Colleges Consider Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard - Chronicle.com

• Colleges Consider Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard - Chronicle.com

  but then we knew this already.....

  tags: elpc3, elpcm

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Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers - Chronicle.com

• Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers - Chronicle.com

  A question this article brings to my mind is why can't academic writing be for a wide audience? Perhaps melding traditional academic writing with the broad reach and audience of the internet is what we should be working on.

  tags: arw

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Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com

• Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com

  Is the ELP a model for the university of the future? We seem to fit some of the recommendations in this article. However, there are ideas here that would be good for us to consider as well.

  tags: elparw, elprca

  • Abolish permanent departments, even for undergraduate education, and create problem-focused programs
  • Tenure should be replaced with seven-year contracts, which, like the programs in which faculty teach, can be terminated or renewed. This policy would enable colleges and universities to reward researchers, scholars and teachers who continue to evolve and remain productive while also making room for young people with new ideas and skills.

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ZaidLearn: Do You Want To Learn English As A Second Language?

• ZaidLearn: Do You Want To Learn English As A Second Language?

  Nice aggregation of on-line ESL sites

  tags: elpicu

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Digital annotations as a way to see readers read

• Reading the Reader | Academic Commons

  A possible activity for ELP students. Note that Gdocs that are shared with collaborators can also be used in this way for annotation, but can be done as a group instead of just individuals. Part of the Visible Knowledge Project
  

  tags: elparw, elprca

  • As Frank Smith reminds us, “Ignorance is not so much not knowing an answer as not knowing that there is a question, not being able to think when thinking is required. Ignorance is a blind dependence that someone else will be able to tell you what to do.”⁵

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Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Orchestrating the Media Collage

• Educational Leadership:Literacy 2.0:Orchestrating the Media Collage

  tags: no_tag

• Several well articulated points about how to blend new and old literacies such as this sample quote:
• • "The demands of digital literacy make clear that both research reports and stories represent important approaches to thinking and communicating; students need to be able to understand and use both forms. One of the more exciting pedagogical frontiers that awaits us is learning how to combine the two, blending the critical thinking of the former with the engagement of the latter."

Wired Campus: Lev Gonick: How Technology Will Reshape Academe After the Economic Crisis - Chronicle.com

• Wired Campus: Lev Gonick: How Technology Will Reshape Academe After the Economic Crisis - Chronicle.com

• Future generations of learners will no doubt look back at the global economic crisis of 2008-9 and reflect on which institutions were agile enough to make a difference by bringing the wisdom of their scholars together with the acumen of their technology officers and the ingenuity and determination of their university leaders. It’s actually not only the future of the university that is in play. How we produce, organize, and distribute open education resources is at the heart of the future of education around the world. —Lev Gonick

• tags: elpc3

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