Fair Warning
Fair warning: This is not my first attempt to blog. Nor is it my second. However, this is my first attempt to blog about higher education.
I will also spend much of my time on this blog talking about higher ed issues related specifically to community colleges. I am a first-generation college graduate and began my own journey at a community college. In my current professional role as a community college dean, I now get to serve many first-generation college students. I understand personally, and professionally, the impact post-secondary education can have on not just an individual's life, but on the stories of families and entire communities.
In many ways, when we discuss technology in higher education we are also discussing access to higher education. Technology, when employed well, has the power to dramatically increase access to colleges and universities for students who may otherwise be unable to participate in post-secondary opportunities. Contemporary higher ed students are not all walking straight from the doors of their high school to the green lawns of a university campus. Today's students are often young, but many are older. Students may have children or other dependents. They may be working part-time, full-time, or multiple jobs to support themselves and their families. They may be bound by geography or time, and thus unable to access traditional campuses at traditional times. For these reasons, and countless others, many students would be unable to access higher education without the accessibility created by technology.
So we'll be talking higher ed technology and innovation, we'll be talking community colleges, and we'll probably talk some other stuff along the way.
I'll be blogging as I learn. I hope some of what I share is useful to you, or at the very least moderately interesting. I also hope to hear from you as I go, because I'm going to learn from you as well.
Lora
While this blog began as a requirement for my doctoral program, I am personally invested in the topic. Much of my writing here will focus on technology and higher education; specifically, the impact, and disruptive power, of technology on the mired-in-tradition institution that is American higher ed.
I will also spend much of my time on this blog talking about higher ed issues related specifically to community colleges. I am a first-generation college graduate and began my own journey at a community college. In my current professional role as a community college dean, I now get to serve many first-generation college students. I understand personally, and professionally, the impact post-secondary education can have on not just an individual's life, but on the stories of families and entire communities.
In many ways, when we discuss technology in higher education we are also discussing access to higher education. Technology, when employed well, has the power to dramatically increase access to colleges and universities for students who may otherwise be unable to participate in post-secondary opportunities. Contemporary higher ed students are not all walking straight from the doors of their high school to the green lawns of a university campus. Today's students are often young, but many are older. Students may have children or other dependents. They may be working part-time, full-time, or multiple jobs to support themselves and their families. They may be bound by geography or time, and thus unable to access traditional campuses at traditional times. For these reasons, and countless others, many students would be unable to access higher education without the accessibility created by technology.
So we'll be talking higher ed technology and innovation, we'll be talking community colleges, and we'll probably talk some other stuff along the way.
I'll be blogging as I learn. I hope some of what I share is useful to you, or at the very least moderately interesting. I also hope to hear from you as I go, because I'm going to learn from you as well.
Lora
Test... 1,2,3
ReplyDeleteSuccess! Thanks, Tim
DeleteLora,
ReplyDeleteBlogging can enhance and promote reading, writing, comprehension, and communication skills while applying them to a real-world application. Students enhance their reading and writing literacy and strengthen their digital literacy through their interaction with technologies. As they read and write in online forums and interact with other students’ posts, they must think and read critically by sorting and evaluating the information they are receiving. What are your thoughts?
Dr G -
DeleteI believe students can potentially do all those things, but the outcomes are not guaranteed. There is little benefit to reinforcing poor habits or undeveloped skills. Students - especially those who are younger or less experienced writers, critical readers, and critical thinkers -need guidance and an understanding of the standards they will be held to.