American Cloaca: At Standing Rock, Part 5
By Oronte. It was cold in the astronomical twilight before dawn on Saturday, December 3. The flap to the tipi had blown open during our brief sleep, and wind swirled over the bodies and detritus of cold-weather camping inside. The tiny burner on the propane tank had gone out, and a cast-iron stove made for the US Army nearly a century earlier sat useless as a hernia in the center of the floor. More...
American Cloaca: At Standing Rock, Part 4
By Oronte. Our little group arrived at Veterans Stand for Standing Rock on December 2, after 22 hours on the road. Cell use was hampered by police countermeasures, so we had trouble finding our local contact and host, Cyrus, a Navajo vet who’d served with the 75th Rangers in Afghanistan. Read more...
Higher Ed Innovation and 'The One Device: The Secret History of the iPhone'
By Joshua Kim. The iPhone is ten years old. Can you name a technology that has been more influential in the past decade - and the subsequent smart phones that have followed - than the iPhone. More...
Classroom Utilization, Online Learning and Retail Store Closings
By Joshua Kim. I’m trying to make sense of the relationship between two trends. Maybe you can help.
The first trend is retail store closings. The second trend is classroom utilization. More...
Extreme Commuting and Online Education
By Joshua Kim. Do you think that educators involved in online education think differently about commuting - including telecommutingt. More...
Academic Identities and Terminal Degrees
By Joshua Kim. Can only someone with a Ph.D. in economics call herself an economist? Do you need a Ph.D. in history to be a historian? How about sociology and sociologist? Biology and biologist? Anthropology and anthropologist. More...
Riding the Amtrak Vermonter and Imagining a Slow EdTech Movement
By Joshua Kim. I’m typing these words while riding on the southbound Amtrak Vermonter. My train left at White River Junction VT at 11:42 am. I’m scheduled to arrive at Union Station in Washington DC tonight at 9:59 pm. More...
3 Reasons to Build Your Alt-Ac Career in a Small College Town or Rural University
By Joshua Kim. Let’s say that you are an alternative academic (alt-ac). Someone determined to build a career around ideas -- teaching, research, and service -- outside of a traditional faculty role. More...
Trying to Understand 'U.S. News' Rankings for Best Undergraduate Teaching
By Joshua Kim. I want to make sure that I fully understand the methodology behind the U.S. News annual rankings for Best Undergraduate Teaching. More...
