The following infographic analyzes 173 college majors and shows the top and bottom 15 unemployment rates along with their rank in popularity. Perhaps more important than UNemployment is UNDERemployment–the notion that college graduates are employed in fields that don’t require a degree. The Accenture 2013 College Graduate Employment Survey [DOWNLOAD HERE] indicates 41% of college…
Category: Educational Change
Flipped Classroom in College (INFOGRAPHIC)
Turning Education Upside down- Upside Down Learning in the Flipped Classroom:
New Game Changer for Higher Education: Minerva Project
I remember many years ago, the Arizona State University complained about students enrolling in their college but never going to class because they’d stay in their dorm rooms and take online courses. At the time, ASU had to reflect on whether this was something that was good or not. Fast forward several years later and…
Educational Technology Requires The New Mind Set
I really like this Haiku ‘deck’ by @connectedtchr I’ve been talking with a lot of educational leaders lately who have ideas of throwing technology (hardware) at students but, lack a vision or inability to articulate a mind set that encompasses the philosophical shift required to move from 19th Century education to 21st Century teaching and…
MBOOC: Massively Boring Open Online Learning
A great article by Todd Tauber The dirty little secret of online learning: Students are bored and dropping out discusses the recent over-hyped and under-completed massive online courses. He offers a couple reasons for their failure and concludes that future IS bright with increased funding and development! Problems Design So why are all these students falling asleep,…
Why Higher Education is Looking for E-Learning Leaders
Distance education used to be about the distance, and now it’s really about the education.” Jean Runyon, dean of learning advancement and the Virtual Campus at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland Why Higher Education is Looking for E-Learning Leaders By Tanya Roscorla (Twitter: reportertanya) Universities and community colleges are looking to hire staff who can help institutions…