CUNY Academic Commons | Bruce Rosenbloom | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/brucelr/activity/ Activity feed for Bruce Rosenbloom. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 6a7dcce17fac4923ed4a4e86dd8f378d Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning a Life https://envisioning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=4 Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:22:42 -0500 “Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It happens gradually. You’ve taken your work to the highest level you can and feel […]

]]> 5fb904d1f0306b7091b59baecc5eac14 Bruce Rosenbloom's profile was updated https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/736363/ Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:42:14 -0500 28bdb1ad256ba424c7fa1fe83e155d9b Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning a Life https://envisioning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=33 Sun, 31 May 2020 17:11:28 -0400 In the past few months, I have put in my papers for retirement. That action signals a change in my status, thinking, orientation and other aspects of living. Most importantly, a new chapter in life calls for a […]

]]> 4f0a865c426ec8c6732a69ba406b872c Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning https://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1649 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:57:48 -0400 Note: This post, published about 7.5 years ago, followed- up on my Academic Continuity post earlier that year. It reflects on a major snow event which crippled learning at CUNY for several days. I proposed that […]

]]> b3f6956cf47f3644436e608a0377c26b Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning https://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1645 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 22:42:45 -0400 Note: This post was published over 8 years ago (Feb, 28th, 2012). It was followed -up by a presentation at the 2013 CUNY Technology Conference, and the creation of an Emergency Bb site for CCNY faculty created by […]

]]> eba8d4e7281c10c37e2cf129554d009e Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning https://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1642 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:05:25 -0500 Note: This document was written prior to my letter to the Chancellor (the previous post) and was created on January 24, 2019. It summarizes some of my thinking over many years of following online learning, and […]

]]> 0830171b3f3597353e74739a5de35e60 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning https://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1637 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 04:08:38 -0500 Dear Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriquez,

Congratulations on attaining your new position!

I am writing this in the hopes that you take a risk, one much needed with CUNY.  The risk involves empowering some […]

]]> 9b954fb90da7393918eafdb8695d7137 Bruce Rosenbloom created the site Test Site https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/550437/ Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:23:53 -0500 213efeebe7017c7c81a5c8875dbdfddc Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning https://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1621 Tue, 04 Dec 2018 20:50:58 -0500 “More than any other time in history mankind faces a crossroad.  One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other, to total extinction.  Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose c […]

]]> 752a6f7690bc8b5851d98e3e55bc96e5 Bruce Rosenbloom and Julia Brown are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/531072/ Wed, 24 Oct 2018 18:47:51 -0400 245b3c8727130bb7b7f618b7ba372cfa Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1599 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 02:19:20 -0400 Note: The contents of this post is solely my views for which I take responsibility. Although I am far from objective on this matter, I do share a viewpoint, not often expressed, that needs to be heard.

After […]

]]> 16d669e474549abcabef283979ab8fa4 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1539 Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:42:26 -0500 The City University of New York has a long and noteworthy history of providing excellent education to children of New York’s working and middle class.  Founded over 100 years ago (1847) as the Free Academy, its […]

]]> 61e8ff85d595420c7d1941353cd01191 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1510 Sat, 27 Feb 2016 04:13:17 -0500 In many posts I have criticized what I would characterize as CUNY’s “institutional drift.” Departing chancellors take several years to leave, followed by an interim administration of a year or more, followed by a […]

]]> 0eb140e0f983ce24e10ed4c99dc7bf4a Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1506 Sun, 31 Jan 2016 21:42:42 -0500 There has been a great deal of heated debated over Amazon’s management practices as reported in the August 15, 2015 New York Times (link here). The Gallop organization reviewed the article and followed it up w […]

]]> 81b21ab6f5e89e4f742ee530aabc9054 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1490 Wed, 29 Jul 2015 02:27:11 -0400 It is not saying much to state that libraries currently are going through major challenges in the digital age.  Library attendance has been trending down for over a decade as users abandon the stuffy recesses of […]

]]> 047708f53110b5c83e847494d4305a7a Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1460 Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:38:53 -0500 If I ever had the chance to meet CUNY’s new Chancellor Millikan, I would love to talk about a topic of mutual interest, namely, Online Learning. From his days as Chancellor at the University of Nebraska, Dr. […]

