3/17 11:31amsonyachristian: NSF DUE. Chang & Lewis. NOYCE funding increased from 55M to 115M. To encourage talented MSE to teach. #lfi09
3/17 9:48ammarkpwms: "America's Perfect Storm"-disparity in skills, economic changes, demographic changes #lfi09
3/17 9:41ammarkpwms: Keynote-1/3 of HS students dropping out #lfi09
3/17 8:31ammarkpwms: NSF-using scanning electron microscope to help get underrepresented students into STEM #lfi09
3/16 3:29pmbwatwood: CCOTP Ning - http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/ - #lfi09
3/16 2:42pmmarkpwms: CC peer mentoring-not help desk or program replication-community of 18 CC #lfi09
3/16 2:42pmbwatwood: Over 250 textbooks identified that are available open source - #lfi09
3/16 2:39pmbwatwood: CCCOER - 89 campuses in 10 states - http://oerconsortium.org/ - #lfi09
3/16 2:36pmbwatwood: CCCOER - Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources - #lfi09
3/16 2:34pmbwatwood: CCOTP - Community College Open Textbook Project - #lfi09
3/16 2:29pmbwatwood: Next session on open content - #lfi09
3/16 10:45ambwatwood: Wes Jackson - "If you are working on something that can be completed in your lifetime, you are not thinking big enough." #lfi09
3/16 10:44ambwatwood: Wes Jackson - Society continues to maximize growth model when growth is unsustainable. Renewable energy will be absorbed by growth. #lfi09
3/16 10:43ambwatwood: Wes Jackson - 22 yr old in our classrooms has lived through 54% of all oil consumed ever. #lfi09
3/16 10:42ambwatwood: Very thought-provoking keynote by Wes Jackson at #lfi09. "Need to educate and not just train students" Education = Critical Thinking
3/16 10:40ambwatwood: Carol Twigg awarded O'Banion Prize at Innovations 2009. #lfi09
3/16 10:40ambwatwood: Carol Twigg awarded O'Banion Prize at Innovations 2009. lfi09
3/16 9:55ammarkpwms: Wes Jackson-educational implications of resource use/limits - faulty thinking of "maximizing growth" model #lfi09
3/16 9:23ammarkpwms: 8a Business analytics session - Sinclair OH doing it right #lfi09
3/16 9:00amsonyachristian: what do u think about last night's keynote? "#lfi09"
3/16 8:47ambwatwood: Grading rubric for discussions from Palloff and Pratt - summary of knowledge = C. Made me think = A. #lfi09
3/16 8:44ambwatwood: Their response - most license exams do not test application (law bar exam, clinical social work, etc). #lfi09
3/16 8:43ambwatwood: Some pushback by some faculty on Palloff and Pratt about multiple choice only testing lower levels (nursing license exam) - #lfi09
3/16 8:32ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt - most test questions measure lower levels of Bloom's Taxonomy. Essays best for higher levels. #lfi09
3/16 8:29ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt - better use of tests and quizzes is formative - self-assessment. #lfi09
3/16 8:27ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt - use of tests and quizzes encourages cheating. #lfi09
3/16 8:19ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt - tests and quizzes what everyone does but tests may not align with course objectives. #lfi09
3/16 8:18ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt quoting Angelo and Cross - learning centered, formative, context specific. #lfi09
3/16 8:13ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt - having students annotate rubrics as part of assessment - #lfi09
3/16 8:01ambwatwood: Palloff and Pratt latest book is on online assessment. #lfi09
3/16 7:55ambwatwood: First session is Palloff and Pratt discussing academic honesty online - #lfi09
3/15 6:18pmaparecki: I'm interested to read your notes on the Innovations 2009 sessions. Link to your blog posts on the community wiki: http://aaronparecki.com/innovations2009 #lfi09
3/13 11:04amaparecki: Innovations 2009 conference in Reno, community wiki here: http://aaronparecki.com/innovations2009 #lfi09
3/11 9:20ambwatwood: @jonbecker - is the economy hurting attendance? I have already had one person cancel 4 a pay-2-attend workshop Sunday at Innovations2009.