Kentucky fast food

Ok can't seem to get away from the food imagery. Here at Presidium and a few minutes to kill so catching up with my blog homework. Haven't got my notes so thought I'd pick up a few of the DF issues that have emerged from the sessions overall. Firstly that DF is being mentioned repeatedly and is definitely on the radar over here. Critical thinking is the area that most are focusing on - particularly around the net gen student.
There are also lots of examples of collaboration across the support services, recognising that the DF agenda has to be multi agency. Much mention of creating learning hubs type environments for academic/staff and support to come together - those I've seen are at the early stages, eg George Mason University Learning Hub (open 2 weeks) - and interestingly they wanted to call it the DF hub but no one connected with that term.
Possibly the most common dilemna under discussion is how to engage academics. Virginia State University have just done the ELI survey on use of technology with their academics and their students and shared some really scary results about how little their staff are using any technology both in their personal life or their academic and that was just the staff who felt it mattered enough to complete the survey (about 8% if I remember correctly) so the true picture may be considerably worse.
Indian University did a session on a new teaching cert for academics on Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, the bar seemed to be set fairly low - requiring one semester of teaching using the CMS and reflecting on it, observing and dicussing an experienced academic using technology effectively in a class and attending at least 6 LTA type seminars run by faculty or centrally. However, I went straight from that session to one of the student showcase things and there was a student from Indiana, showing a video about students experience of technology in the curriculum at Indiana and the only two things repeatedly mentioned were Powerpoint and very occassionally video. Needless to say the staff doing the presentation upstairs had not been aware of the student stuff going on downstairs initially.
Talking of student video the DF event planners may be pleased to hear that not only is Chuck D from University of Central Florida going to contribute to our YouTube but he has also promised to get his students to talk about their experience of DF too - if he delivers then he may well supplant GBA as my fave Deity.