By Candice Bocala. After working for twelve years as an elementary school teacher, an instructor in higher education, and a facilitator for professional development workshops, I felt comfortable with instructional design — until I started working on a massive open online course (MOOC) for HarvardX. As part of the team that created the course Leaders of Learning with Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) professor Richard Elmore, I found my ideas about how to engage learners were challenged by the simple fact that I could not watch their reactions or gauge their responses in real time. Read more...
28 juin 2014
Principles of Learning
The Real Double-Shot
By Dan Butin. If the future of higher education is the question, Starbucks is not the answer. While the Starbucks-Arizona State University partnership got all the news last week (and far too many “venti” jokes), I would argue that we actually missed the real big story: Western Governors University (WGU) got top marks for its teacher preparation programs from the US News & World Report’s sponsored rankings done by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ). Read more...
Ten Years and Counting

It started as a personal adventure in 2004. I went to five days a week (most weeks) in 2005, just to see if I could. InsideHigherEd picked it up in 2007.
What follows is the first post, from ten years ago. It was just a few weeks before the birth of The Girl. I would write it differently now, but as a time capsule, it’s pretty accurate. Longtime readers, enjoy!
Having done the politically-aware-graduate-student-of-the-1990’s thing (no money, but enough moral snobbery to more than make up for it), my 30’s have been a series of rude shocks. Read more...
Teach-outs and Bailouts

The Power of Giant Sticky Notes

Education Department Again Delays ‘State Authorization’ Rule

Nearly 70 Colleges Team Up to Assess Student Learning

Education Department Will ‘Pause’ on State Authorization Rule

House Republicans Announce Three Higher Ed Act Bills

House Republicans on Thursday released a package of three bills that kick off their step-by-step approach to rewriting the Higher Education Act.
- The first bill aims to boost financial counseling for students who take out federal loans or grants. Read more...
California Auditor Criticizes CCSF's Accreditor