]]> 9d15f497e9a75feb9bd18210c3e2f740 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1443 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:46:50 -0500 We all know it takes time to turn an ocean liner around. But at a large institution like CUNY, the question really is, “Why turn the ocean liner around?”  Or maybe next academic year, “we’ll look into turning the […]

]]> 9ad5b48d67e84f7ba95af888cb2d0722 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1416 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 04:30:41 -0500 Background

This is the second post discussing the implications from a panel discussion I moderated for the latest CUNY IT Conference in early December 2014 entitled, “Strategic Planning for Online Programs: […]

]]> f6dc712c0d4cfb5c70f4b0b489c9e283 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1408 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:50:59 -0500 Some of the barriers to entry into the arena of online learning have been greatly diminished in recent years, namely both the cost and scalability of the learning management system. An LMS is where most of online […]

]]> 320cf7eddbc116e2d3788a82ed6649c2 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1385 Fri, 02 Jan 2015 01:00:46 -0500 Slightly departing from my usual topic of online learning, I’m devoting this post or two to the topic of Faculty Centers within CUNY. As current Director of City College’s CETL (Center for Teaching and Learning), […]

]]> 540d0792bcb6899e9243ae78efaa898d Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1380 Tue, 23 Dec 2014 20:23:55 -0500 Background

In September 2014, John Jay College of Criminal Justice launched two new fully online programs as part of their John Jay Online :

Advanced Certificate on Terrorism Studies, and
Masters in […]

]]> 6d4777d33d27e99dd0d6ec7bdfedc56b Bruce Rosenbloom commented on the post, Implications of Digital CUNY?, on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/12/13/digital-cuny-a-search-for-meaning/#comment-642 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 20:21:10 -0500 George–Thank you for that clarification. I will put that disclaimer in my blog post. Be well…Bruce

]]> 307c1da29612ff7e1d01aff3bb71bacc Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1359 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:39:29 -0500 Background

CUNY has been fortunate to attract a new, dynamic Chancellor–James B. Milliken–who has personal experience teaching — and institutional experience leading — online learning. He impresses me as a […]

]]> 0c27007b2f823f9eb66367e24ae98d91 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1346 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 15:36:55 -0500 In this month’s Chronicle, (reference below) there was a thought-provoking article entitled: “Now Everything Has a Learning Outcome.” The article details a new emphasis at Augustana College for both faculty and […]

]]> 172ee689810cf0a6340072563447621b Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1329 Fri, 05 Sep 2014 21:51:08 -0400 The concept of “first mover advantage” certainly applies to online learning.  The term is used in the context of a competitive environment, with the first entry in that environment often getting the advantage over […]

]]> 57f89561f24b7ca1f5dbfb7982de2e97 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1276 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 13:05:56 -0400 ThumbnailNote: On January 2014, Open SUNY was started with a full roll-out to happen in September 2014. This post reflects on their online strategy as a university and calls for CUNY to begin to address hybrid/online from […]

]]> db9b1d6c62765f8bfa9eb92d3b9042cf Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1288 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:18:49 -0400 The plight of adjunct instructors across academia has been receiving a lot more press of late from the NY Times to the Chronicle of Higher Education.. It comes as no surprise that online teaching, the fastest […]

]]> 44bf4a2359f2b2980ca17a30fc5695ed Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1259 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 15:25:36 -0400 ThumbnailNote: In January 2014, Open SUNY was started with a full roll-out to happen in September 2014. This post reflects on their online strategy as a university and calls for CUNY to begin to address hybrid/online from […]

]]> 06584efe8a304aa11a58fc6bf231b5ff Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1244 Fri, 30 May 2014 19:26:51 -0400 Note: On January 2014, Open SUNY was started with a full roll-out to happen in September 2014. This post reflects on their online strategy as a university and calls for CUNY to begin to address hybrid/online from a university perspective.

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It’s official. SUNY has re-branded, restructured, and re-envisioned its SUNY Learning Network (SLN) to Open SUNY. Despite the relative success of its previous online offerings developed over several decades, SUNY has taken the initiative to not rest on its laurels but instead strike out with a bold plan for online teaching and learning. This is what it takes to stay a step ahead in today’s competitive online education marketplace

What does a strategic plan for online look like?

