Join Big Beacon Radio host Dave Goldberg, Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 8pm ET for a lively #BigBeacon Twitter chat on School/Workplace Year 2014-2015 in Review. Here are some of the questions (Qs) to be discussed in the chat: What changes did you notice at school in the work place over the last year? In what ways did efforts to reform and transform engineering/higher ed…
Join Big Beacon Radio host Dave Goldberg, Wednesday, 6 May 2015, 8pm ET for a lively #BigBeacon Twitter chat on Mentoring & Coaching in Educational Change. Here are some of the questions (Qs) to be discussed in the chat: What is mentoring? What is coaching? What's the difference between them? In what ways have coaches and mentors played a positive…
Join host @deg511 (Dave Goldberg) for a #BigBeacon twitter chat on The Benefits and Challenges of Combining Liberal Arts and Technology & Engineering. The following are some of the Qs explored in the chat: What benefits are gained by combining liberal education and technology and engineering education. What challenges are presented by so doing? Where is this currently being done? Are such…
Cohosts @AlanJSnyder (Alan J. Snyder) and @deg511 (Dave Goldberg) are pleased to announce a twitter chat on Designing Change Initiatives for Student & Faculty Engagement & Unleashing. The following are some of the Qs explored in the chat: What aspects of physical plant encourage the formation of a special micro-culture separate from traditional campus culture? What emotional shifts are necessary for…
The 2nd Big Beacon Real Innovators and Innovations show of the year is looking forward to speaking with real innovator Rohit Bhargava, Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign talking to Dave Goldberg about the new innovative program Illinois Cancer Scholars. This new program, launched in the fall of 2014 engages freshmen in the forefront of cancer research and…
Big Beacon is pleased to announce the relaunch of the #BigBeacon weekly twitter chat as The Big Beacon Media Network for Educational Transformation (BBMNET). Combining the reach of the twitter chat with new programming from both new and existing media affiliates and affiliated bloggers, BBMNET will carry the voice of educational transformation around the globe with renewed vigor and force. This…
Tuesday, 11am ET: Join host Dave Goldberg as he does a live video interview with Dean Alessandro Moreira of UFMG in Belo Horizonte, Brazil about the ENG 200 transformation initiative as part of the new Big Beacon Real Innovators & Innovations Google On-Air Hangout series at 11-11:30 am ET on Tuesday, 6 January 2015. The show will air live at 11am…
The Big Beacon team is reorganizing the content, format, media, and approach to out regular #BigBeacon Twitter Chat. As such, there will be an extended break through Thanksgiving and Christmas as we make these changes. The new, improved programming will restart on Wednesday, 7 January. Keep an eye on Big Beacon blog for further information. New features, format, and content are…
Need some help in your classroom? Need a collaborator for a research project or change initiative? Need a mentor or an informal coach? Need someone to work on FIRST Robotics? Need a speaker or inspirational engineer? Or just want to meet like-minded individuals who want engineering & #STEM education to become more humane, more humanistic. Join Dave Goldberg, President of…
Join Dave Goldberg, President of Big Beacon for a twitter chat on the role of courage in transforming engineering education. We will get started on Wednesday, October 8th at 8:00 pm, Eastern Time (hashtag: #bigbeacon). Meet the Host: Dave Goldberg David E. Goldberg is president of the non-profit Big Beacon and also a noted computer scientist, civil engineer and professor emeritus at the University…