"Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard" (Dressler, 2005)
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
Yesterday, I talked about woodpeckers and swifts…today my inspiration is penguins. Actually, my inspiration was a blog post by Garr Reynolds last week – “There’s no shame in falling. The key is getting up!” As Garr noted: “…What inspires me most about this flightless bird is their resilience. They make the best of a… Read more 30 Day Challenge – Day 17 – Teaching Like Penguins
These are exciting times at our Center for Teaching Excellence at VCU. Gardner Campbell is reporting next week as our new Vice Provost for Learning Innovation and Student Success. Jon Becker started yesterday as our interim Director of Online Education. We are saying goodbye to Phillip Edwards as he leaves for the Ohio State University Center… Read more Rethinking Fundamentals
One aspect that I suspect holds true for faculty developers worldwide is the myriad of excuses one hears in the course of working with faculty on why these faculty can not adopt technology as part of their teaching and learning. So, thanks of Jane Hart, I checked out this interesting posting by Mitch Ditkoff on… Read more Lame Excuses
I just completed Clay Shirky‘s very interesting book, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (2008). Shirky analyzed how social media is changing the ability of people to organize for change without overlying administrative hierarchies – a change he sees as fundamental to society as the printing press. Wikipedia is a success not… Read more Here Comes Everybody…But When?
I am back in Richmond from the ITC eLearning 2008 conference. Spent yesterday traveling (and losing my cellphone in a Florida IHOP … whole ‘nother story!!!) So wanted to post a few blog posts about Monday’s sessions. The keynote speaker Monday was Patrica McGee, Associate Professor of IT and Program Coordinator for Adult and Higher… Read more The Gold Standard for eLearning