Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdjuncts’ Working Conditions Affect Student Learning, Report Says – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Well what a surprise. Contingent faculty members who are hired just before the start of an academic term can opt to prep their … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAn Academic Ghostwriter Comes Clean – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Emphasis on grades and competition always increase the pressure on students to “win the prize” rather than learn. When most of the rest of the world rewards … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHow The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps | The Homeless Adjunct. Like the first commenter says, a must read. Here’s the spoiler: defund public higher education. deprofessionalize and impoverish the professors (and continue to create a surplus of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 5 minutesDon’t Confuse Technology With Teaching – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Excellent. Like I’ve been saying for many years: education is NOT efficient. You can’t make it efficient without losing value. Online learning is not equivalent to good … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’ve been pondering this question for a good number of years. Most online courses still consist largely of readings followed by quizzes. The better ones include video lectures, and the really good ones include include interactive elements. The very best … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a story that’s been circulating around the airwaves in the last few weeks about a teacher who’s been suspended for giving zeros to students who don’t submit work. The suspension is for not doing as he’s told. This school … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAre we finally starting to move away from standardized, high stakes testing? “Standardized test scores add remarkably little to our ability to predict a student’s success beyond what their high school GPA and course schedule already tell us,” Maguire claims. … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWidespread Celebrations But No Pardon For Turing. This is Alan Turing Year – the year we are to celebrate the accomplishments and life of this remarkable man. As a computer scientist, he is one of the icons of our discipline. … Continue reading