Education Week
• Low-income black students with low academic achievement least likely to retain state lottery scholarships | Inside Higher Ed
• Gaps in the Education Pipeline | Inside Higher Ed
• Pushing Through The Perils of Teaching Online - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Leaders Look to Technology for Savings and Change - Almanac of Higher Education 2012 - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• How To Save Money On College Textbooks 101 | HackCollege
• Keep your brain smart with these simple changes - CNN/YouTube
• Be Awesome at a Moment's Notice: A Guide to Powering Up Your Brain - Lifehacker

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• Gadgets go to class - TIME
• Use Gmail and Google Docs to Easily and Quickly Track Anything - Lifehacker
• Cutting the Digital Lifeline and Finding Serenity - NYTimes.com
• Managing Deadlines in Grad School | Inside Higher Ed
• How to load up on apps for back-to-school season | Mobile - CNET News
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking Speeds Up Your Writing, Is Free This Week (Down From $100) - Lifehacker  
• New app updates parents on their student's progress | Inside Higher Ed
• 12 Common Education Technology Implementation Problems and How to Prevent and Remediate Them | Emerging Education Technology
• Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Classroom 2.0 with 75 Articles from Innovative Educators | Emerging Education Technology

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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's News (8/26) - How Freshmen See the World & Other News [VID]

Here are some news articles that I've read, in whole or in part.  My fellow faculty members, I thought you might also have an interest in the articles. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of these, just post a comment below.

Feature:

New on YouTube:
Google Forms a teacher/student connection - YouTube



Google in Education



FYI - The Headlines:

• New 'mindset list' helps academics understand the freshmen | Inside Higher Ed

• Regent U. Will Challenge Georgia Regents on Trademark | Inside Higher Ed
• Hack Education Weekly News: California State University System Outsources Online Education to Pearson
• Five Reasons to Think About How You Work | Inside Higher Ed
• Study finds liberal arts colleges hesitant about awarding credit for internships | Inside Higher Ed
• Advice for Students: How To Thrive During An Internship | HackCollege
• Essay on how new faculty members can deal with impostor syndrome | Inside Higher Ed
• Ask the Administrator: What Does “College Ready” Mean? | Inside Higher Ed
• Practice Good Posture for Better Memory Retention
• How I Turn Vague Ideas Into Tangible Goals
• 10 Things Created Over a Couple of Beers - Mental Floss

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• See the Top 10 College Campuses for Tech 
• Four Ways Your Phone’s Camera Can Replace Your Brain’s Memory | HackCollege 
• Netiquette: Five texts you should never send - CNN.com 
• Lore Launches New Social Network for College Campuses | HackCollege
• Digital Faculty: Professors and Technology, 2012 | Inside Higher Ed
• California Cracks Down on Colleges' Social Media Monitoring | Inside Higher Ed

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Note: Some of the Chronicle articles may not have the full story. Usually they offer just the lead of the story and charge for full access.  However, your university probably has full access.  If you are interested in a Chronicle story from above, check with your universities library site.  For example, my university (NSU), offers access to the full articles.

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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's Teaching News (8/19/12) - The 100,000-student classroom and other news [VID] [AUD]

Here are some news articles that I've read, in whole or in part.  My fellow faculty members, I thought you might also have an interest in the articles. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of these, just post a comment below.


Features:

New on YouTube:
TedTalk: Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom




New on NPR:



College Freshmen Learn From 'Enrique's Journey' : NPR (Audio and Text)
Enrique's Journey








FYI - The Headlines:

• Georgia Student Newspaper Editors Quit, Claiming Interference - NYTimes.com
• Turmoil at U. of Georgia Newspaper | Inside Higher Ed
• Graduating All Students Innovation-Ready - edweek.org
• Education Week: App Creation Inspires Student Entrepreneurs
• Discussing 'The College Advantage' | Inside Higher Ed 
• The Lonely Life of the Academic | Inside Higher Ed
• A Twist on Video-Based Education: MIT's New "Reality TV" Show
• Five Reasons You Should Nap | HackCollege
• How Much Sleep Do You Really Need to Work Productively?
• The Science Behind Why Power Naps Help You Stay Productive and Creative

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• Leaving the Laptop Behind - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• 5 Essential Gadgets For The College Student Without A Budget | HackCollege
• 3 Ways to Hack Your Class with Google+ | Inside Higher Ed
• Does More Tech in the Classroom Help Kids Learn?
• Introducing a Game-Based Curriculum in Higher Ed | Emerging Education Technology
• 4 Ways to Avoid Paying for Hotel Wi-Fi
• Study flashcards online or mobile. CoboCards

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Note: Some of the Chronicle articles may not have the full story. Usually they offer just the lead of the story and charge for full access.  However, your university probably has full access.  If you are interested in a Chronicle story from above, check with your universities library site.  For example, my university (NSU), offers access to the full articles.

