This wonderful piece was written by Milas Page - it is inspiring, it is true and it's what's is happening to many people as a result of interacting in social media.
The author talks about the "social mindset" connecting as human beings is what gets you in the door......
Here are some highlights:
**The Social Mindset sees the value in collaboration
**The Social Mindset cares about others – be it your customers, your employees, or your partners
**The Social Mindset lays the groundwork for the importance of listening
**The Social Mindset leads you to realize you can help – therefore makes you open to helping when an opportunity arises
**The Social Mindset surrounds you with positive thinking and empowers you to realize you can make a change
What's the point, she asks? I'm quoting Milas because I couldn't have said it better..........
An interaction like the she refers to in this piece is between her and another person whom in the past she would have closed the door but social media has made her see people in a different light.
"Tirelessly one door at a time, trying to activate communities. Now an interaction like that can not only reach me, it can reach you.
Messages amplified, reach expanding.Making the human connection is what get’s you in the door."
** "Then think about the implications this has in our world, I believe it has many and it’s a good thing. Companies and people who embrace social as a mindset will change this world, one person – one cause, one workplace at a time"
How has it changed you?
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Curation, Social Business and Beyond"
I've been experimenting with Trustcloud for a month or so. I have some reservations (the tech is occassionally flaky) but I am interested in their underlying concept.
There are many advantages for creating a digital infrastructure for certificates, but the stakes are high since such a system could grow to represent our professional reputations. We need to be thoughtful about its design, and the type of institutions we trust to govern it.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
The MIT Media Lab is exploring blockchain encrypted certificates.
We live in a society where online searches tend to influence – if not drive – many of our decisions. If we are looking for a good doctor in the area, a potential vacation spot, or advice on what electronics to purchase this holiday season, we will perform searches using our phone, tablet, or computer. It is so easy and has become almost second-nature. That said, we don’t just look up inanimate objects and places – we look up individuals all the time.
Sylvia van de Bunt-Kokhuis, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Nabil Sultan, Liverpool Hope University, United Kingdom
Abstract
The digitalisation of educational communities has increased rapidly in the last decade. Modern technologies transform the way educational leaders such as teachers, tutors, deans and supervisors view and manage their educational communities. More often, educational leaders offer a variety of gateways, guiding the e-learners in their search for finding and understanding information. A new type of leader is required for understanding the needs and requirements of geographically dispersed e-learners. This calls for a compassioned kind of leader, able to reconcile the dilemma of high-tech versus hi-touch in the online classroom. This article examines servant-leadership and its implications for e-learning in the 24/7 classroom where community building is key.
The role of the teacher in online education is often described as the guide on the side, rather than the sage on the stage. Servant leadership concepts bring nuance and depth to the role of guide or facilitator.
In this article the authors stake out promising new ground for research. "In literature (amongst others Greenleaf, 1977 and 1991; Keith, 2011; Nuijten, 2009; Trompenaars and Voerman, 2009; Sarayrah, 2004; Vargas and Hanlon, 2007 and Spears, 2000) servant-leadership qualities can be found like listening, forgiveness, empathy, humility, care for people and the organization, healing of relationships, awareness, persuasion, courage, giving feedback, conceptualization, foresight, stewardship, authenticity, commitment to the growth and empowerment of others and building community. Teachers with some or more of these servant-leadership (high-touch) qualities can make the difference in the e-learning environment. In the (high-tech) online classroom the teacher, more than ever before, needs to be qualified to amongst others listen, care for the e-learners, encourage awareness raising, give feedback and, last but not least, build a vivid learning community. This calls for a compassioned kind of educational leader, able to connect high-tech (technology mediated learning, multimedia infrastructure) opportunities with hi-touch (contact, human interaction, commitment to the growth of others, etc.) opportunities in the online classroom."
van de Bunt-Kokhuis, S., & Sultan, N. (2012). Servant-leadership: the Online Way! E-learning where community building is key. [Electronic version]. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning, 2012/1.
Abstract: Social networking, via Facebook, Linked-In, Pinterest, Google+, etc., has transformed how hiring authorities tasked with filling entry level positions are able to learn about prospective employees. This presentation is designed to (1) provide frameworks and avenues for young adults to highlight and to publish personal information and attributes from a professional and values-based center and (2) to give human resource professionals the capacity to screen applicants and to potentially avoid costly negligent hiring decisions.
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Here's a brief overview of a presentation I did with Annette Schmeling for the Jon C. Dalton Institute. Working with Annette was one of the highlights of my career.
Are you looking to work toward a cause you believe in while gaining new skills? LinkedIn's new Volunteer Marketplace might help you find your next volunteer opportunity!
LinkedIn launched a new marketplace which user can use internet to volunteer their skills and times.as many professionals to seek cooperation with non-profit organizations, many companies are looking for professionals who work for them, without any profit at the same time.
Linked-in has joined hands with some other organisations to help people to get on a platform where they can volunteer themselves, specially the people who are free sitting at home parents or even students. They also seek partnerships with professionals, so they can through skilled volunteers to help them achieve their goal.
There's been an explosion of collaborative consumption -- web-powered sharing of cars, apartments, skills. Rachel Botsman explores the currency that makes systems like Airbnb and Taskrabbit work: trust, influence, and what she calls "reputation capital."
