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People, Mobile, and the Cloud at BbWorld 2012
What are you taking home as the big story of BbWorld 2012? At this point (Wednesday night) I have 3 main takeaways.
#BbW12 - Mobile Update: EULA, Collaborate, Text Messages and Augmented Reality
The big news (thanks Kayvon Beykpour!) from Wednesday's multi-speaker keynote at BbWorld (#BbW12) is that in September, students will have the capability of taking their mobile learning destiny into their own hands. Presently, mobile options for students who wish to use Mobile Learn exist at the institutional level.
We're cultural
Following on from yesterday's post, and reflecting on posts dating from February, it strikes me that Greenback U's overriding concept of sustainability frames it as a technological problem. But, while we have a number of very-good technologically-oriented academic programs, we have far more departments, faculty and students who focus on the arts, the humanities and the social sciences. Maybe that's part of the reason that the sustainability issue has such a hard time getting traction around here.
The Best and the Brightest
A cable news journalist looking at American life through classics of social theory? Scott McLemee checks it out.
Ease Up, Don't Ratchet Down
Grad students and new faculty members need to set clear expectations in the courses they teach, writes Nate Kreuter.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Unpacking the MOOC as Buzzword
When I pitched this series of “Postcards from the Participatory” back in November of 2011, I'd intended it to be a small collection of narratives exploring Massive Open Online Courses from the inside.
BbWorld 2012: Balancing Tomorrow's Opportunities with Today's Responsibilities
My conclusions from day one of BbWorld, after listening to a range of Blackboard leaders and managers, are as follows:
#BbW12 - Credentials, Transactions, and Brand Building
When I first started chatting with David Marr at this year's Blackboard Education Technology Conference* (also known as Bb World or #BbW12 on Twitter) I was immediately intrigued by how much he sounded like someone who really "got" Student Affairs. Marr, the President of Blackboard's Transact platform, spoke to me about student engagement, financial aid, the admissions funnel, retention, auxiliary services, strategic enrollment management, campus cards, and Student Affairs advancement.