Talk description: Education technology entrepreneurs frequently boast about the great insights about learning they are able to glean, thanks to the "unprecedented amounts" of data they're collecting from their users. Every keystroke. Every click. Every pause and rewind in a video lecture. Every homework submission. Every forum post. The promise of all the data gathering and data mining: better teaching and learning through technology. And perhaps we will see education transformed. But the claims about "big data" and education echo those made by the tech industry in general, and there is incredible investor interest in this story -- in funding data science oriented startups. This presentation will examine "student data as the new oil" -- the metaphor and the money behind education data and learning analytics as seen in MOOCs and other education technologies.
Audrey Watters, a leading freelance writer in the education field and author of the blog Hack Education, will present a talk entitled “(Student) Data is the New Oil: MOOCs, Metaphor, and Money.” The event is free and open to members of the Columbia community with a valid University ID.
October 16, 2013
3 pm to 4 pm
Columbia University Morningside Campus 203 Butler Library
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events. Show all posts
Friday, October 11, 2013
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Summer Update
Greetings from the Education Collaborative! We hope that everyone is having a great summer. We are very anxious to get started on planning for the upcoming school year. Having learned more about SIPA students' interests in education from our survey last spring (see results here), we are excited to plan events related to a diverse range of education issues. We are also looking forward to working with SIPA administrators and professors to incorporate education-related issues more fully into the SIPA curriculum. It is going to be an exciting year!
Here are a few things to look forward to:
1) We will be having weekly meeting this coming semester, dates and locations TBA. In the meantime, if you have any ideas for events or other initiatives that you would like the Education Collaborative to pursue, please be in touch! Email Sarah Begeman at shb2129@columbia.edu with any and all ideas.
2) If you know of other student groups or organizations from around Columbia or elsewhere in New York who may be interested in collaborating with us for events, networking, or other initiatives, please let us know!
3) We are very excited to grow our network by welcoming in new students! We will be present at the SIPA Student Group Fair on Thursday, August 29 from 6-8:30 pm on Ancell Plaza (between the International Affairs and Law School buildings). Representatives from the Education Collaborative will be there to answer questions and welcome new students!
4) Current students- as you are thinking about what courses to take this coming semester, remember to check out our Education Course Listings, which list education-related courses from around Columbia.
Enjoy the rest of the summer, and we'll see you in the fall!
-The Education Collaborative Board
Here are a few things to look forward to:
1) We will be having weekly meeting this coming semester, dates and locations TBA. In the meantime, if you have any ideas for events or other initiatives that you would like the Education Collaborative to pursue, please be in touch! Email Sarah Begeman at shb2129@columbia.edu with any and all ideas.
2) If you know of other student groups or organizations from around Columbia or elsewhere in New York who may be interested in collaborating with us for events, networking, or other initiatives, please let us know!
3) We are very excited to grow our network by welcoming in new students! We will be present at the SIPA Student Group Fair on Thursday, August 29 from 6-8:30 pm on Ancell Plaza (between the International Affairs and Law School buildings). Representatives from the Education Collaborative will be there to answer questions and welcome new students!
4) Current students- as you are thinking about what courses to take this coming semester, remember to check out our Education Course Listings, which list education-related courses from around Columbia.
Enjoy the rest of the summer, and we'll see you in the fall!
-The Education Collaborative Board
Friday, November 30, 2012
Follow up: Internship Panel
The Education Collaborative hosted an internship panel last November 29th. SIPA second year students discussed how they engaged in the internship search process, their experiences in
their diverse positions, and their advice on how to find a great
internship. In the picture, the panelists (from left to right):
- Jason Shaad (Uncommon Schools)
- Kia Higgins (The After School Corporation)
- Carly Roberts (Newark Trust for Education)
- Pablo Alfaro (The World Bank)
- Cory Fox (The DREAM Project, Dominican Republic)
- Nora Zenzcak (Early Childhood Development work in the Millennium Village Project, Rwanda)
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Education Internship Panel
Thursday Nov. 29th
IAB 411, Columbia University
RSVP in Facebook event
Do you care about global education issues?
Are you interested in an internship in the education sector?
Then join the Education Collaborative for an internship panel featuring current SIPA students who have held domestic and international internships in the education field. Panelists will discuss how they engaged in the internship search process, their experiences in their diverse positions, and their advice on how to find a great internship.
Refreshments will be served!
