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…
Today, Kate MacArthur of the Blue Sky blog of the Chicago Tribune posted an interview with Big Beacon president Dave Goldberg. In it Goldberg was quoted as saying: What do we want today? We want the next Steve Jobs. We want young people that are courageous. We need to move from a university system that demands obedience of its young…
@OlinCollege and @BigBeacon are pleased to announce the short course Facilitating Change that Sticks, 9-11 June 2015 (Tues-Thurs) at Franklin W. Olin College. According to the announcement This three-day workshop develops participant skills and strategies for creating change that "sticks." In particular, we dive into a set of personal and organizational skills that will help participants develop both personally and professionally as effective…
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…
Jill Buck, host of Go Green Radio and founder of the Go Green Initiative will interview Mark Somerville of Olin College and me, Dave Goldberg, on Friday, 7 November at 12 noon ET (9am PT). Join us for an hourlong and wide-ranging discussion of the book, its making, and implications for the future. Here is the episode description: Go Green…
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…
You're Invited to an Online Book Launch Party & Twitter Chat (Be Among the First to RSVP and Receive A Free Kindle Copy of the Book) What: Google On Air Hangout to Celebrate Launch of a New Book—A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education When: Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 7:30-8:00 pm Eastern Who: All are Welcome, No…