Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you say that all you need to do to succeed is to try, and they fail, the implication is they simply aren’t trying hard enough. That’s not good. Not everyone is a genius. Really. And there is no evidence … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesAcademics Anonymous: an open letter to university ‘leaders’ | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional I LOVE this. Attention University of Calgary – especially the VPs, Deans, Assoc. Deans,…. It takes more than saying you’re great. Clearly you are good … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteOpinion: Equity and Excellence in Skills and Higher Education in Canada | Canada 2020 “Canada has been a strong performer in post-secondary education and skills development for many years. On key measures we are at or near the top of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesGamifying the classroom is a bad idea | Al Jazeera America “ I was part of a generation of children who learned about dysentery through a video game. Every week, I sat in front of a bay of Apple II … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooks like an interesting list: Here Are 22 Startups That Are Massively Useful For Students | College Info Geek. Feel free to comment – have you tried any of these? What do you like? What do you not like? Be … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteBBC News – Harvard plans to boldly go with ‘Spocs’. How are “Spocs” different from other small private online courses (i.e. the ones we’ve been doing for well over a decade)? … Aside from have a sexy new acronym, I … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesInstructional Design Collaboration: A Professional Learning and Growth Experience ~ Stephen’s Web. Amid a dozen of so papers that could have been wrritten in the 1990s is this position paper in the current issue of the Journal of Online Learning … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCHRIS HADFIELD: An astronaut’s advice. It’s at least as much about learning to BE as it is about learning ABOUT. It’s very important to remember that. It’s also something we tend to be lousy at – especially in Higher Ed. … Continue reading