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Friday, November 9, 2012
Follow up: Education Reforms in New York City- An Insider's View
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| Jim Liebman and Martin Kurzweil |
Thank you very much to Jim Liebman and Martin Kurzweil for their interesting insights regarding the accountability reforms in the city of New York on our event last Thursday (November 8th). We reviewed the Department of Education framework of bottom-up accountability, the progress reports, and discussed the main outcomes of the reform. Since accountability policies are currently such a strong trend, as Ed Collaborative we look forward to continue the conversation in future events.
Video recording available on Youtube, click on Read More below.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Event: Education Reforms in New York City- An Insider's View
Room TBD, International Affairs Building
Interested in K-12 public education reform?
What about school accountability initiatives in New York City?
Come join the Ed Collaborative as we get an insider's perspective on how data-driven accountability reforms were implemented in New York City. Jim Liebman, former Chief Accountability Officer of New York City's Department of Education and professor at Columbia Law School, will let us know what went on behind the scenes, and share his current view on the progress and impact of the reform.
Pizza will be served!
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Opportunities in International Educational Development: Envisioning Your Future as a Young Professional
Friday April 13th, 2012 | Grace Dodge Hall 179 | Teachers College, Columbia University
The Society for International Education at Teachers College, Education Collaborative at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and International Education Student Board at New York University invite you to this conference.
Check the agenda and RSVP here.
The Society for International Education at Teachers College, Education Collaborative at the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), and International Education Student Board at New York University invite you to this conference.
Check the agenda and RSVP here.
Follow up: Brown Bag | Education: Fostering Change or Protecting the Status Quo?
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| Professor Ginsburg |
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| Professor Urquiola |
Check the papers that the professors shared with us and the pictures of the event here.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Event: Job opportunities @New York City Department of Education, March 22nd
Want to hear about job opportunities (full-time, part-time, and internships) at the New York City Department of Education? Or just learn more about their work?
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Next meeting: Tuesday, February 28
Remember our next meeting: Tuesday, February 28 at 7pm in the Group Study Area in Lehman Library.
Preliminary agenda:
I. Updates: Outreach, Academics, Joint events
A. Outreach emails
II. Planning a Brown Bag
III. Setting a date for a Happy Hour
A. Who to invite
IV. Next steps to create a Digest
V. Open-ended questions:
A. Do we want an advisor?
B. Opening up membership to SIPA (and beyond) community?
Monday, February 13, 2012
Meetings Spring 2012
The next meeting is this coming Monday, February 13th at 8pm. The future meetings are listed below:
Tuesday, February 28 at 7pm
Tuesday, March 20 at 7pm
Monday, April 2 at 8pm
Monday, April 16 at 8pm
Tuesday, February 28 at 7pm
Tuesday, March 20 at 7pm
Monday, April 2 at 8pm
Monday, April 16 at 8pm
For now, we'll continue to meet in the Group Study Area in Lehman Library on the 3rd floor of the SIPA building.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Education Task Force Planning Meeting v2.0 @Lehman study group
Hi, SIPA Education Task Force members,
Based on the information on our Doodle, finally we will meet this Monday Dec 12th, 1pm-3pm. We are going to meet at Lehman Study Group, because we didn't have enough time for scheduling a room for the meeting.
If you can come to the meeting, but you can't stay the whole two hours, it's ok!
See you there!
Pablo
Based on the information on our Doodle, finally we will meet this Monday Dec 12th, 1pm-3pm. We are going to meet at Lehman Study Group, because we didn't have enough time for scheduling a room for the meeting.
If you can come to the meeting, but you can't stay the whole two hours, it's ok!
See you there!
Pablo
Friday, December 9, 2011
Education Task Force Planning Meeting v2.0
Hi, SIPA Education Task Force members!
We had a great meeting today, planning the mission/ambition of the group, discussing our focus. Many things were part of the discussion: how to build a SIPA community with focus on education, including professors and students? how to collaborate with TC students and professors? what are the next steps? activities? dual degree?
Since there was a lot to be discussed, we decided to schedule a second meeting to continue the conversation. Paraphrasing what Cory said in a previous mail: these are incredibly busy days, but if you have strong feelings about the direction this group should take, we hope you'll be there!
If you are interested, please tell us when you are available, and we'll try to find a slot that works for everyone:
http://www.doodle.com/
Cheers,
Pablo
We had a great meeting today, planning the mission/ambition of the group, discussing our focus. Many things were part of the discussion: how to build a SIPA community with focus on education, including professors and students? how to collaborate with TC students and professors? what are the next steps? activities? dual degree?
Since there was a lot to be discussed, we decided to schedule a second meeting to continue the conversation. Paraphrasing what Cory said in a previous mail: these are incredibly busy days, but if you have strong feelings about the direction this group should take, we hope you'll be there!
