Bloomfield College Keynote Resources

Here are the resources to accompany my address: Understanding Digital Diversity for Bloomfield College (which ranks first among small colleges in New Jersey according to Forbes list of best colleges.)

Here are the slides:

Bloomfield Keynote

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Here are some resources:

iPhone
Incorrectly Predicting the Future of the iPhone

Games

Medical Related Edheads

Games for Health

Energyville Game

Fraud Scene Investigator Game

West Point Bridge Builder Game

Questions and Answers about Video Games in the Classroom.

Discussion of some of the key value of games for learning.

An entry called It's All Fun and Games...And Then Students Learn

Play Games, Become an Engineer

Physics Mini-Games Based on Space

Education Bubble
The Education Bubble Continues to Grow

Virtual Worlds
Three not So Obvious, Obvious Things about Virtual Worlds

Seven Uncomfortable and Scary Reasons for the Growth of Virtual Worlds

Resources for Researching Virtual Worlds

Alternatives to Second Life

Designing a Virtual World Learning Event?Thing Participant Centered

Learning Spanish in 3D


2D vs 3D Learning


Web 2.0
Random Web 2.0 Statistics

Learning, Web 2.0, Gaming and Statistical Round Up

Some Posts about Web 2.0 and Informal Learning

Creating a Vibrant Learning Community

Tear Down the Walls: Web 2.0 Extends Class

If you want to start a wiki, try Wikispaces or try WetPaint.

Jump In
Ask students to create online content you can use in future classes.

Make a comment on this or another blog.

Start a blog to extend learning beyond the four walls of your classroom.

Become a fan of Learning in 3D on Facebook.

Open a Twitter account and follow @kkapp on Twitter.

Questions:

What was the one thing you learned during this keynote?

What information from this keynote will you incorporate into your classes?

How has this keynote added to your educational toolkit in terms of helping your students.

Book Resources:




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Higher Education Bubble Post Sparks Reactions and Affirmations

Image from the website Texas Higher Ed a

 project from the Texas Public Policy Foundation

My post The Higher Education Bubble Continues to Grow sparked a number of interactions and posts.

First, Daniel Christian pointed me to his interesting and thought provoking post titled The forthcoming Walmart of Education.

He also pointed me to an interesting presentation that highlights what is wrong with higher education and  some solutions. You should check it out How to Not Only Survive, But Thrive in the Future.

Next, Stephen Downes writes of the bursting of the higher education bubble in his posting The Higher Education Bubble Continues to Grow:

I have long affirmed that such a crisis is coming and that it would arrive very suddenly after being years in the making. It is now very close - within a matter of months. 2010 some time, maybe (at the outside) 2011, at least in North America. Funding will dry up, there will be significant staff reductions, institutions will merge or close, and administrators will be desperate for alternatives. Not just in education, but education will be very hard hit, and at all levels

Additionally, Tom Haskins not only confirms the bubble but offers some much needed solutions in his posting Making College Affordable. He also has a great series of postings called Why Are College Costs Soaring? at his Clues to the College Blues blog.
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What are the Technology Goals of Higher Education?

Within the last few years many higher education institutions and systems have invested heavily in technology and have raised the bar in student expectations for online student services and online learning opportunities.

Why?

Because systems and schools that fail to offer state-of-the-art online learning opportunities and accompanying services over the next decade will lose students who routinely use commercial applications such as Amazon.com, PayPal and Facebook to browse catalogs, pay bills and network with one another. Digitally savvy students demand these same conveniences from their educational institutions and now have the choice of taking online classes from public and private institutions anywhere in the world.

So what is being done through technology. Well, the goals of many technology investments include the following:

• Creation of online course offerings, collaborative environments and even online clubs and activities.
  
• Providing life-long learning resources and experiences for students, staff, faculty, administration, college leadership and alumni;
  
• Support and enhance information collaboration and knowledge sharing;
  
• Provide a standards-based technology architecture across colleges or systems;
  
• Provide wireless access to students across the campus environment;
  
• Consistent and convenient data integration for back office system such as finance, billing and purchasing;
  
• Increase educational capacity and effectiveness through shared IT resources
  
• Provide 24/7 online student services;
  
• Develop an academic culture of rapid, constant change and continuous improvement;
  
• Shift to modern technology infrastructures (hardware and software) which are scalable and interoperable with existing and foreseeable technological innovations;
  
• Increase recruiting yield with more effective targeting of recruiting dollars;
  
• Increase admissions productivity with more inquiries and applications processed by fewer staff;
  
• Increase financial aid productivity with more financial aid applications processed with fewer staff;
  
• Optimize course scheduling to allow more classes and events to be scheduled with a smaller inventory of classrooms;
  
• Shift to web-based financial aid systems to allow students to submit applications, view and accept or decline awards, and view transaction balances online;
  
• Shift to web-based course registration to allow course enrollments to be transacted and course grades to be posted online;
  
• Shift to self-service human resources systems that allow employees to self-manage their paychecks, benefits, vacation, and sick leave accruals.

Does this cover everything? Did I miss something? Does this "feel" accurate? Are higher education systems really there?


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