Reading Week Reading

Using the Micro-Meso-Macro-Mega (4M) framework for annual reporting and strategic planning
by Janice Miller-Young  July 25, 2016
https://sotlcanada.wordpress.com/2016/07/25/using-the-micro-meso-macro-mega-4m-framework-for-annual-reporting-and-strategic-planning/

Coming to You Soon: Uber U
In higher education, we are increasingly facing the distinct possibility of a faceless future, teacherless courses, online everything, argues David Theo Goldberg.
By David Theo Goldberg August 12, 2016
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2016/08/12/dangers-uberization-higher-education-essay

15 Technologies That Were Supposed to Change Education Forever
Matt Novak 1/15/14
http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/15-technologies-that-were-supposed-to-change-education-1481232959

Distant and discontent: the downsides of digital learning
Despite many advances, online programmes suffer from technical faults and a dispiriting lack of interaction, as two scholars found
By Matthew Reisz August 18, 2016
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/distant-and-discontent-the-downsides-of-digital-learning

The Unpredictability of Predictive Analytics 2.0
by John O’Brien August 22, 2016
http://er.educause.edu/articles/2016/8/the-unpredictability-of-predictive-analytics-2-0

Imagine Discovering That Your Teaching Assistant Really Is a Robot
Students mostly couldn’t tell ‘Jill Watson’ wasn’t human; ‘Yep!’
By Melissa Korn May 6, 2016
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-your-teacher-sounds-like-a-robot-you-might-be-on-to-something-1462546621

Uber-U is Already Here Powered by Blockchain Technology
Contact North 2016-05-06
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/exploring-future-education/uber-u-already-here

Online tutoring by students raises access fears
By David Matthews  May 11, 2016
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/online-tutoring-students-raises-access-fears

Hiring Experts Still Mostly Boggled by Digital Credentials
By Dian Schaffhauser 05/10/16
https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/05/10/hiring-experts-still-mostly-boggled-by-digital-credentials.aspx

Five ways the lecture halls of 2030 will be different
By Petra Hauptfeld-Göllner September 13, 2016
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/european-association-for-international-education-eaie-conference-2016-five-ways-the-lecture-halls-of-2030-will-be-different