If you are interested, please tell us when you are available, and we'll try to find a slot that works for everyone:
http://www.doodle.com/
Cheers,
Pablo
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Update: Education Task Force Planning Meeting Thurs 12/8, room 902
Hi All,
The room has been cleared so we will be meeting in room 902 IAB for on Thursday December 8th from 1-2 p.m.I
know its an INCREDIBLY busy week, but if you have strong feelings about
the direction this group should take, I hope you will be there!
Cory
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Education Task Force Planning Meeting
Hi All,
We will be having a group planning meeting on Thursday, December 8th at 1pm in a room soon to be announced. We have realized that getting people together and seeing what happens organically has worked really well for resource and information sharing and great conversation, but not as well for the formation of the kind of goal and action oriented group that we know is possible.
Thus, this meeting is designed to be a focused, decision making meeting with clear objectives to be accomplished in the hour that we'll have. By the end of the meeting we want to have come to conclusions about: the name of the group, the purpose of the group, the posts that will be held and who will hold them, and the activities that are really feasible for us to fully pursue 2nd semester (panels, volunteering, research, networking, etc), the people who will be responsible for those activities, the end of year goals that each activity will have, and a plan for following through on those goals as a group when we get back to campus in January. The thinking behind this is that we need to make these kinds of decisions in order to give structure and function to the group and create a group identity and atmosphere of shared responsibility. Our hope is that this will allow the group to really hit the ground running next semester ready to have some serious impact on SIPA and the surrounding community.
If you would like to help make these important decisions that will shape the group and/or are really interested in holding a post or leading an activity for at least 2nd semester, please, please come to the meeting. If you're more interested in the kind of get-your-hands-dirty education work and not really the background planning for the large group, you are still more than welcome to come, but we will not be designing specific activities or talking about logistics of activities at this meeting.
If you can't make the meeting, but still want to have some impact on what we decide and/or want to fill a post or lead an activity, please email me and we will collect and share your opinions and leadership intents at the meeting.
Finally, I know this week is busy and I'm really sorry we didn't get our act together to plan this important meeting until now. BUT, that is why it is so important that we have all opinionated, enthusiastic planners at the meeting- to give the group the kind of structure it will need to make sure this doesn't happen again!
Sorry for the long email, hope you all have a great weekend!
Cory
We will be having a group planning meeting on Thursday, December 8th at 1pm in a room soon to be announced. We have realized that getting people together and seeing what happens organically has worked really well for resource and information sharing and great conversation, but not as well for the formation of the kind of goal and action oriented group that we know is possible.
Thus, this meeting is designed to be a focused, decision making meeting with clear objectives to be accomplished in the hour that we'll have. By the end of the meeting we want to have come to conclusions about: the name of the group, the purpose of the group, the posts that will be held and who will hold them, and the activities that are really feasible for us to fully pursue 2nd semester (panels, volunteering, research, networking, etc), the people who will be responsible for those activities, the end of year goals that each activity will have, and a plan for following through on those goals as a group when we get back to campus in January. The thinking behind this is that we need to make these kinds of decisions in order to give structure and function to the group and create a group identity and atmosphere of shared responsibility. Our hope is that this will allow the group to really hit the ground running next semester ready to have some serious impact on SIPA and the surrounding community.
If you would like to help make these important decisions that will shape the group and/or are really interested in holding a post or leading an activity for at least 2nd semester, please, please come to the meeting. If you're more interested in the kind of get-your-hands-dirty education work and not really the background planning for the large group, you are still more than welcome to come, but we will not be designing specific activities or talking about logistics of activities at this meeting.
If you can't make the meeting, but still want to have some impact on what we decide and/or want to fill a post or lead an activity, please email me and we will collect and share your opinions and leadership intents at the meeting.
Finally, I know this week is busy and I'm really sorry we didn't get our act together to plan this important meeting until now. BUT, that is why it is so important that we have all opinionated, enthusiastic planners at the meeting- to give the group the kind of structure it will need to make sure this doesn't happen again!
Sorry for the long email, hope you all have a great weekend!
Cory
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
TODAY Tuesday 29th - Chilean student leader @SIPA
Hi all!
(you are receiving this email because you are in the SIPA Education group contact list @ http://bit.ly/sipaed)
Sorry about the late notice, but I just got this information.
Giorgio Jackson, one of the key leaders of the recent student movement in Chile, will be today Tuesday 29th at SIPA. He was President of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad Católica de Chile (FEUC) in 2011 (one of the main Chilean universities) and speaker for Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile (CONFECH).
