Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteAnother article that’s been sitting in my to-blog list for a while, but with school starting (or started) all over the globe, it’s worth noting. Ten skills every student should learn | Curriculum | eSchoolNews.com. This is a good list: … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesCleaning out some of my backlog of drafts…. This is an older article that’s been sitting in my to do list. The comments are still relevant. If anything, the situation has grown worse in the mean time. This article is … Continue reading
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 minuteWhat a Tech Start-Up’s Data Say About What Works in Classroom Forums – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Interesting. This confirms some of my own feelings and experiences. Suggestions: Do not specify a required number of posts. … 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: 3 minutesI was drawn into 2 conversations today: one about jazz teaching, and another about lessons and topics, and how they don’t always mesh nicely. Lessons & topics: Michael Pershan‘s blog post about sequencing lessons: A quick thought on sequencing within … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen will people learn? There’s a discussion going on one of my LinkedIn lists again (ELearning 2.0) about whether or not instructional designers need to know tech. To be fair, there are quite a few people who have chimed in … 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