In 2016 we satirized educational technology keywords through a Devil’s Dictionary (part 1, part 2). Now I’d like to tackle the words of education beyond ed tech. Which vocabulary would you like to see skewered?
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I have assembled a first list, to whet your appetite:
Adjunct
Assessment
Athletics
Board
Class
Communications
Curriculum
Dean
Degree
Development
Endowment
Faculty governance
Graduate school
Humanities
Legislature (state)
Pedagogy
PhD
President
Private (as in institution)
Professional development
Provost
Public (as in institution)
Publish or perish
Research
Residence halls
Social sciences
STEM
Student life
Syllabus
Tenure
Traditional student
Tuition
What else deserves a good Biercing?
Skills
Value proposition
Diversity
Legacy
Greek life
Mission statement
Strategic plan
Accreditation
Credentials
Grades
GPA
Study abroad
Place-based learning
Sustainability
I am so looking forward to this…
likewise — add CBE and evals to the list
Thank you, Ed and Vanessa.
Reblogged this on As the Adjunctiverse Turns and commented:
Ready for some fun? Send suggestions to @BryanAlexander’s Devil’s Dictionary of EdSpeak
Student – annoying person (for administration, faculty and staff) that is necessary to educational institutions for the extraction of financial resources from governments, corporations, churches and taxpayers.
Student leader – demanding, annoying person (for administration, faculty and staff) that is necessary to educational institutions for the extraction of financial resources from governments, corporations, churches and taxpayers.
Adult student – annoying person (for administration, faculty and staff) that is necessary to the institution for the extraction of financial resources from governments, corporations, churches and who also happens to be a taxpayer. Becoming the ‘new majority.’ Demands to follow.
Critical thinking – a central mission of educational institutions; administration, faculty and staff teach ‘students’ to never apply reason of rationality to educational institutions, governments, corporations, churches or taxpayers. Application to religious institutions optional depending on funding sources. See Aaron Swartz’s short synopsis of Goffman’s “Cooling out the mark” – how institutions persuade people to accept things they think are wrong. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/markcooling
Brilliant! Keep going.
Learner – a person that learns despite educational institutions administration, faculty and staff or governments, corporations, churches and taxpayers.
Accreditation Student preferred pronouns Sabbatical Pension Student advisor Career Counselor
Very good.
Monetize. Incentivize. The Izes have it.
Access (lots bundled in that one) Learner Driven Education – Student Agency Control/Ownership of Student Data
*Scott Robison, Ph.D.* *Associate Director of eLearning Design* Portland State University Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezz 209 Portland, OR 97201 503-725-9118 @otterscotter
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Bryan Alexander wrote:
> Bryan Alexander posted: “In 2016 we satirized educational technology > keywords through a Devil’s Dictionary (part 1, part 2). Now I’d like to > tackle the words of education beyond ed tech. Which vocabulary would you > like to see skewered? I have assembled a first list, to whet ” >
Good.
Could do a whole show on access.
active learning
On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Bryan Alexander wrote:
> Bryan Alexander posted: “In 2016 we satirized educational technology > keywords through a Devil’s Dictionary (part 1, part 2). Now I’d like to > tackle the words of education beyond ed tech. Which vocabulary would you > like to see skewered? I have assembled a first list, to whet ” >
flipped classroom.
Forgive me if you did some of these in the last round:
Enrollment Management
Interdisciplinary
Scalability
General Education
Retrenchment
Oh god I have to stop or I will start down a path that nobody should go down after lunch.
Good stuff!