Inspiring, informative, useful, or just plain fun tweets posted on Twitter over this past week … collected here to share with our blog readers.
This week in the wrap … dig deep into Digital Literacy with NMC's new report, learn how Midlands Technical College set up an affordable glass light board for teachers to record lectures with, read about the essential place that the (often maligned) private, for profit college sector has in our communities, explore the challenges that excessive, ineffective homework result in for our students, and more!
Excellent report on #DigitalLiteracy in #HigherEd. Thx @BryanAlexander, et al. via NMC!
https://www.nmc.org/publication/digital-literacy-part-ii-an-nmc-horizon-project-strategic-brief/
“Teaching With Glass”: Record Lecture Content Affordably & Efficiently
https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/teaching-glass
Librarians & Educators are, “essential to beating back this … assault on truth”
https://medium.com/@ajhead1/the-importance-of-truth-workers-in-an-era-of-factual-recession-7487fda8eb3b
Dismantling the “one size fits all” approach towards learning, education
http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/data-the-mover-and-shaker-of-21st-century-education/story-vsfWXgoxDamkHAKp6q3pqM.html
How to Flip Back to School Night
https://flippedlearning.org/how_to/flip-back-school-night/
The Value of Independent Sector Colleges to Students, Parents, Communities
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/degrees-that-matter-the-value-of-independent-sector_us_5991d338e4b0caa1687a6238
Why Digital Technology Is to Higher Ed What Electricity Was to Manufacturing
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/why-digital-technology-higher-ed-what-electricity-was-manufacturing
Large coding bootcamp overhauls curriculum to meet employee demand
https://www.ecampusnews.com/alternative-pathways/coding-bootcamp-curriculum/
As You Were Saying: Homework needs correcting
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2017/09/as_you_were_saying_homework_needs_correcting
Funny tweet shows ease with which we can be dupped
http://www.chronicle.com/article/That-Hilarious-Tweet-About-an/241087
What is the ONE thing #highered should really invest in to reach millennials and gen Z?
https://www.ecampusnews.com/campus-administration/higher-ed-invest-reach-millennials
Bilingual app program for preschoolers is being expanded
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/national/ella-program-boosting-language-and-maths-skills-in-preschoolers-is-so-successful-its-being-expanded/news-story/5329e60ab1073ee3af5627803f44aff6
How Do You Get Kids Into Coding? Tynker And Parrot Let Them Use It To Fly Drones
https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/tynker-parrot-partnership/
