My innovation plan started small and confined to a specific learning environment and has evolved into a larger initiative involving multiple collaborators and outcomes. The scope of my innovation plan (IP) has grown beyond my original vision and its primary intent. The work of developing, researching and creating collaborators has been far-ranging and challenging […]
Part A I entered the Digital Learning and Leading program in September 2016 and in EDLD 5302 Dr. Thibodeaux introduced us to the COVA concept and role of ePortfolios for us in the degree. In conversations with Dr. Thibodeaux I explained the innovation ideas I was implementing in my workspace at the University Press (UP). […]
Media studies are an experiential field to students for creating a plethora of published content that can be used to showcase learning and achievement and a means for creating and sustaining a professional identity. There can be several challenges, each unique to a given course, instructor or institution. One challenge, especially when implementing the use […]
ePortfolios in Student Media Practicum Prologue Student media practicum in higher education incorporates communication disciplines including journalism, advertising and public relations across a broad spectrum of authentic and organic applications. A robust organization explores and applies practical usage of techniques involving engagement, interviewing, writing, research, design and technology that is diverse and nuanced as each […]
Professional Learning efficacy requires time, resources for success Professional Learning is ineffective as Gulamhussein writes in her policy report for the Center for Public Education is no-brainer to many teachers – lack of time to learn and implement new strategies. It’s a mantra that every classroom teachers hears and sees if they spend any time teaching students. […]
Editor’s note: My Learning Management system is Course Sites. My course name is Malick, S EDLD 5318 Introduction My innovation plan began in part to document the University Press’ (UP) culture ability to sustain itself through a continuation of practices and relationships over several decades. The challenge is that these relationships are not sustainable because […]
Self-differentiated Leadership Friedman’s “Failure of Nerve” emphasized to me that leadership is about making myself into a “presense” to affect change and become a significant influencer in my own right. Furthermore, I never thought of empathy as an ideology expressed by Friedman, but I can accept the concept as he describes it. I disagree with […]
As an educator, the things I’m most passionate about is discovery. I’m fascinated when students discover a process and use it to further their interests, THEIR passions and how these discoveries can impact other people and events. I’m passionate about information. How it is shared? How it is used and how it is applied in […]