WHEN: 7pm, Tuesday, November 29th
WHERE: SIPA, Room 801
The event will be in Spanish
It will be a roundtable, and he will be talking about the student movement and protests of this year in Chile. Since I am from Chile, I can tell you that these have been probably the most important protests since we got our democracy back in 1988.
Al Jazeera interview: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/09/201192955515178596.html
Info about the protests: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Chilean_protests
Please RSVP at paupachecoflanagan at gmail.com if you plan to attend.
SPACE IS LIMITED.
Best,
Pablo
Sorry about the late notice, but I just got this information.
Giorgio Jackson, one of the key leaders of the recent student movement in Chile, will be today Tuesday 29th at SIPA. He was President of the Federación de Estudiantes de la Universidad Católica de Chile (FEUC) in 2011 (one of the main Chilean universities) and speaker for Confederación de Estudiantes de Chile (CONFECH).
WHEN: 7pm, Tuesday, November 29th
WHERE: SIPA, Room 801
The event will be in Spanish
It will be a roundtable, and he will be talking about the student movement and protests of this year in Chile. Since I am from Chile, I can tell you that these have been probably the most important protests since we got our democracy back in 1988.
Al Jazeera interview: http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2011/09/201192955515178596.html
Info about the protests: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Chilean_protests
Please RSVP at paupachecoflanagan at gmail.com if you plan to attend.
SPACE IS LIMITED.
Best,
Pablo
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Reminder: EDUCATION HAPPY HOUR TODAY, 6:30-8:30
Hi Everyone,
This is just a reminder to everyone who was at the first meeting of the Education Task Force that we have an EDUCATION HAPPY HOUR TODAY AT 6:30 at Haakon's Hall (on Amsterdam). Even if you can't stay very long, or you can only get there at 8:00, it would be great to see you there - we don't want to lose momentum and we're hoping to be able to figure out what people want from the group, what people think is feasible for themselves in terms of participation in the group, and what the group's next steps are going to be! Please make it out if you can - sorry I didn't send this reminder earlier!
Looking forward to seeing you soon!!
Cory
This is just a reminder to everyone who was at the first meeting of the Education Task Force that we have an EDUCATION HAPPY HOUR TODAY AT 6:30 at Haakon's Hall (on Amsterdam). Even if you can't stay very long, or you can only get there at 8:00, it would be great to see you there - we don't want to lose momentum and we're hoping to be able to figure out what people want from the group, what people think is feasible for themselves in terms of participation in the group, and what the group's next steps are going to be! Please make it out if you can - sorry I didn't send this reminder earlier!
Looking forward to seeing you soon!!
Cory
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
SIPA Education group - Invitation to workshop / Monday 24th, 9:50 @501B IAB
Hi education group members!
How are the midterms / projects going? I hope everything is going well!
We would like to invite you to a short workshop for planning our activities and projects for this term.
When: Monday 24th, 9:50 - 10:50
Where: 501B IAB
Last meeting we created several teams, and we would like to invite you to use this space to meet with your team and define your activities / projects. If you weren't able to attend last meeting, you can join this workshop, join a team and propose your ideas! The objective of the workshop is to define one, two or three (or more) initiatives for each team. The teams are: Networking, Learning, Communications, Future of the Group, Research, In the field.
We know these are days with a lot of things to do, but still it seems it is a good idea to meet: 1) it is important to define activities and projects for getting funding and starting some of them this term 2) it is always relaxing to discuss about education ideas/projects with cool/interesting people like us :)
The next step, after the workshop, will be a meeting with enough time and food (hopefully) for presenting the initiatives created by the teams in the workshop and for agreeing the group priorities/focuses. It will be also the opportunity for getting to know each other a little more!
Best,
P.
How are the midterms / projects going? I hope everything is going well!
We would like to invite you to a short workshop for planning our activities and projects for this term.
When: Monday 24th, 9:50 - 10:50
Where: 501B IAB
Last meeting we created several teams, and we would like to invite you to use this space to meet with your team and define your activities / projects. If you weren't able to attend last meeting, you can join this workshop, join a team and propose your ideas! The objective of the workshop is to define one, two or three (or more) initiatives for each team. The teams are: Networking, Learning, Communications, Future of the Group, Research, In the field.
We know these are days with a lot of things to do, but still it seems it is a good idea to meet: 1) it is important to define activities and projects for getting funding and starting some of them this term 2) it is always relaxing to discuss about education ideas/projects with cool/interesting people like us :)
The next step, after the workshop, will be a meeting with enough time and food (hopefully) for presenting the initiatives created by the teams in the workshop and for agreeing the group priorities/focuses. It will be also the opportunity for getting to know each other a little more!
Best,
P.
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