Call for Chapter Proposals: Packaging Digital Information for Enhanced Learning and Analysis

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: July 15, 2012

Packaging Digital Information for Enhanced Learning and Analysis:  Data Visualization, Spatialization, Predictiveness, and Multidimensionality

A book edited by Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew

Kansas State University, USA

Introduction

People live in information spaces.  Educators and instructional designers deal with a range of information that is presented in digital / electronic ways from a variety of academic fields.  There are real-time social networking nodes-link diagrams.  There are quantitative dashboards and interfaces with information from sensor networks or the back-end of learning systems.  There are data visualizations with full motion or animations.  With higher education and education turning towards data analytics as the next big advance, it is important to look at how information is gathered and then how it is visualized for accurate comprehension, analysis, and decision-making.  Optimally, data collection and visualization are about achieving information omniscience (as well as moving backwards and forwards in time) in real time for situational awareness.  There are pushes towards using complex tools for analyzing “big data” -- or large masses of information—in order to represent and to query it for value.  There are also attempts to thoroughly analyze the past and to use predictive analytics into the future.  This book will address issues of data collection and visualization for optimal learning and decision-making.  

 Further details... 

 Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference).  Please visit www.igi-global.com. This book is anticipated to be released in 2013.

 

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to:

Dr. Shalin Hai-Jew

haijes@gmail.com  

OCL Courses on iTunes U

Today the Saylor Foundation released course materials for  18 courses on iTunes U, including 3 courses built from Open Course Library materials. Saylor has taken our course materials, improved upon them, and shared them openly so we all benefit.

1.       Beginning Algebra – based in part on OCL course by Tyler Wallace, Big Bend: http://itunes.apple.com/us/course/beginning-algebra/id525325304

2.       Calculus I – based in part on OCL course by Dale Hoffman, Bellevue: http://itunes.apple.com/us/course/calculus-i/id524825484

3.       Introduction to Molecular and Cellular Biology – based in part on OCL course by Scott Rollins, Spokane Falls: http://itunes.apple.com/us/course/introduction-to-molecular/id525466094

Information provided by Tom Caswell, tcaswell@sbctc.edu

Job Opening: Director of eLearning and Instructional Designer

Everett Community College has a position open:
Director of eLearning and Instructional Design
salary $62,000 to $70,000 per year plus benefits

For more details on this position...

For other job openings in Washington Community and Technical Colleges...

And, Sound Learning, formerly Mason County Literacy, is searching for a new Executive Director. Salary range $40,000-50,000. See www.soundlearning.co for more details.

2012 Washington State Higher Education Legislative Bill Summary

The Legislative Bill Summary has been posted to the State Board Web site.

The Legislative Bill Summary includes the major higher education-related bills (including the operating and capital budget bills) passed by the 2012 Washington State Legislature. For each bill, there is a background and effect section explaining how the policy was developed and its impact upon passage.

It might be helpful to customize a message to each of your constituent groups regarding specific legislation included in the summary with direct impact to their work at the college. You may also want to look at the Washington State Legislature web site if you are looking for actual bill language and details.

Classroom Observations

I think you will find these documents created to inform classroom observation useful. The documents were created by Richard Holmgren, Chief Information Officer and Associate Dean of Allegheny College.

Look for "A Classroom Visit Model," and the "Principles of Classroom Observation" on the Allegheny web site at http://sites.allegheny.edu/facultyresources/all-faculty/

Librarian's Role in Student Learning Assessment

Check out this paper, An Essential Partner: The Librarian's Role in Student Learning Assessment, co-authored by Debra Gilchrist, Dean of Libraries and Institutional Effectiveness for Pierce College, and Megan Oakleaf, Assistant Professor, iSchool at Syracuse University.

In a recent posting, Bob Pacheco, Assessment Chair at MiraCosta College says:

Not only do librarians identify and assess outcomes in their own courses and training sessions, but they also act as indispensible bridges between classroom and online instruction and the burgeoning amount of information that undergirds the curriculum.   Librarians are essential interlocutors between the learner and the information to be mastered, helping students separate the academic wheat from the chaff.

RTC Faculty Learning Community Video

Renton Technical Colleges's "F2F: Learning from Each Other" Faculty Learning Community (FLC) is a regular chance for faculty to meet and discuss books and teaching. Watch this short video to learn about teaching practices and ideas shared by members of this FLC.
More information about faculty learning communities...