Plato Lecture Series LYNDA WEINMAN ’76 - Evergreen State Collegeblogs.evergreen.edu/sosw/files/2014/05/wk8-weinman.pdf · 2014-05-20 · The Top-10 Candidate Skills/Qualities Employers

Plato Lecture SeriesLYNDA WEINMAN ’76

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Topics

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Topics

• Skills Gap

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Topics

• Skills Gap

• Online versus In Person

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Topics

• Skills Gap


•Where does lynda.com fit in this?

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Topics

• Skills Gap



• Laptop U Article

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Topics

• Skills Gap



• Laptop U Article

• Discussion

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How many of you are afraid that you won’t be employable

after graduation?

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Software Developers (Applications and Systems Software)Jobs added between 2010 and 2013: 104,348 (up 11%)

Market Research Analysts and Marketing SpecialistsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 54,979 (up 14%)Training and Development SpecialistsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 18,042 (up 8%)Financial AnalystsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 17,060 (up 7%)Physical TherapistsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 14,011 (up 7%)Web DevelopersJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 13,364 (up 11%)

TOP 12 JOBS IN 2014

LogisticiansJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 11,897 (up 10%)Database AdministratorsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 11,241 (up 10%)Event Meeting, Convention and Event PlannersJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 10,867 (up 14%)Interpreters and TranslatorsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 8,377 (up 14%)Petroleum EngineersJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 7,158 (up 21%)Information Security AnalystsJobs added between 2010 and 2013: 5,671 (up 8%)

do you see yourself here?

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01. App Developer02. Market Research Data Miner03. Educational Admissions Consultant04. Millennial Generational Expert05. Social Media Manager06. Chief Listening Officer07. Cloud Computing Services08. Elder Care Specialist09. Sustainability Expert10. User Experience Designer

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01. Sensemaking02. Social Intelligence03. Novel and Adaptive Thinking04. Cross-Culteral Competencies05. Computational Thinking06. New Media Literacy07. Transdisciplinary08. Design Mindset09. Cognitive Load Management10. Virtual Collaboration

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The Top-10 Candidate Skills/Qualities Employers Seek 01. Ability to verbally communicate with persons inside and outside the organization02. Ability to work in a team structure03. Ability to make decisions and solve problems04. Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work05. Ability to obtain and process information06. Ability to analyze quantitative data07. Technical knowledge related to the job08. Proficiency with computer software programs09. Ability to create and/or edit written reports10. Ability to sell or influence others

Source: Job Outlook 2013, National Association of Colleges and Employers

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Ingredients of a Career

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lynda.com

store manager classroom

clothing designer

teacher

special effects

store owner

book author

computer consultant

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MOOC Controversy

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MOOC Controversy

• Solution to overcrowding

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MOOC Controversy


• Threatens teacher’s jobs

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MOOC Controversy



• Threatens school’s business model

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MOOC Controversy




• Reduces teachers to glorified teaching assistants

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MOOC Controversy




• Reduces teachers to glorified teaching assistants

• Instead of writing, issue a series of multiple choice quizzes

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Memorializing Materials

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• Frees teachers for other activities

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• Lecturing is a rote endeavor

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• Actors record their best work, why not teachers?

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• Actors record their best work, why not teachers?

• Top schools becoming broadcast networks

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Videos/Books?

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Videos/Books?

• Flipped classroom

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Videos/Books?


• Anonymous

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Videos/Books?


• Anonymous

• Rewind, Rewatch

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Videos/Books?


• Anonymous

• Rewind, Rewatch

• Non-linear

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Videos/Books?


• Anonymous

• Rewind, Rewatch

• Non-linear

• Compliment to In-Person

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Assessment

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Assessment

• Essays - subjective

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Assessment


• Teacher and Self Evaluations

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Assessment



• Multiple Choice

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Assessment



• Multiple Choice

• Data-driven

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2 Systems of Higher Ed

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• Ivys - turning people away, unable to keep up with demand, exclusive, scarce

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• Ivys - turning people away, unable to keep up with demand, exclusive, scarce

• Community and regional colleges - vast majority attend

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Cost Disease

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Cost Disease

• Harvard still holds same number of students it held 100 years ago

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Cost Disease


• Teachers are paid more without increased volume or efficiency

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Cost Disease


• Teachers are paid more without increased volume or efficiency

• Tuition has gone up, employment down

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Commoditization of Ed

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• Harvard and Stanford the Starbucks and Peets?

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• Threat of for-profit universities

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• 65 billion dollar industry

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• 65 billion dollar industry

• Book Recommendation - Diane Ravitch, Reign of Error (The Privatization of America’s Schools)

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Big Data

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Big Data

• Interpreting the data

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Big Data


• More about the past than predicting the future

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Big Data



• Privacy and security?

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Big Data



• Privacy and security?

• Labeling someone forever

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Interaction

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Interaction

• Online discussion boards with discouraging results

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Interaction


• 90 percent drop out rate of MOOCs

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Interaction



• Humanities questions are orders of magnitudes more complex

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Interaction



• Humanities questions are orders of magnitudes more complex

• How to assess for qualitative?

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Copyright & Licensing?

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• If Harvard teacher makes course then moves to Yale, who owns course?

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• If Harvard teacher makes course then moves to Yale, who owns course?

• Outliving generations of teachers

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Threatens Jobs

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Threatens Jobs

• Use Harvard X courses instead of hiring teachers

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Threatens Jobs


• Faculty in cash-strapped communities hit hardest

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Threatens Jobs



•Will faculty dwindle to the point of extinction?

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Threatens Jobs



•Will faculty dwindle to the point of extinction?

• Fewer and fewer fields taught?

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Democratization

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Democratization

• People who can’t afford time or money for higher ed

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Democratization


• Life-long learning

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Democratization


• Life-long learning

• A victory for open-ended scholarship

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Does College Matter?

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Does College Matter?

• Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg

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Online Learning Ideas

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• One to many

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• One to many

• Guru on the mountaintop

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• One to many


• Groadcast model

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• One to many


• Groadcast model

• TV model

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• One to many


• Groadcast model

• TV model

• Automated right and wrong answers

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My thoughts

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My thoughts• Can’t turn back time - internet of things here forever

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•What’s best online and what’s best in person?

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• Grades are meaningless and damaging. Measuring for diagnostics only.

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• Soft skills still rule the world

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• Soft skills still rule the world

• Your Evergreen Education will get you far, not what you learned but how you learned

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Questions and Discussion

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Documents

Plato Lecture Series LYNDA WEINMAN ’76 - Evergreen State Collegeblogs.evergreen.edu/sosw/files/2014/05/wk8-weinman.pdf · 2014-05-20 · The Top-10 Candidate Skills/Qualities Employers