I hope to continue to use twitter to make connections and expand my education through this social media app.
I think that more people need to learn how to use social media both for pleasure and business. Even though I have a hard time using social media I do see the merit in it which is why I continue using it
I am a little sad that I learned this about myself during the final semester of my undergraduate studies,
I have had a similar experience...if I had not done my senior year online I would not have discovered my passion for studying, or my drive to succeed and gain knowledge. I completely agree.
If a central gift that OERs bring to students is that they make college more affordable, one of the central gifts that they bring to faculty is that of agency, and how this can help us rethink our pedagogies in ways that center on access.
that's exactly what we need to be thinking about?
Continuous quality improvement:
this is so true... OER will make education way more progressive
Education is a matter of sharing, and the open educational resources approach is designed specifically to enable extremely efficient and affordable sharing.
snaps this is such an amazing statement that I think needs to be shared more
“Open educational resources”
I think that these open resources are an amazing step forward in education for all. I know big schools like MIT and Harvard have a lot of their classes as OER which I think is amazing!
“Work now, play later” sends the message to students that now is never good enough; that education will be relevant later. The goal of interdisciplinarity is to be relevant now.
love this statement... it is never too early to start something!
“An activity—whether it is studying, hitting the treadmill, drama group, community service, or one of the student groups they found and join in great numbers—is rarely an end in itself. It is a means for self-improvement, résumé-building, and enrichment. College is just one step on the continual stairway of advancement, and they are always aware that they must get to the next step (law school, medical school, whatever) so that they can progress up the steps after that.”
I think that is a very accurate statement. I think for me it is best to enjoy the journey instead of eyeballing the end goal.
Interdisciplinary studies allows students to experiment and ask questions. It encourages them to follow their hearts and enjoy their undergraduate experiences. Learning should be exploratory and fun, exactly what interdisciplinary studies is trying to do.
I think this is very true and important... it is why I love Interdisciplinary studies
An example of an attitudinal barrier is the political climate of the United States. Conservatives and liberals are divided by their points-of-view and they’re unwilling, or perhaps incapable, of exchanging perspectives.
I think that these barriers are things that are important for people to talk more about and learn more about in education in order to be more open minded and educated in order to communicate
Despite the clear benefits of interdisciplinary studies, many politicians and educators continue to cut resources to the humanities, arguing that an education should be skills-based and career oriented.
my idea is that by cutting the humanities colleges are not teaching people how to think for themselves and question the world we live in ... I think that is very dangerous in our society and should stop
“businesses are looking for someone who is confident in themselves and what they want in a career, confident in the successful tasks they have completed, knowing your strengths, independent thinkers, ambitious problem solvers, goal-oriented proactive workers, works well on a team, enjoys learning new things, and finally, someone who is reliable and responsible. All of these things make up a phenomenal employee that any employer would like to hire”
I really think that interdisciplinarians are gifted in these skills, and that it makes them better looking to possible employers
For example, one of his most influential reforms was advocacy for a curriculum based on students’ interests rather than a pre-established curriculum.
Where is this guy now? I think this idea is very much still needed to this day. Especially with liberal art subjects such as sociology disappearing
Knowledge transformed from an experience to a product.
i really love the way this sentence was written ... I can really relate to this on a personal level!
cliques
just guessing, but could disciplines be that aspect of community and clique?
The disciplines, where we find wealths of specific knowledge and, on occasion, narrow-minded specialists, are the very building blocks of interdisciplinary studies.
just as this quote says... disciplines are the very backbone of IDS without it we would not have created such an inventive and broad (yet specializing) study.
“Now children’s mental health care is interdisciplinary.”
everything is interdisciplinary.... every job entails other jobs and greater understanding that allow us to correctly apply ourselves to problems and learn to fix them
Our society is only starting to get the ball rolling on interdisciplinary communication.We know from many of history’s examples that when particular disciplines rule over a single issue, myriad unforeseen consequences may result.
I think that makes a very interesting point about how the nature of education needs to be and what we are currently lacking
The university as we know it is constantly changing every year.
however, there is a question as to whether or not we are constantly trapped in the idea of keeping "tradition" alive
The first documented academy was believed to be in ancient Greece,
I actually was taught about that by my Sociology professor. He said that the Greek philosophers began academies in order to thrive on their passions
The academy began with teachers simply preaching a topic of their interest.
college is not like it used to be, a lot more of college is geared to "lucrative" careers and competition, and not on exploration and passion
Critical Interdisciplinarity:
i think that critical interdisciplinarity is really interesting. it reminds me of when we study open education
“multidisciplinarity” is like a fruit bowl, where different disciplines are represented by the different fruits that are placed together in a bowl but which do not mix much or change shape themselves.
this is a very good description of what it is to be multidisciplinary
But content, methods, and epistemologies are the central building blocks of disciplines, and it is helpful to understand these as you get started in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Yes, these are the building blocks of how to build your own discipline in Interdisciplinary Studies
Disciplines are made up of many parts.
yes, disciplines are mad up of many parts which builds the syllabus of one's own major contains.
mixing fruits
i think that this is overall a good metaphor for interdisciplinary studies. Mixing all that is the same at a level but holds differences, and in the end leaves a good taste.
the complexity of the world requires us to have a better understanding of the relationships and connections between all fields that intersect and overlap
this is exactly how I feel about my education. The world is connected and in each career we are required to have a diverse understanding. so, why doesn't our education?
Thomas Jefferson fervently believed that a nation cannot be ignorant and free; I share this view as well as Jefferson’s optimism that societies become more democratic as citizens become more knowledgeable and cultured.
This reminds me of an article I read a while back about Finland and their education system. In the 60s they were suffering economically and said that in order to pull their country out of it was to use education.