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ForFellowFaculty: This Week's News - Can Technology Replace Teachers and Other News [VID] [AUD]

Here are some articles that I've read, in whole or in part.  My fellow faculty members, I thought you might also have an interest in the articles. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of these, just post a comment below.

Weighing The Benefits Of Studying Abroad : NPR


New on YouTube:
Tony Wagner, author of Creating Innovators: The Making of Young People Who Will Change the World


FYI - The Headlines:

• More colleges pushing internships in liberal arts | Inside Higher Ed
• Education Week: Va. to Require an Online Course for H.S. Graduation
• 8 Great Reasons to Flip Your Classroom (and 4 of the Wrong Reasons), from Bergmann and Sams | Emerging Education Technology
• The Banality of Textbooks | Inside Higher Ed
• New Research on Value of Diversity | Inside Higher Ed
• How Online Learning Companies Bought America's Schools | The Nation
• Introducing a Game-Based Curriculum in Higher Ed - EmergingEdTech
• U.Va. Rector Objected to Course on Lady Gaga | Inside Higher Ed

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• Education Week: Can Technology Replace Teachers?
• TED Blog | 100 Websites You Should Know and Use
• Social Media Increases Student Engagement | Inside Higher Ed
• Cyberhoarding: The 5 best services for saving stuff online - :: Future of Journalism
• How to protect your cloud data from hacks - CNN.com

Note: Some of the Chronicle articles may not have the full story. Usually they offer just the lead of the story and charge for full access.  However, your university probably has full access.  If you are interested in a Chronicle story from above, check with your universities library site.  For example, my university (NSU), offers access to the full articles.

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New Fav YouTube Vid: "The Higher Education Bubble" [VID]

I just added this video as a favorite on my YouTube channel.

Originally uploaded to YouTube by encounterbooks.

See Video: The Higher Education Bubble

Description: "America is facing a higher education bubble. Like the housing bubble, it is the product of cheap credit coupled with popular expectations of ever-increasing returns on investment, and as with housing prices, the cheap credit has caused college tuitions to vastly outpace inflation and family incomes. Now this bubble is bursting. Learn more at: http://www.encounterbooks.com/books/the-higher-education-bubble/"



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For Fellow Faculty: This Week's News - Day 1 of Semester, HBCUs Online & MOOCs [Aud]

Here are some articles that I've read, whole or in part, that I thought you might also have an interest in. If you'd want to talk about or offer your comments about any of any these, just post a comment below.

Audio: Freakonomics Goes to College, Part 1 - WNYC

"What's a college degree really worth these days?"

FYI - The Headlines:

• Day 1 of the Semester - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Historically black colleges make strides in online education | Inside Higher Ed
• Grading and Its Discontents - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Student Spending on Textbooks Drops | Inside Higher Ed
• College Too Easy? UCLA Makes It Tougher - Teaching - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• We're Muddying the Message on Study Abroad - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Hate crime hoaxes present burdens, lessons for college campuses | Inside Higher Ed
• Adjuncts Need Support, Says Report; Student Learning Is at Stake - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Dreaming of a World Without Intellectuals - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Family of Journal Editor Who Committed Suicide Sues U. of Virginia - Faculty - The Chronicle of Higher Education

FYI - Teaching Tech:

• How's Your Summer Going? - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Multimedia: Why Do Students Flock to MOOC's? - Technology - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Dropping Out of MOOCs: Is It Really Okay? | Inside Higher Ed
• In the Facebook Era, Students Tell You Everything - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Four Mistakes I Made When Assigning Podcasts - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• What is the Future of Academic Publishing? An Interview with Gita Manaktala from MIT Press - ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Audio Search Engines | Inside Higher Ed
• Do You Remember Your First Computer? - Brainstorm - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Note: Some of the Chronicle articles may not have the full story. Usually they offer just the lead of the story and charge for full access.  However, your university probably has full access.  If you are interested in a Chronicle story from above, check with your universities library site.  For example, my university (NSU), offers access to the full articles.

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Fav #ColbertReport Clip of the Week: "We're Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education" by Keeling & Hersh [VID]

The Colbert Report
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Thoughts?  Anybody read We're Losing Our Minds: Rethinking American Higher Education, yet?  Know of any other books or journal articles that present alternative points of view?

A review/interview (Inside Higher Education)
Another review (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Sample Chapter 1 (pdf)




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