My innovation plan started small and confined to a specific learning environment and has evolved into a larger initiative involving multiple collaborators and outcomes. The scope of my innovation plan (IP) has grown beyond my original vision and its primary intent. The work of developing, researching and creating collaborators has been far-ranging and challenging […]
World Wow for CSLE 5313 Discussion 1
I called this post The WOW (World of Wonderment) of CSLE because from my perspective as an educator of 20 years it is a eureka moment. Not because it’s new, but because the concept has a name. As a journalist and teacher, I was exposed to Buck Ryan’s Maestro concept back in the early/mid-90s as a team method for […]
EDLD 5305 Assignment 3 Learning from Leaders
EDLD 5305 Assignment 3 – Learning from Leaders, Malick, S. The Abilene Christian University Main Learning Technology Initiative is impressive in its scope and detail and most resembles what I think we should offer as a campus, but more importantly as a whole – the Department of Communication. The program offers its students a total […]
Local news is where journalism is losing focus, not national coverage
The big journalism void: ‘The real crisis is not technological, it’s geographic’ The Guardian often takes a look at America in a way that American new organizations sometimes overlook. Maybe it’s the fresh perspective of an outsider looking in? Maybe the ethics and values instilled in their reporters see us in a way that we […]
The Importance of an ePortfolio to me
The importance of an ePortfolio to me is pretty simple: It’s a way for me to communicate with me students and other professionals for teaching and networking. I’m involved with many areas of operations at my position at Lamar University. Some responsibilities lay with co-advising the University Press student newspaper and others lay within the […]
My Learning Manifesto
Growth Mindset
A growth mindset sets a mission statement to achieve a goal or objective-oriented plan. It can be applied in a variety of settings for a variety of purposes. The purpose of this plan is to address several need areas for the University Press student newspaper, the Lamar University Department of Communications and for the College […]