Comments on: Migratory Faculty http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/ An effort to record the markers on a technology and learning journey. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:41:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ken http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/comment-page-1/#comment-26192 ken Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:31:33 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/#comment-26192 I believe Higher Ed. *is* being affected by the evolving technology and changing market. We see for-profit universities, professional technical certifications, DE programs, blogger authorities, wikis, etc. Today's college and universities, at the undergraduate level, are more than just a classroom experience. They are communities of learners and the value of that real-world experience is priceless, or at least in the 30-40k/yr range. :-) I believe Higher Ed. *is* being affected by the evolving technology and changing market. We see for-profit universities, professional technical certifications, DE programs, blogger authorities, wikis, etc. Today’s college and universities, at the undergraduate level, are more than just a classroom experience. They are communities of learners and the value of that real-world experience is priceless, or at least in the 30-40k/yr range. :-)

]]> By: cbisson http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/comment-page-1/#comment-26190 cbisson Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:27:12 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/#comment-26190 So I finally got around to writing what's been on my mind for a while: travel agents were largely steamrolled by Travelocity and Orbitz, we're talking about citizen journalism, is the <a href="http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/11470/" rel="nofollow">citizen professor next</a>? What might make higher ed immune to the forces of disintermediation that are changing everything else? So I finally got around to writing what’s been on my mind for a while: travel agents were largely steamrolled by Travelocity and Orbitz, we’re talking about citizen journalism, is the citizen professor next? What might make higher ed immune to the forces of disintermediation that are changing everything else?

]]> By: Ken’s TEK (Technology, Education, and Knowledge) » Blog Archive » Migratory Faculty, Part III http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/comment-page-1/#comment-14011 Ken’s TEK (Technology, Education, and Knowledge) » Blog Archive » Migratory Faculty, Part III Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:16:34 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/#comment-14011 [...] In my first post on migratory faculty I noted that faculty would use non-institutional resources to house their content, potentially side-stepping the institutional LMS and that this would be a characteristic of Higer Education 2.0. In Migratory Faculty, Part II, I shared a link to an article about a faculty member who decided that he would not use lecture hall lectures, but rather just podcast his lectures. My colleague, Zach Tirrell at nosheep.net posted an article about a professor who was charging $2.50 to his recorded lectures online at a non-university site. I thought that was a pretty interesting approach although I was certain that this would raise the interest of his school’s administration. Well sure enough, looks like they asked that he shut down his service down as reported in this Chronical article. I am certain there will be more creative models and entrepreurial opportunities that will be examined in the months and years ahead. [...] [...] In my first post on migratory faculty I noted that faculty would use non-institutional resources to house their content, potentially side-stepping the institutional LMS and that this would be a characteristic of Higer Education 2.0. In Migratory Faculty, Part II, I shared a link to an article about a faculty member who decided that he would not use lecture hall lectures, but rather just podcast his lectures. My colleague, Zach Tirrell at nosheep.net posted an article about a professor who was charging $2.50 to his recorded lectures online at a non-university site. I thought that was a pretty interesting approach although I was certain that this would raise the interest of his school’s administration. Well sure enough, looks like they asked that he shut down his service down as reported in this Chronical article. I am certain there will be more creative models and entrepreurial opportunities that will be examined in the months and years ahead. [...]

]]> By: Jon http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/comment-page-1/#comment-354 Jon Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:45:43 +0000 http://ken.blogs.plymouth.edu/2006/03/01/migratory-faculty/#comment-354 Ken, you raise some interesting points. As one of the adjuncts who have put course materials on my personal site the debate boils down to two things... Ownership and accessibility. By posting materials on my site I retain control and ownership over the content. My software of choice is WordPress which labels itself a "personal publishing platform" which is exactly what I use it as. I'm not writing a book anytime soon, but I can easily augment the course materials with articles of my own and links to other resources. The second concern is accessibility. I want to provide information to students which they will be able to refer back to long after the course has completed. WebCT courses at our institution (and probably at almost all others) are taken down sometime after the semester ends. It is my intention to maintain my site for years to come, so when a former student recognizes something and thinks "I remember seeing that in class, but I don't remember the exact solution" they will hopefully follow that up with "I bet Jon posted a blog entry about that, let me go check." At that point they even have a convenient "Contact" button where they can email me if they have a question I haven't answered online. I wonder if the future of "course management" will be more of a portal feel where you may provide links and RSS feeds right alongside the syllabus for CS3600, Fall '05. Ken, you raise some interesting points.

As one of the adjuncts who have put course materials on my personal site the debate boils down to two things… Ownership and accessibility.

By posting materials on my site I retain control and ownership over the content. My software of choice is WordPress which labels itself a “personal publishing platform” which is exactly what I use it as. I’m not writing a book anytime soon, but I can easily augment the course materials with articles of my own and links to other resources.

The second concern is accessibility. I want to provide information to students which they will be able to refer back to long after the course has completed. WebCT courses at our institution (and probably at almost all others) are taken down sometime after the semester ends. It is my intention to maintain my site for years to come, so when a former student recognizes something and thinks “I remember seeing that in class, but I don’t remember the exact solution” they will hopefully follow that up with “I bet Jon posted a blog entry about that, let me go check.” At that point they even have a convenient “Contact” button where they can email me if they have a question I haven’t answered online.

I wonder if the future of “course management” will be more of a portal feel where you may provide links and RSS feeds right alongside the syllabus for CS3600, Fall ‘05.

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