One theme that I have emphasized in this blog is the need for envisioning online learning and developing a strategic plan for implementing that vision. SUNY has done just in the past and even more so recently.  In a wonderful public document, SUNY lays out both their vision and plan.

Among the innovative best practices in the Open SUNY  initiative include:

Commitment to offering 400 fully online undergraduate and graduate programs
Team-based online program development
University-wide 24/7 student tutoring and technical support
Vision statement for online learning
Experiential learning and other engaging pedagogies
Student “concierge” role to assist students in navigating programs
Creative partnerships with vendors and publishers
Prioritization of high-demand programs
Learning Commons and professional communities of practice
Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence to support faculty
Global marketing and reach for online programs.

The SUNY Open program is more than merely the sum of these (and other) parts. Why? SUNY as an institution has been clear that online teaching and learning is a priority.  When their Chancellor, Nancy Zimpher, laid down the goal of adding 100,000 new online students in the span of three years, clearly it shows the importance of online learning in their universe.

Upcoming Part 2 Post: Lessons for CUNY

]]> 7da89fa001e3e784931fba2d71cc2270 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1208 Wed, 21 May 2014 16:39:39 -0400 ThumbnailNote:  This entry continues my discussion of the need for a CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning.

E. Technology Evaluation and Testing

In a previous blog post, I wrote about the veritable […]

]]> c0ef166972155c5c663cf6faa62c5cfa Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1225 Tue, 06 May 2014 18:47:32 -0400 Whether online or face-to-face, adjunct faculty are an exploited class earning a fraction of what full-time faculty earn, with few benefits and often poor working conditions.

Within higher education, online […]

]]> e02b0c287073b990f27d78d8cb04d293 Bruce Rosenbloom commented on the post, MOOCs: The Adult Learning Renaissance, on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/moocs-the-adult-learning-renaissance/#comment-559 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 02:31:03 -0400 Kiley–Yes that is true. However the purpose for many taking a MOOC is not to receive course credit, but learning about a topic. The dropout rate seems artificially high only if you consider that everyone […]

]]> e1db77c2723f55ae64ddcd46a4c35bfb Bruce Rosenbloom commented on the post, MOOCs: The Adult Learning Renaissance, on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/moocs-the-adult-learning-renaissance/#comment-558 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 02:27:59 -0400 Linda–Excellent point. Generally this comes under the area of a “repository of digital learning objects.” Every institution can encourage their faculty to produce videos, simulations etc. and store it in a […]

]]> 341b03296f67d240c5bb9039b9ab9a7a Bruce Rosenbloom commented on the post, MOOCs: The Adult Learning Renaissance, on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/moocs-the-adult-learning-renaissance/#comment-557 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 02:25:02 -0400 Maria–Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Some day, as you imply, MOOcs will be more accepted in academia in terms of receiving credit. For now, most chief academic officers think MOOCs will have limited or no […]

]]> adc5bd3710ca6cb2aa2b7dfa77532919 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1171 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:34:44 -0500 ThumbnailNote:  This entry continues my discussion of the need for a CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning.

C. Centralized Online/Hybrid Oversight

In several blog posts (link), I have bemoaned the […]

]]> ed9ffdc7f95dd5b3cee42f8c70b62351 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/15/moocs-the-adult-learning-renaissance/ Sat, 15 Feb 2014 08:05:17 -0500 More and more it is becoming evident that the impact MOOCs will have is on adult (lifelong) learners and not on your typical undergraduate. I am currently participating in Kathy Davidson’s wonderful MOOC entitled, […]

]]> dca088774cd3f855e84270d482914cd4 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/02/08/the-cuny-center-for-innovative-technologies-and-learning-part-1/ Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:34:42 -0500 ThumbnailI have been blogging for several years about online and hybrid learning and technology trends in academia.  In that time I have made several proposals in my blog regarding ways I feel CUNY needs to change […]

