Robert Pearl Starks

Robert Pearl Starks

Location: phoenix, arizona

About me

As Vice President of Product Development, I lead cross-functional teams of designers, developers, QA testers and product stakeholders to develop, launch, and improve products customers need and love. 

Previously, I've worked in a variety of leadership roles in education / learning & professional development. Through my experience, I've become accustomed to working across departmental silos and with various stakeholders (executives, end-users, faculty, staff, students / learners, alumni, parents, regulatory agencies, partners and employers) to facilitate collaboration and advance common goals. In my previous roles, I've advocated for student needs and driven organizational change that helped educators do their best work, students thrive in their careers, and employers connect with quality talent.

Despite different contexts, a common theme in my career journey has been to do work that contributes to a mission which improves people's lives. It's also always been important for me to work with an organization whose values align with my own. I'm a listener, empathizer, customer advocate, servant leader, and lifelong learner. I'm never satisfied with status quo, I constantly strive for "better," and I'm driven by genuine curiosity to solve complex problems.

“Work to become; not to acquire.” -Elbert Hubbard

Interests

social media, career development, training, higher education, web 2.0/3.0, career services, leadership, marketing

Skills

social media, marketing, training, consulting, management, strategic planning

Activity

7 Principles for innovative learning.

  1. 1.Learners have to be at the center of what happens in the classroom with activities focused on their cognition and growth. They have to actively engage in learning in order to become self-regulated learners who are able to control their emotions and motivations during the study process, set goals, and monitor their own learning process.
  2. 2. Learning is a social practice and can’t happen alone. “By our nature we are social beings and we learn by interacting,” Groff said. “We learn by pushing and pulling on concepts with one another.” Structured, collaborative… >>>

Eva Lantsoght, PhD, makes an argument in this article that blogging is for every academic.  

Interesting insights about the way that social, economic and cultural status affect the performance and achievements of students internationally.

 

Interesting insights about the way that social, economic and cultural status affect the performance and achievements of students internationally.

@butterfly88 :I am glad you find the information helpful.  Thanks for leaving a comment.  I encourage you to share it with your colleagues so they too can benefit from the information.

 

John Dunlosky, Professor & Director of Experimental Training at Kent State University conducted a study to evaluate the efficiency of 10 popular study strategies students use in both high school and college. Ironically, the study found that some of the most common study strategies students use received very low ratings.

 

The study techniques that were found to be the worst included highlighting and underlining information, rereading, and summarization. Mental imagery, the practice of creating pictures to remember text, was found to be moderately effective. Additionally, elaborative interrogation (asking oneself "why"), self-explanation (explaining the text to oneself), and interleaved practice… >>>

The authors of this study describe several learning techniques in detail and discuss the conditions under which each technique is most successful. They also describe the students (age, ability level, etc.) for whom each technique is most useful, the materials needed to utilize each technique, and the specific skills each technique promotes. To allow readers to easily identify which methods are the most effective, the authors rate the techniques as having high, medium, or low utility for improving student learning.

Amplify CEO and former New York City Department of Education Chancellor Joel Klein discusses new technology, school choice, and the challenges facing the American educational system with WSJ's Alan Murray at Viewpoints West in Menlo Park, Calif.   

You've Got Some Competition, Honey!

  • 1 in 4 HR managers receive 50 resumes/job listing
  • 1 in 10 receive 100/job listing 

 

What are HR managers looking for in candidates

  • 77% say: relevant experience
  • 48% say: specific accomplishments
  • 41% say: whether or not the resume was customized to the open position

 

HR managers also look for keywords in resumes

  • Problem solving/decision making (56%)
  • Leadership (44%)
  • Oral/written communications (40%)
  • Team-building (33%)
  • Performance and productivity improvement (31%)


Writing a great resume does not mean you should follow all the rules you hear.  Every resume is a one-of-a-kind marketing communication.  It should be… >>>

Well-done video here that asks a great question:

"What kind of higher education enterprise would we create if we treated all beliefs as hypothesese rather than rigid legacies? 

 

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