"Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005)
…and I obviously mean the song…not the firearm (or arming of teachers!)! I have always been a fan of 38 Special…and this song played today on my Pandora stream as I was driving across town. (…and yes, I pulled over to take this picture so as to not violate the law!) Cool lyrics that have… Read more 38 Special Pedagogy
I have been posting about Centers For Teaching (CFT’s) as Centers for Excellence, inspired by my current reading of Tom Peters’ new book The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work that Wows and Jobs that Last. I discussed Chapters 1-4 here and Chapters 5-8 here. This post deals with Chapters 9-12, which cover… Read more CFT’s and a Bias for Action
Last week, I posted about Centers For Teaching (CFT’s) as Centers for Excellence, inspired by my current reading of Tom Peters’ new book The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work that Wows and Jobs that Last. As I noted, I have been reading Peters since his original 1982 bestseller that he co-wrote with… Read more CFT’s and Lifelong Learning
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been exploring the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, which looked at the challenges ahead for businesses and HR professionals. The report is based on analysis of a survey of more than 10,400 business and HR leaders globally, and noted ten trends. Over a series of… Read more An Accelerating Future
Last week, I began exploring the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, which looked at the challenges ahead for businesses and HR professionals. I have been looking at it from a faculty development perspective. The report is based on analysis of a survey of more than 10,400 business and HR leaders globally, and noted… Read more Faculty Development Experience
I have been exploring the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, which looked at the challenges ahead for businesses and HR professionals, but I have been looking at it from a faculty development perspective. The report is based on analysis of a survey of more than 10,400 business and HR leaders globally, and noted… Read more Attracting FacDev Talent
Earlier this week, I noted that I was beginning to dive into the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, which looked at the challenges ahead for businesses and HR professionals. Based on analysis of a survey of more than 10,400 business and HR leaders globally, the report noted ten trends. I discussed the first… Read more Half-Life of Skills
Yesterday, I noted that I was beginning to dive into the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, which looked at the challenges ahead for businesses and HR professionals. Based on analysis of a survey of more than 10,400 business and HR leaders globally, the report noted ten trends, the first of which is the… Read more Faculty Development of the Future
In my Theory of eLearning class last night, the subject of working with clients came up. This class is for the Educational Technology track for a Masters in Education in Adult Learning. This program is designed for individuals who “…want to gain in-depth knowledge and understanding of adult learning theory and practice, specifically in the… Read more A Philosophy of Faculty Development
I am still buzzing from all the ideas percolating from SLOAN International Conference on Online Learning, but today my buzz was from two totally unrelated (and yet totally related) blog posts from my PLN. At the conference, there were many of us who cautioned people to not fixate on the latest digital tools, because the… Read more Call Me Hammerhand