]]> cec23d00718b9c0c139a79bab0a84594 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/26/can-cuny-thrive-with-disruption/ Mon, 27 Jan 2014 02:47:17 -0500 Clayton Christensen, the Harvard professor who coined the term “disruptive innovations,” has followed his book with a recent Chronicle article entitled, “How Disruption Can Help Colleges Thrive.” Although his […]

]]> 3b0a6479558c2c62ee84dea5d4fc532b Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/07/re-envisioning-the-vision-part-2-the-vision-of-ubiquity-u/ Wed, 08 Jan 2014 20:08:33 -0500 Thumbnail“A whole new kind of education for a whole new kind of world . . .”
Quote from Jim Garrison (Founder and CEO of Ubiquity University)

What does a transformative vision of education look like?  I can think of no […]

]]> fca0c76886c33340f8fc09d87717597d Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2014/01/07/re-envisioning-the-vision-part-1/ Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:13:42 -0500 In the past few months this blog has been in a hibernation of sorts.  I just have not been motivated to write any more about MOOCs, online learning, strategic planning for instructional technology or such things. […]

]]> fa7cbc5178addb21881ce89d721742aa Bruce Rosenbloom and Natalia Kapli are now friends https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/236901/ Mon, 11 Nov 2013 21:33:47 -0500 6fffee44147b372df6a283202cd05f28 Bruce Rosenbloom joined the group The Group for Group Admins https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/226070/ Mon, 30 Sep 2013 17:29:36 -0400 d1a9441d5a676589d1dd289fc0384226 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/09/06/move-over-moocs-the-real-revolution-is-personalized-learning/ Sat, 07 Sep 2013 00:51:07 -0400 Given the hype about MOOC’s in the past 2 years, it was inevitable that a reassessment would happen.  In an article entitled, “The MOOC Disruption Proves Less Than Revolutionary After All” in last month’s […]

]]> e61503d4dd0d7d747fe30019c1501445 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/08/03/digital-pacifiers/ Tue, 06 Aug 2013 10:36:45 -0400 There are certainly benefits to the new digital technologies — cell phones, tablets, eReaders and a host of other devices.  But this post looks at the shadow side of these developments. On any subway, bus, or […]

]]> 57045f2ce641ea4e57b1aa2ff44acc1d Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/07/25/1019/ Fri, 26 Jul 2013 02:17:34 -0400 ThumbnailNote: Incredibly, it’s been two years since my first blog post, reposted below. I’d like to believe that it stands up well and is still relevant even in the fast-moving currents of online learning. 
I’m drawn to […]

]]> b036162420f5cf83ae751c51905794fb Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/06/12/change-incubators/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:44:12 -0400 When a large institution like the City University of New York looks to pilot significant change, they set up new structures rather than challenge the existing ones. These new structures serve the purpose of […]

]]> a8ba1046e792bdb87c0a629221490ca5 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/27/the-character-of-learning/ Tue, 28 May 2013 01:10:03 -0400 ThumbnailCharacter matters. That is the take-away from Paul Tough’s book, How Children Succeed:  Grit, Curiosity and the Hidden Power of Character.  Tough reminds us of the central importance of a person’s character to […]

]]> a7f570da30e34b263ab518df40a93bd5 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/05/why-online-fails/ Mon, 06 May 2013 00:05:38 -0400 As online increasingly enters the higher education mainstream, there have been many articles and reports documenting best practices in this arena. Institutions who are novices in implementing online learning can […]

]]> d75b2c2fd7549879f62c9ec86cfd4ab6 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/11/moocs-and-magical-thinking/ Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:56:17 -0400 During the dot-com bubble a decade ago, an astute trader decided it was time to get out of those heady stocks the moment he heard a cab driver speaking about them.  Recently I got a similar feeling upon hearing a […]

]]> 1219c2d5548fe8f5ada2bc1e6170aab8 Bruce Rosenbloom wrote a new post on the site Envisioning Online Learning http://onlinelearning.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/03/25/top-10-tips-for-online-instructors/ Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:03:26 -0400 As one who makes lists, a list about online learning would be a natural for me.  Admittedly, my Top 10 List for online instructors is limited by a fault in all such lists; namely, it merely reflects the thinking […]

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