Teaching Information Fluency: How to Teach Students to Be Efficient, Ethical, and Critical Information Consumers [Carl Heine, Dennis O'Connor] on Amazon.com. *FREE* super saver shipping on qualifying offers.
I've been working on this book with Carl Heine for about a year. Carl has certainly carried most of the water on this effort. We tried to distill all we've learned from more than a decade of research and curriculum development with the 21st Century Information Fluency Project at http://21cif.com
Some excellent lesson plans for teaching digital footprint by Scott Hibberson. Includes how your digital footprint can affect employability, your Facebook footprint, making a good impression online and the Google yourself challenge.
I’m not a lover of jigsaws, it has to be said. Mainly because I’m not very good at them, but the jigsaw analogy for your digital identity is an apt one...
Learn how social media is changing pre-hiring practices as well as employee monitoring.
Explore strategies and guidelines to develop and protect your digital reputation as an educator, trainer, or instructional designer, while still enjoying the benefits of popular social media tools such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google+.
Here's Karen Franker's fine newsletter on the topic of social media and online reputation. As an online instructor, you'll need to live in an electronic fishbowl. Prepare for transparency by learning to manage your digital footprint.
Networking and communicating via social media should be second nature for an online teacher. Understand the tools of the trade by reviewing the rich resources in this newletter! ~ Dennis
I recently attended Nesta’s FutureFest event in London. It was a heady mix of everything related to what’s next: from food to technology to economics to politics. What really caught my attention, however, was the way in which one particular innovation seemed to have captured the imagination of people across various sectors. That technology is the blockchain. Bear with me. Some of this will have to be slightly technical in order to get across the point I want to make about credentialing. First, I’ll explain in broad brushstrokes how the blockchain is currently used to underpin Bitcoin, the ‘cryptocurrency’ you’ve
Dennis T OConnor's insight:
Some thinking and speculation on the future of certification.
Musing on how to use the 'unbreakable' encryption of blockchain to store and share professional credentials/certificates. Worth thinking about. Tamperproof badges?
An incubation project by the Media Lab Learning Initiative and Learning Machine that builds an ecosystem for creating, sharing, and verifying blockchain-based educational certificates. Digital certificates are registered on the Bitcoin blockchain, cryptographically signed, and tamper proof. All code is open-source and we invite feedback, contributions, and general discussion.
Here's the open source code from the MIT Media Lab for the Digital Certificates Project. Can blockchain change the way academic institutions issue and verify degrees, certificates, transcripts etc?
Getting a job is difficult, but it’s a well known fact that social media can make it an easier task.
Here is the ultimate guide to using social for getting a job, by CIPHR.
Takeaways:93% of recruiters will search for social media profiles during the interview process.When using Instagram, make sure you profile is professional, generate high quality content and network.On Facebook – clean up your profile, connect and network
The good news: recruiters use LinkedIn to find candidates for jobs. The bad news: there are 260 million LinkedIn profiles out there, making it rather difficult
My keynote for the latest ZF Digital '13 Conference. Online Reputation Management on Steroids. Reputation is Your Brand's Treasure. Your Main Asset. Reputation
Addressing digital citizenship with the “Digital Citizenship Survival Kit”. GUEST COLUMN | by Craig Badura It's a simple little prop I use when teaching Digital Citizenship to our pK-12 Aurora Hus...
When the small-town adventurer sets out for a new life and hops off the bus in the big, bad city, callous predators come out to prowl, waiting to take advantage of his inexperience.
Reputation management still remains the domain of companies that provide in-house services to monitor and manage the reputation of businesses and individuals.
There are many jobs to choose from within education, and a deep need for excellent people. This guide to the (not always simple) landscape of education careers should help you navigate the field and find the place where you fit best.
I was born to teach. That's just what I did for 25 years in public school classrooms. When the flame flickered and I felt the burnout I switched to online teaching, research, and a dash of entreprenuership. I'm an educator for ever. This article will help those of you looking for your place in the picture.
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" If you don't manage your online reputation someone else might do it for you, and you may not like the results."
Good Point! This article has really made me think about what my online reputation is and looks like. Here is a summary of the 5 easy steps to getting known on the internet and keeping a good reputation while doing so:
1. Asses your current reputation - search for yourself online
2. Identify the changes needed - anything negative needs to be deleted or pushed down in the search results
3. Determine your best areans - publish more content on the places you are most popular, you will hsve the most influence there.
4. Decide what type of content and topics you will publish about to promote the reputation you want to builld.
5. Start building - Publish and promote valuable content. Track your reputation by measuring and mointoring the success of your publishing and modify and make changes as necessary
"In discussions about contemplative pedagogy a great deal of attention has been devoted to practical applications of mindfulness in the classroom (what we might call “mindfulness-based pedagogy”). The tendency in this approach is to view mindfulness as a type of technology that can be used to enhance the quality and effectiveness of the teaching and learning experience.
"While there are many wonderful benefits of this approach, it generally abstracts mindfulness from its historical roots as a practice aimed at moral and spiritual development. The purpose of this presentation is to recover the value of traditional meditation practice as a means of cultivating the capacities or virtues characteristic of the mindful teacher."
Looks like a great resource. I liken getting kids to understand their digital footprint to getting them to understand the choices they make now, affects the direction their life will go later. Definitely a tough lesson to learn and teach! we need all the help we can get! :)
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