By Rosemarie Emanuele. In Geometry, if one took a Cartesian graph with lines donating values of x and y, and wrapped it around a cylinder so that the left side matched up with the right side, the result would be a graph that might still have a highest and lowest value, but would now have no left or right value. Thus, in a sense, there would be no beginning or end, since beginnings and endings no longer exist separate from each other. I found myself thinking of this as we approach our graduation ceremony tonight. Read more...
17 mai 2015
Math Geek Mom: Beginnings
The Problem With Comments
By Barbara Fister. Here are some of the things I believe:
- There is such a thing as rape culture and it flourishes in the US.
- White privilege is a problem that is too often invisible to whites.
- Black lives matter.
- We messed up the climate and we should cop to it so we can figure out what to do.
- Gamergate was not about journalism ethics.
For some, these are uncontroversial beliefs, so obvious it's hardly worth mentioning. Read more...
Using Social Media to Inspire Your Students
By Eric Stoller. Departmental social media accounts are useful for a lot of reasons. As broadcast channels for the masses, these accounts serve as generic info-portals for campus communities. They are search-engine friendly – students can simply search for an office's social media presence – and they serve as consistent content locations. Read more...Taking Stock
By Michael Patrick Rutter and Steven Mintz. This past academic year did not offer anything as attention grabbing as 2012’s advent of MOOCs. Yet profound transformations, nevertheless, have been underway.A year ago no one would have imagined:
- That a name-brand university would award academic credit for MOOCs.
- That a free college education is poised to become a employer benefit.
- That for-profit universities would be under siege.
- That free community college tuition and debt-free college graduation would be widely discussed in political circles.
Wasted Potential
By John Warner. Right now, I feel like I’m just flat out done with the traditional first-year writing “research paper.” I understand its pedagogical purpose in theory, but even after trying a lot of different approaches, I can’t seem to make it do what I want. It is not the capstone to a semester of writing in the academic conversation I wish for, but is instead, an artifact of exhaustion, deposited by students with shrugs, rather than smiles, indifference, rather than pride. Read more...
What If Blockbuster Had Had Tenure?
By Joshua Kim. The case of Blockbuster offers one of my favorite thought experiments for higher ed. In 2004 Blockbuster boasted 9,000 stores worldwide, 60,000 employees, and a market capitalization of $5 billion. Today, Blockbuster is gone. Read more...
Confessions of an Early Airport Arriver
By Joshua Kim. There are two types of people in the world. Those who arrive to the airport ridiculously early (me), and those who like show up before they lock the jetway door (my wife). Which one are you. Read more...
Professional Networks and Social Media
By Joshua Kim. I’m often asked about the best way to establish a “presence” on social media. My answer is always the same. Think of social media in terms of relationships and conversations. Read more...
The 6 Best Writers on Campus
By Joshua Kim. If your work life is anything like mine, then you spend much of your day writing. The amount we write for our jobs is shocking.
We write reports. We write presentations. We write tweets. We write blog posts and blog comments. We write for the web. We write to persuade. We write to recommend. Read more...
The Missing Middle
By Matt Reed. James Jacobs published a great piece earlier this week in IHE, and almost nobody noticed. That’s a shame, but in a way, it validates his thesis. Read more...
