Personalized Learning at Law Schools
By Michael Feldstein. I recently had the honor of speaking at the CALI (Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction) conference. I was invited by one of my early heroes, John Mayer. When I first arrived on the ed tech blogging scene, John was already here, doing stuff. He inspired me. More...
We’re Giving a Course on Personalized Learning Next Month
By Michael Feldstein. Working with our good friends at ELI, we’re going to be offering a three-session synchronous course called Personalized Learning: Finding the Model That Fits Your Institution July 6th through 20th. More...
Adaptive Learning Fails to Make the Grade. Or Does It?!
By Michael Feldstein. First of all, what is our standard of proof? A good half of my column is devoted to the methodological challenges of doing big meta-studies like this one. It’s really hard to (ethically) control the variables across multiple classrooms well enough to get a clean result. SRI had to throw out most of the data they had for some measures. More...
Sakai Is Probably Healthier Than You Think
By Michael Feldstein. These days, most people don’t hear much about Sakai, and when they do, it’s usually bad news. Most recently there was the horrible outage at UC Davis and some other Sakai schools using a support vendor called Scriba. More...
New Battle in One of the World’s Oldest Cities
By . In the 11th century before Christ, the ancient Egyptian traveler Wenamon describes standing in the office of the prince of Byblos, the waves of the Mediterranean Sea crashing outside the window behind him, as though they were “hitting the back” of the prince’s head. More...
Lebanese American University’s Unique Perch in New York
By . This internationalization has largely flowed in one direction, from West to East. But somewhat quietly, the Lebanese American University (LAU) has started bucking this trend with its academic center in New York.
Nestled in the heart of Manhattan’s hectic Midtown, the academic center— with its uniformed doorman and manicured entrance—looks perfectly at home among the area’s many hotels and embassies. More...
