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Listening - The First Step of Many
When I was asked by EDUCAUSE to write a blog about the experiences of a first-time CIO, I was concerned that I wouldn't have enough to write about that would be of interest to the EDUCAUSE community. It then occurred to me that I'd like to approach this the way I approach many situations like this - ask and listen!
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Does It Really Take One to Be One?
Trending Now: Postsecondary
Recent research on next gen learning explores MOOC effectiveness and what it takes to create a new model for postsecondary education.
Editor’s Note: In this monthly series, NGLC staff share their reflections on recent news and reports in the field of next generation learning at the postsecondary level. This month’s edition looks at research on next generation learning from MOOCs to breakthrough institutions
One type of news that definitely gets...
Northern Arizona Wins Regional Accreditor’s Approval for Personalized Learning Program
It’s all systems go, at last: Northern Arizona University, one of the ten institutions presently developing breakthrough degree programs with NGLC support, recently got the green light to start enrolling students in their Personalized Learning program. The Higher...
Grit
What does it take to address the 2013 top-10 IT issues and be a CIO? Grit.
Grit, it seems, may be as essential as intelligence. People with grit persevere. They have a passion for their goal. They invest effort, in spite of setbacks, to accomplish long-term goals — goals they believe are worth having. A person with grit approaches accomplishment as a marathon; their advantage is stamina....
Randy Pausch's Boldest Innovation
A central concern with MOOCs and other student directed learning experiences is that by decentering the traditional gatekeeping role of teachers, such experiences lack an authoritative center for determining the rigor and depth of a course as well judging the mastery of learning outcomes by students. In a traditional...
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