Higher education has atomized knowledge by dividing it into disciplines, subdisciplines, and sub-subdisciplines — breaking it up into smaller and smaller unconnected fragments of academic specialization, even as the world looks to colleges for help in integrating and synthesizing the exponential increases in information brought about by technological advances.
Thinking about what Interdisciplinary studies does it really aims to reconnect the disciplines that have been torn a part and separated.
Home Depot approach to education
I like this phrase to demonstrate what education is like nowadays
But a major failure of our higher-education system is that it has largely come to serve as a job-readiness program
I can completely agree to this statement. Looking at not only higher education but education in general there is definitely an increase in job readiness minus passion and learning awareness.
For most students, college is a time for self-discovery, for developing passionate interests, and for trying to weave them into a meaningful career.
I have read literature stemming from years and generations talking about what college means to many people. I am curious to know what has changed in people's desire or need to attend high education?
I’m not arguing against putting class assignments online, but the assignments must be framed by a conversation about audience and the way the ‘domain’ represents the author to that audience.
I think this idea is not just for building a website but in school in general. In order to really understand and enjoy a topic, see it in light of what you study or are passionate about instead of just the assignment. Putting this idea into technology will more accurately represent the author and their target audience.
The web is a network for conversations, and if students still see their audience as a teacher with a red pen, then nothing changes.
True. For a student to have a domain, the feeling of being graded by a teacher hangs over the head, defeating the purpose of the blog itself. However, if it is done right it can be very beneficial.
I want to shift the emphasis from data possession to knowledge production.
Such a good line. I strongly agree that education needs to move away from data possession to more knowledge consumption and creation.
“To own one’s domain gives students an understanding of how Web technologies work. It puts them in a much better position to control their work, their data, their identity online.”
I think that Watters brings up very important points in this discussion of technology.
And yes, we must be ready to receive their guidance as well.
My question after reading this is where the future of technology use in classrooms going? I think we are beginning something that is very important, and that should become more commonplace in the future.
In building that personal cyberinfrastructure, students not only would acquire crucial technical skills for their digital lives but also would engage in work that provides richly teachable moments ranging from multimodal writing to information science, knowledge management, bibliographic instruction, and social networking
If the aim of the Intro to IDS course was paraphrased it would sound a lot like this...in order to correctly apply yourself to the world all these categories must be filled, which I believe we can all get from the Intro course.
Suppose that when students matriculate, they are assigned their own web servers — not 1GB folders in the institution’s web space but honest-to-goodness virtualized web servers of the kind available for $7.99 a month from a variety of hosting services, with built-in affordances ranging from database maintenance to web analytics. As part of the first-year orientation, each student would pick a domain name
Just like in Chapter One, Campbell is making the argument that giving the students their own domain is way more beneficial than the education being lost to the universities data.
“digital facelift”
I have never heard this move forward in technology as a "digital facelift" before...very powerful image.
Sometimes, however, progress means looping back to earlier ideas whose vitality and importance were unrecognized or underexplored at the time, and bringing those ideas back into play in a new context.
YES. This is so true. Education is never ending, it is always building on its self...forming new context.
A Personal Cyberinfrastructure
Not about Content: I really like how this article begins with an outside source, I think the structure builds well, definitely inspirations for blog posts in the future...
the culture of education
I have never heard this term being used before, however it does seem interesting when put into context of this article...something to look into.
This can be a way to track growth and demonstrate new learning over the course of a student’s school career – something that they themselves can reflect upon, not simply grades and assignments that are locked away in a proprietary system controlled by the school.
I really like that they try to incorporate technology in how we progress in our studies, something we should all get involved with.
social media monitoring firms to keep an eye on students online
My sister attends a charter school where all their media usage is heavily monitored in the school.
what students need to know in order to use technology “appropriately.”
I can relate to this, and probably anyone that has gone through High School. We have all had to sit through the "what is appropriate for the internet?" speech.
“I wanted them to see and be aware of all of the options and the control that they are giving up when services such as Facebook are their primary web presence,
Teaching people in a school environment how to use technology for more academic reasons I think is not only very interesting but also very important. To be able to utilize Social Media to create success is very important in this society today.
digital portfolio
Digital portfolio's are very important when it comes to applying for jobs, it gives you that professional edge.
Students would frame, curate, share, and direct their own ‘engagement streams’ throughout the learning environment.
I think that is very important, especially in this day and age, to be able to not only enjoy what you are studying, but to be active in the community. This "personal cyberinfrastructure" does just that.
the domain and all its content are the student’s to take with them
Wait a minute... doesn't this sound like something we are doing! I think that this idea that Watters brings up, as well as what Robin is trying to do in the Intro course will set students up for success in our fields.
contemporary version of what Virginia Woolf in 1929 famously demanded in A Room of One’s Own – the necessity of a personal place to write
This to me is a great example in the blog post, we all know Virginia Woolf, and many people including my self have read "A Room of One's Own," this is a great way to create more of belief when looking at this topic, not just stating facts.
much like they have little agency in education itself.
What a great way to make a powerful statement! Watters if very clearly trying to get people more than interested but invested in what she is talking about.
fail to give students themselves a voice,
I am really not surprised with this fact. The arguments that Watters brings up is making me question whether we need more privacy or not...
advertisers
I can completely understand the need to protect students from ads...I absolutely hate ads, and although I know that means I can watch things (like spotify) for free, it does scare me that I am being marketed to...just how private are our lives?
170 bills proposed
have any of these bills been passed? I am wondering...how will these questions effect the future of how we use the technology in schools.
hottest issues in education
to be quite honest I really do not know what constitutes a "hot issue" in education, however I do agree that it is understandable that people worry about student privacy.