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🚀 What is Product Management? [WORKSHOP] 🚀 Join us at the Center for Corporate Education at VCU to explore the critical intersection of humanities and technology in product management. Facilitated by Prof. Anna Wilson, this workshop focuses on key areas of strategic management and leadership. Learn to utilize common frameworks and processes to take an idea from concept to delivery. Key topics include needs finding, ethical development, problem identification, market analysis, strategy formulation, product development, and lifecycle management. Engage in group work and multimedia materials to enhance your understanding. Participants will also assess a current market product by proposing a new feature or product through a Product Brief, Clickable Wireframes/Prototype, and Development Backlog. #ProductManagement #ProfessionalDevelopment #StrategicManagement #Leadership #VCU #CenterForCorporateEducation #ProductDevelopment #AnnaWilson #Innovation #TechAndHumanities

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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and American Council on Education have partnered to propose two methodologies for achieving a universal measurement of socioeconomic mobility across all American Higher Education Institutions. The importance of accurate data reporting cannot be overstated, as socioeconomic mobility, workforce development, performance-based funding, and student debt discussions revolve around one central concern: student performance and meaningful outcomes. This week, I share summarized insights of the report, and encourage more discussion about the two data systems IPEDS and NSLDS. #HigherEd #Policy

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Many teachers are still resistant to #AI I experiment with ways to open that door Because it’s a tool than can benefit students Lance Eaton had a great quote from a workshop: “If you can find one or more ways that a person can use generative AI that benefits them directly, related to work or not, it will create the space for change in thinking about generative AI in their work. Help folks find their personal use and the rest becomes much clearer.” Make it personal. Then it’s easier to open the door.

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I enjoyed reading this piece and agree that AI can be leveraged to take some of the more laborious work of data crunching off the plates of admissions counselors. After all, most counselors are not trained on data analysis and are not trained on the job to do it well. I also appreciate her take on looking beyond compensation. Looking to compensation for retention/morale issues is situational. Some of the issues we face in admissions regarding the work that counselors do cannot be fixed with compensation or newly (and often unncessary) created mid-manager positions to promote talent. https://lnkd.in/ey5aezaK

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In 2 days on April 25th @ 12:00 PM ET we are hosting a Higher Education webinar on leveraging AI for fundraising efforts led by Olivia Tranfo and Marissa Maybee. Windfall has been building AI solutions for the nonprofit market since 2018 and we're currently running 1,000s of models in parallel for our customers. Learn more about our approach with: - The history of wealth screening at colleges and universities - The pitfalls of legacy data vendors - Using modern wealth data to supercharge fundraising - Harnessing artificial intelligence for action - Real world examples from existing Windfall customers Save your seat by clicking on the link below! #data #webinar #ai #fundraising

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Please check out my colleague Eunhye Flavin, Ph.D.'s latest expert contribution to the field of #STEM #teachereducation!

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✨ NEW from @Educause: 2024 #AI #BreakoutReport: Perceptions of Planning and Readiness In this breakout report, they provide a closer look at #highereducation professionals' sentiments toward their institution's #strategicplanning and readiness, examining similarities and differences based on respondent position and areas of responsibility. By understanding areas of consensus and divergence, #institutionalleaders can better decide how to involve stakeholders in #AIplanning and initiatives and determine what #targetedcommunication and collaborative efforts may be needed as part of this. Read the report: https://ow.ly/kg7r50RmmeM

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K12 Administrators: Looking for a good resource to assess how well your district is using data in decision making? 💡 Check out the Strategic Use of Data Rubric from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University: https://bit.ly/4aEzOCo It's a quick way to find your data strategy grows and glows. 🌱🌟

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The book Kathryn Coffey, PhD and I wrote on using #designthinking and the #InnovatorsCompass to plan innovative K-8 math lessons is now available in paperback! https://a.co/d/5dJe5HV

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Great point Matt Alex Acknowledging that while education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills and the integration of those with ability, it is of value in today’s world to highlight an aspect emphasized by Scott Pulsipher “higher education should primarily serve as a means for helping individuals access opportunities that will lead to a better life for themselves and for their families. “ As one considers initiatives and investments its important to focus students as related to the 6 A’s – Access, Affirmation, Assistance. Affordability, Attainment & Advancement and the key facets of adaptability and agility as well as being accepting of needed change. I discussed these aspects in an article in The EvoLLLution: A Modern Campus Illumination https://lnkd.in/ggZn-e9D

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Better data disaggregation is needed to understand the link between #highered and civic responsibility.

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IES invites applications for two new grant programs for FY 2025 through NCER’s Accelerate, Transform, Scale (ATS) Initiative:   ⚙️ Through the Research Networks Focused on Critical Problems of Education Policy and Practice Grants Program, NCER invites applications for an ATS Initiative Hub. The Hub will serve as a resource center for applicants and grantees in ATS Initiative programs, support the establishment of new ATS Initiative programs, and provide high level support to IES in coordinating existing programs that fall under the ATS Initiative.    🌱 Through the From Seedlings to Scale (S2S) program, IES will invest in innovative products, policies, and processes within an identified focus area through three phases of increasing funding and time duration to support ideas as they grow from seedlings to scalable solutions. For FY2025, IES invites bold thinkers to apply for Phase One projects focused on Seamless Personalized Education Experiences Delivered at Scale (SPEED at Scale).   Applications for both programs are due August 15, 2024. Letters of Intent may be submitted by July 11, 2024. For more information about these research opportunities and the application process, visit the link below.

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Teachers around the globe want to bring climate change content into the conversation about artificial intelligence. That’s why MIT RAISE developed 3 new Day of AI curricula focused on the intersection of data science and climate change. Day of AI offers curricula and activities for K-12 students to prepare them for a world with AI. The program is completely free and accessible to students and teachers of all backgrounds and abilities. Bring Day of AI to your classroom today! Share your AI education ideas and projects using #DayofAI then join MIT RAISE for its Day of AI global celebration on May 13. #MITRaise #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #education #teaching #learning #OnlineLearning #OnlineEducation #ClimateChange #DataScience #sustainability #ClimateAction

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To better understand the current state of affairs and chart a path forward toward an appropriately-sized, inclusive, and equity-centered education R&D infrastructure at the federal, state, and local levels, the Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI) convened three diverse, nonpartisan task forces over the last year to dig into three critical, urgent priorities:  - Strengthening state and local education R&D infrastructure, - Making the education R&D ecosystem more inclusive and  - Expanding and strengthening the role in education R&D of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Each task force produced a policy brief outlining recommendations for their priority area. Read them here: https://lnkd.in/e5dWnRJa

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To better understand the current state of affairs and chart a path forward toward an appropriately-sized, inclusive, and equity-centered education R&D infrastructure at the federal, state, and local levels, the Alliance for Learning Innovation (ALI) convened three diverse, nonpartisan non partisan task forces over the last year to dig into three critical, urgent priorities: ⚫ Strengthening state and local education R&D infrastructure, ⚫ Making the education R&D ecosystem more inclusive and ⚫ Expanding and strengthening the role in education R&D of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). Each task force produced a policy brief outlining recommendations for their priority area. Read them here: https://lnkd.in/e5dWnRJa

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What does the future of education look like with Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the rise? This is a question that Steve Popper, our Chief Academic Officer, and Stanley Buchesky, the Chief Executive Officer of pi-top, explore in one of their latest podcasts. Watch now to learn how Democracy Prep is not only reacting to technological advancements like AI but is also proactively leveraging them to enhance educational delivery, engage with families, and prepare students for a world where AI is ubiquitous.

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