Jim Luke [teaching]

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  • Affordable Care Act Across Generations

    I’m giving a joint presentation with Sue Sweeney of Madonna University’s Aging Studies Department about the The Affordable Care Act.  The Affordable Care Act, also known as “ObamaCare” is a very complex piece of legislation that is changing the health care landscape. … Continue reading →

  • Blogging to Engage Students

    Malartu Inc is helping professors find their voice on the web at the Teaching Professor Technology Conference 2014 in Denver. Here’s the presentation that Jean Ramirez and Jim Luke of Lansing Community College are giving about “Blogging to Engage Students, Enhance Learning, and Save Time”, or in other words, how to get your own voice…

  • Blogging To Engage Students, Enhance Learning, and Save Time

    The presentation and workshop I’m presenting with Jean Ramirez of LCC at Teaching Professor Technology Conference in Denver, CO, Oct 10-12, 2014.  

  • Building a Community of Academics Using Multi-Sites & Multi-Networks – WordCamp A2 2014

    I’m speaking this Saturday, Oct 4, 2104, at WordCamp Ann Arbor 2014.  Here’s the teaser from the schedule: In developing an online voice, higher education faculty face many challenges and a distinct lack of institutional support. Yet there is an … Continue reading →

  • Battle For The Net

    If you woke up tomorrow, and your internet looked like this, what would you do? Imagine all your favorite websites taking forever to load, while you get annoying notifications from your ISP suggesting you switch to one of their approved … Continue reading →

  • 10 Things I Learned At WordCamp This Summer

    I’m speaking at the Metro Detroit WordPress Meetup, Sept 21, 2014, and shockingly, I’ve got my slide deck ready well before time! Links for more info:. Brute Protect:  https://bruteprotect.com/ WP Multi-Networks Plugin:  https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-multi-network/ Future of WordPress Updates:  http://wordpress.tv/2014/06/30/andrew-nacin-advanced-topics-in-wordpress-development/ http://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/10/25/the-definitive-guide-to-disabling-auto-updates-in-wordpress-3-7/ P2 … Continue reading →

  • How WP and GPL Can Save Academic Freedom – WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014

    My presentation on “How WordPress and the GPL Can Help Save Academic Freedom in Higher Education”.  I’m giving the presentation tomorrow, Aug 16 at WordCamp Grand Rapids 2014.

  • CAA May 2014 – Economics of Intergenerational Transfers

    I’m speaking to today to the Council on Action for Aging at Henry Ford Senior Living Village. I’ll be talking about the economics of intergenerational transfers and how, contrary to the views put forth in much of the news media, … Continue reading →

  • HLC 2014 – Effective Strategic Planning for Disruptive and Challenging Times

    Higher education is facing some very interesting time – challenging and disruptive times. Although virtually all colleges and universities engage in strategic planning, the way they approach strategic planning is ill-suited to the when markets, stakeholders, students, technology, and regulations … Continue reading →

  • Busting the Medicare “Crisis” Myth – Again

    I’ll be presenting to the Senior Coordinating Aging Network (SCAN) – Wayne County  Thursday, January 23, 2014.   It’s a slightly shorter version of the the Busting the Medicare Myths I gave last fall. I’ll be showing how a lot of the rhetoric about the future of Medicare and the Federal budget deficit is fear-mongering…