Jim Luke [teaching]

TEDx Lansing 2012

jimluke — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:18:48 +0000

An opportunity I’m pretty excited about. I’ve been invited to speak at TEDx Lansing. From the college’s announcement:

LCCTV is once again teaming up with organizers of TEDxLansing to live stream the upcoming event featuring more than a dozen presenters including one of Lansing Community College’s own Jim Luke.

When: April 13^th 9am-2pm

Where: Washington Street Armory

Live Stream: www.lcc.edu/tv/watch

Buy Tickets/More Info: www.tedxlansing.com

Many of you are familiar with TED talks and their mission to promote Ideas Worth Spreading with a focus on technology, entertainment and design. At TEDx Lansing local thought leaders are handpicked from the community and are given 20 minutes to share their idea, inspiration or research.

TEDxLansing offers 11 speakers who explore creativity in its myriad forms, including filmmaking, engineering, advocacy and zombies. The event will include performers as well as TED Talk videos designed to spark deep conversation and connection.

Here’s the lineup for this year, it’s a diverse cast of characters including LCC economics professor, Jim Luke talking about education and technology, an idea further influenced by his role with LCC’s Learn Forward campaign.

His presentation is called “Will Plato Hack the iPAD?”

If you’re going to watch the live streaming on Friday, I’m scheduled to speak at 10:43 am to 11:00.

HLC Conference 2012

jimluke — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:22:21 +0000

I attended the Higher Learning Conference, including the AQIP Colloqium (HLC) in Chicago, IL as one of the representatives for Lansing Community College, March 29-April 3, 2012.

Channel 6: Auto Sales for 2011 and Michigan’s Future

jimluke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:10:23 +0000

Interview yesterday with WLNS, Channel 6 News about the recent upswing in auto sales both nationally and locally, and how what it means for the future of the Michigan economy for 2012.

LCC Professional Development Day, 2012

jimluke — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:07:16 +0000

I helped organize and present at the LCC Professional Development Day, 2012.My short presentation on the LCC Strategic Challenges Project led into a 3 -hour discussion among all full-time faculty, academic leadership, and the entire Executive Leadership Team. Feedback indicates it was very successful.

Malartu, Inc.

jimluke — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:07:32 +0000

Malartu, Inc, the non-profit I helped start (separate from any LCC activities and on my own time), has gotten some national recognition. (the picture is stock photo, not me).

Economics Professor Starts Designing Tools for Faculty That Meet Their Needs

By Tanya Roscorla

on November 21, 2011 Policy

While vendors make plenty of technology platforms and services that serve students, most of them don’t meet professors’ needs, according to the experience of Jim Luke, an economics professor from Lansing College.

They require a major time investment and make professors’ jobs harder, he said.

“Just in 10 years the amount of time and work it takes to be a good teacher has just really skyrocketed, and a good bit of it is because of the software and the systems. They are not friendly and easy to use.”

While billions of dollars pour into campus enterprise technology and services for students, few people look at the teacher’s job. And few people create tools for teachers that they need.

For these reasons, Luke decided to start a nonprofit called Malartu Inc. While projects exist in the early stages, he hopes that the tools he envisions will help professors be more productive and effective.

Attended Higher Learning Conference, 2011

jimluke — Wed, 04 May 2011 22:12:16 +0000

I attended the Higher Learning Conference (HLC) in Chicago, IL as one of the representatives for Lansing Community College, April 9-13, 2011.

Introducing PQIP, the Successor to PRESS

jimluke — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:03:47 +0000

At LCC Professional Development days for all full-time faculty on Jan 12-13, I will be introducing the new PQIP, the Program Quality Improvement Process. PQIP is the successor to PRESS, Program Review and Evaluation Self Study. The new PQIP process is still a work-under-development, but it’s ready for expanded faculty input. PQIP and the new LCC360 Data Dashboard will be the primary focus of the day and a half PD days. I’ll post the link to the presentations soon.

To download my presentations in Powerpoint format, click here. All three presentations are in one file, separated by blank slides.

Channel 6 Interview

jimluke — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:06:55 +0000

Another interview for WLNS Channel 6 news yesterday. We discussed a prominent market research report that predicts market share gain for the Big 3 automakers and what impact $4.00 a gallon gas might have on them.

LCC Spring 2011 Classes

jimluke — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:40:21 +0000

Teaching at Lansing Community College, Spring 2011:

Online:

Econ 202 Principles of Macro – two sections CRN’s 80656 and 80657 on ANGEL

Econ 260 Comparative Economic Systems – section 80666 on ANGEL

Econ 120 Power, Authority, and Exchange – section 80637 on ANGEL

Hybrid: no hybrids this term

Face-to-face Lecture:

Econ 202 Principles of Macro – section 80663, Tues-Thurs at 10am, A&S 167

Econ 202 Principles of Macro – section 80664, Tues-Thurs at 2pm, A&S 167

Econ 202 Principles of Macro – section 80665, Tues-Thurs at 6pm, Gannon 185 (starts Feb 1)

Panel Discussion on HOM-TV Online

jimluke — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:21:27 +0000

Participated in a panel discussion about tax cuts and the state of Michigan budget issues on cable station HOM-TV’s Online show hosted by Jo Anne Paul. The Dec 16th episode. Video available here (requires Microsoft Silverlight).