Resources Links for Workshop on ‘ Leadership in Education’
General Resources on Educational Leadership:
1. The Sabre Tooth Curriculum ; An article about the need for curriculum change:
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/preser/sec/articles/sabertooth.html
2. The Dragon Slayer Curriculum: Every Curriculum tells a Story ; http://www.socraticarts.com/docs/SCCwhitepaper.pdf
3. Declining by Degrees ; http://www.economist.com/node/16941775
4. University Challenge ; http://www.economist.com/node/21541398
5. Singularity University ; http://www.singularityu.org
6. Blue Ocean Strategy by W Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne ; http://www.strategicmanagement.ir/portal/files/articles/eBooks/BlueOceanStrategy.pdf
7. Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen ; http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ECR0903.pdf
8. The Innovative University by Clayton Christensen ; http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Programs_and_Services&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=40357
9. Universities in National Innovation Systems: http://innovate.ucsb.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Mowery-Sampat-Univ-National-Innovation-Systems.pdf
10. The past, present and future of research Universities :
Session Specific resources:
Session 1: 10:00 am to 11:00 am : Global Challenges in Education
* The drive towards inclusive education and MDGs
What are MDGs? : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Development_Goals
Eight reasons why education is necessary to achieve the Millenium Development Goals : http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-all/education-and-the-mdgs/eight-reasons-to-achieve-the-mdgs/
* Education as readiness for the future : 2050?
Is education’s past, it’s 2050 prologue? http://institutionalperformance.typepad.com/WHG/Is%20Education’s%20Past%20Its%202050%20Prologue.pdf
The 20 qualities of an educated person : http://www.thatmom.com/2009/09/16/the-20-qualities-of-an-educated-person/
* The College is dead : Long live College
An article in Time Magazine : http://nation.time.com/2012/10/18/college-is-dead-long-live-college/
Reinventing College: An article in Time Magazine : http://nation.time.com/2012/10/18/reinventing-college/
* Educational Measurements, Learning Metrics and Learning Analytics
Terms of reference for UNESCOs Task force on Learning Metrics: http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Centers/universal%20education/learning%20metrics%20task%20force/LMTF_ToR_24092012.pdf
An infographics that explains Learning Analytics in one page : http://visual.ly/learning-analytics
This is a page with links to several youtube videos that explain ‘ learning Analytics’:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=learning+analytics+on+youtube&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
Learning Analytics: Definitions, Processes and Potential : http://learninganalytics.net/LearningAnalyticsDefinitionsProcessesPotential.pdf
Break 11:00 to 11:15
Session 2: 11:15 to 12:15 pm : Technology Driven Educational Disruption
* Recent and emerging Technologies that impact education
The Horizon report 2012: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/hr2012.pdf
The Horizon report 2013: http://www.nmc.org/system/files/pubs/1359993875/2013-horizon-report-HE.pdf
* MOOCs and the classroom for 10,000 students
A Wikipedia comprehensive article on MOOCs : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course
* Deploying Tablets and Smartphones for Education
Mobile Education Status Report: http://www.gsma.com/connectedliving/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/landscape110811interactive.pdf
Transforming learning through mEducation: http://g3ict.org/download/p/fileId_910/productId_224
* Mobile Apps and their implications for education
Learning : is their an app for that? : http://pbskids.org/read/files/cooney_learning_apps.pdf
Session 3: 12:15 to 1:15pm : Leadership through Innovation
* Innovation : Incremental and Disruptive
The pros and cons of incremental and disruptive education : http://creativity.atwork-network.com/2011/12/12/disruptive-versus-incremental-innovation-pros-and-cons/
* How disruptive innovation helps ?
Disruptive innovation in the classroom: http://thejournal.com/articles/2010/01/21/disruptive-innovation-in-the-classroom.aspx?m=2
* Disrupting Class
Will online learning disrupt class? http://www.educ.msu.edu/epfp/meet/11_17_08files/KeepingPace_2008_extract.pdf
* The Independent Educator and the Entrepreneurial University
* Towards the Entrepreneurial University : https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/articles/gibb_hannon.pdf
Lunch 1:15 pm to 2:00 pm
Session 4: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm : Open Education Resource Movement
* The origins of the OER movement
*. UNESCO declaration on OER ( June 2012)
*. The OER University
*. Leveraging the OER Opportunity
Open Education Resource Movement
* The origins of the OER movement : http://www.meaningprocessing.com/personalPages/tuomi/articles/OpenEducationalResources_OECDreport.pdf
* UNESCO declaration on OER ( June 2012):http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf
* The OER University: http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home
* Leveraging the OER Opportunity : http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/Hewlett_OER_report.pdf
* Open Education Resources: An Asian perspective : http://www.col.org/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=http://www.col.org/PublicationDocuments/pub_PS_OER_Asia_web.pdf
Break 3:00 to 3:15 pm
Session 5:3:15pm to 5:00pm: Activity and Assessment for Certification
* There will be a short test of about 20 minutes requiring brief open ended responses and expression of opinions and ideas for coping with educational leadership challenges. No multiple choice questions.
* All participants will be required to do a longer task, requiring about and hour, that will involve developing a plan for responding to specific instances of change.
* The last few minutes would be for wrapping up and closing the workshop.
