ZingerLearns @ZingerLearns@social.cleverlibre.org

@ZingerLearns @JorgeStolfi @TEG @anne_kreft @jocelyn_etienne @academicchatter

This is what we observed with Germany's 50% rule (not allowed to earn more). When I was a PhD (2 decades ago), this boiled down to ~900€ (with 13th month salary), which is (was) enough for having a roof, food etc as a single. With kids, you had to rely on (grand)parents or welfare.

Inherited wealth determines now your academic chances.

My #introduction

Hi! I work in #HigherEducation and am interested in all things related to #FacultyDevelopment, #HigherEd, #education, #teaching, #learning, #OnlineTeaching, #OnlineLearning, #oer, #accessibility, and #edtech.

What Happened to Community College Enrollment During the First Years of the Pandemic? It Depends on the Students’ Age

https://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/easyblog/what-happened-to-community-college-enrollment-depends-students-age.html

#HigherEd

BREAKING: I am reintroducing the SANTOS Act in the 118th Congress in partnership with Rep. Dan Goldman. The bill punishes candidates who lie to voters about their qualifications.

SANTOS stands for Stop Another Non Truthful Office Seeker.

@JorgeStolfi @ZingerLearns @TEG @anne_kreft @jocelyn_etienne @academicchatter

Companies don't put you on unpaid leave while you're training. Neither do sports associations or the tax-financed space (or other) agencies.

Sorry. I fail to see what should be wrong with paying a young researcher a proper salary (+ soc. benef.) rather than to force working night-shifts in McDo or alike just because we also pay for the *further* education.

Which we contientals do. Socialists that we are (yet).

@grimmiges @ZingerLearns @TEG @anne_kreft @jocelyn_etienne @academicchatter

But the STATE also pays the universities and advisors to TRAIN the researchers that the state wants. Just as a company may pay instructors to teach their trainees. Because the univ and advisors are working FOR the students and/or the state. Not the other way around. >>

Sharing some fun news, even if it’s posted from the bird site. https://twitter.com/jla_editorial/status/1613544932844748800?s=46&t=98DVIX4mav1s-IX53mN-vg

Hello everyone in the #fediverse!

A quick #introduction...

My name is Adam Cook and my primary interests include #Robotics, #Manufacturing, #Simulation and #SystemsSafety.

I am also very passionate about #Engineering and #Manufacturing #Education - as such, I am working on a personal project called ManufacturingOpen which I hope to reveal soon.

I recently moved from #Dallas to #Detroit after 4 years - mostly to go #CarFree once again.

Lastly, I am a #CatDad to Tiggy and Benny, as pictured!

It can be better to ask students about what solution can we as an insitution facilitate. It's not just about analysing an issue, but also finding a way out. #shift2023 @academicchatter #education #highered #academia

A (belated) Happy New Year donation to @freemo for ensuring the QOTO world continues to exist. THANK YOU.
This is Moose on New Year's Day - a warm one in New England. He's busy making biscuits as a #CatsOfMastodon rising star. The weekend is on the way - enjoy it!

Look, if companies are going to ask for kids' birthdays, they need to explain WHY they're asking in plain language.

They are inviting suspicion by being mysterious. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/01/12/kid-birth-date-share-tech/

NEW: Listen in to Creative Director @CovingtonEDU on the @divingdeepedu Podcast: https://divingdeepedu.libsyn.com/52-nick-covington #restorehumanity

Nick talks about the mission of HRP, the reasoning for self-direction education within progressive education, and why we must fight for just schools.

In this two part toot on procrastination, as a fellow procratanator I want to help everyone by listing the 4 ways to help you stop procrastinating....

8 Ways to Use QR Codes in Higher Education Classrooms
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2022/8/8-ways-to-use-qr-codes-in-higher-education-classrooms

#edtech #highered

@ZingerLearns @edutooters Yup. That is a good way to put it - it is another (potential) tool in the toolbox.

And, the reality is, ChatGPT exists and will exist when students leave engineering school. No sense in fighting it.

Frankly, and I am seeing positive signs of this, the ideas of embracing creative, real-world (non-textbook) engineering education is increasing in many institutions by necessity.

Embracing more sophisticated tools is an integral part of that!

@ZingerLearns @edutooters
If you take the slide rule, the abacus, and the electronic calculator, you don't need an engineering degree to know which will work underwater with a flat battery.

I haven't tried it but I wouldn't be surprised if #ChatGPT gave you some longwinded explanation about why the slide rule needs batteries and the fish would eat the abacus.

It's almost useless for facts and openai openly admits it.

@grimmiges @ZingerLearns @TEG @anne_kreft @jocelyn_etienne @academicchatter

Again: a sensible STATE wants to have good researchers, just as it wants to have good MDs and engineers. That is why a sensible STATE pays students to sustain themselves while they TRAIN to become researchers. Just as a company that needs skilled employees MAY hire and pay trainees while they learn the needed skills. >>

@ZingerLearns absolutely. These critical literacy skills are going to be so heightened in importance now. Lots of work for us in education!