Mills Kelly and his new book, Teaching History in the Digital Age , guide this article’s recommendations and thoughts about using scholarship on teaching and learning to aid learners in their efforts to understand history. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education…
The proposal includes a push toward innovation in online learning, as well as institutional ratings. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education…
You don’t need to know how to draw to make engaging comic strips—with Bitstrips. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education, ProfHacker…
There are lots of choices when it comes to technology. As much as things change, one thing remains the same: the importance of choosing the right tool for the job. Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education, ProfHacker…
“Louisiana Tech University will pay a student a total of $23,543 in damages and make its Web sites and course materials more accessible in order to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans With Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Justice … Continue reading
In “We’re All to Blame for MOOCs,” Patrick J. Deneen proposes a transformation away from global universities and toward identity-driven colleges as a defense against the coming shakeup from novel forms of online education. Note from Lloyd: I thought this … Continue reading
Coursera, the Silicon Valley-based provider of massive open online courses, announced on Thursday a series of deals with state universities that would place the young company squarely in the middle of the current upheaval in public higher education. [The University … Continue reading
Robert Ghrist, a professor of mathematics and electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, knows that wielding vast networks on behalf of nonuniversity benefactors can be tricky business. Read more…
Nathan Heller of The New Yorker explores professor perspectives on MOOCs and the future of higher education. Read the article at The New Yorker. LAPTOP … Continue reading
Many professors recognize that online education is changing the landscape of academe. But faculty members at several colleges are making it clear that they will not be steamrolled. Read more…