Teaching in Higher Ed

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The environment in which we’re teaching today

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It is staggering to imagine how different the culture and environment is today than when most of us went to school. I remember being in college and watching a friend go ‘on the internet,' which was this cumbersome text-based series of commands that I saw over her shoulder. I thought, “No thanks… I'll stick with my Apple IIe.”

Here's an amazing video from Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University with some other triggers to get us thinking…

What challenges and opportunities do you take away from watching this as a teacher in this environment?

The environment in which we're teaching today

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Studentstoday

It is staggering to imagine how different the culture and environment is today than when most of us went to school. I remember being in college and watching a friend go ‘on the internet,' which was this cumbersome text-based series of commands that I saw over her shoulder. I thought, “No thanks… I'll stick with my Apple IIe.”

Here's an amazing video from Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University with some other triggers to get us thinking…

What challenges and opportunities do you take away from watching this as a teacher in this environment?

Lifelong learning with iTunes U

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As educators, we have even more of a responsibility to keep learning and growing. Apple has unleashed the power of online learning with iTunes University. We all have the opportunity to go to school at Harvard, Stanford, and any of the University of California schools, with only a few clicks of a mouse.

There's just no excuse for not committing at least an hour a week to our lifelong learning goals. We can take the university life with us in our cars, while we exercise, or even when we're waiting…

As John Medina, author of Brain Rules, reminds us:

“One of our best attributes is our ability to explore and learn at any age.”

So get on out there and seize the opportunity to learn with iTunes U.

Let us know what great finds you've discovered on iTunes U in the comments.