By Brian Ferguson. As legacy phone systems reach their end-of-life stage, colleges and universities across the country continue to make the switch to VoIP. However, while the driving force for VoIP adoption is often based on the need to get rid of an old system, additional incentives for adopting VoIP include cost savings, better communication, and added security measures. More...
Hold the phone: A better technology for communication
Insider / Outsider MOOC Divide
By Joshua Kim. There are two MOOC narratives. An insider MOOC narrative. And an outsider MOOC narrative. Read more...
A Stalled Digital Book Revolution?
By Joshua Kim. The 9/22 NYTimes story The Plot Twist: E-Book Sales Slip, and Print Is Far From Dead is getting some attention in higher ed circles. Read more...
Saying Less In Meetings
By Joshua Kim. One of my goals for this year is to talk less. Lean back. Listen more. Be quieter in meetings. Read more...
10 Reasons Why Internal Campus Communications Are So Difficult
By Joshua Kim. 10 reasons why our efforts at internal campus communications are falling short:
#1. Message Saturation:
There are already too many campus messages. We operate in a marketplace of ideas, and the supply of ideas is outstripping demand. Read more...
Discussing the “Revolution in Higher Education”
By Joshua Kim. Rich DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education situates the discussion about new technologies and new methods squarely within our postsecondary productivity crisis. Read more...
Newspapers, Colleges, and 'Geeks Bearing Gifts'
By Joshua Kim. Journalism and education. Newspapers and colleges. Reporters and professors. Readers and students. Circulation and enrollment. Advertising and tuition. Subscriptions and state funding. Read more...
The Book ’Machines of Loving Grace'
By Joshua Kim. If 2013 was The Year of the MOOC, 2015 may just be The Year of the Robot. Read more...
'The Boom' and 'The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels’
By Joshua Kim. Our IHE community may be diverse, argumentative, and hard to pigeonhole - but I doubt that as a whole we are big fans of fracking. Read more...
‘Beyond Measure’ and ‘Why We Work’
By Joshua Kim. Books are how I understand the world. If I was in charge of the universe, or even if I was in charge of running something on campus, I would start by having everyone I work with read and discuss some books. Read more...