Interview: Thomas Kerstan und Martin Spiewak. Wie wir die Lehre an deutschen Hochschulen verbessern können, erklärt der Bildungsforscher Manfred Prenzel. Mehr...
19 novembre 2015
19 novembre 2015
Zwei statt eins
Friederike Lübke. Theorie oder Praxis? Beides! Das geht mit einem dualen Studium. Die wichtigsten Fragen und Antworten. Mehr...
19 novembre 2015
‘Going to college’ should be more like hiring a contractor
By Stuart M. Butler. With a bachelor’s degree now the must-have job credential, pressure is mounting to find ways to make college more affordable. More...
18 novembre 2015
Our Republic Will Withstand College Students Protesting
By John Warner. When I gave three cheers for student protests on Monday, it was because, in my experience, students are far too deferential to institutional authority, often absorbing an ethos that removes any sense of personal agency or freedom, the practicing of which I believe to be central to the undergraduate experience. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Toward a More Inclusive Definition of Faculty Scholarship
By Thomas Carey. A recent post in Matt Reed’s Confessions of a Community College Dean column raised the question of “how research informs teaching and whether it factors in at the community college level”. I think this question is best framed in a slightly more general way: “how can our teaching activity and our scholarly activity complement each other to be mutually beneficial at a teaching-intensive institution”. This is of importance at any teaching-intensive institution, particularly one which integrates foundational, vocational and professional programs along with more traditional academic pathways. Read more...18 novembre 2015
Tackling a Super Wicked Problem
By Steven Mintz. Higher education faces a number of wicked problems that are exceeding difficult to solve, precisely because any solutions are enormously expensive, exceptionally complex, and extremely divisive, and require implementation at scale. Read more...18 novembre 2015
Then What?
By Laura Tropp. There are so many stories in the news about how helicopter parenting hurts kids. Comics make fun of it. Stories constantly warn about the dangers of it. It may cause a “psychological blowback” in College. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
Math Geek Mom: Random Encounters
By Rosemarie Emanuele. Ever an economist, trying to get the most from a limited budget, the “extreme couponer” in me came out recently when I went to a local store with a coupon promising me quite a bit of a discount if I spent a specified amount at that store. Read more...
18 novembre 2015
On a “Less Commercial” EDUCAUSE
By Kenneth C. Green. This post on Digital Tweed is a response to two of your recent Technology and Learning blog posts. The first, dated November 1st, called for a “calmer, less commercial EDUCAUSE 2016.” The second, posted the following day (when do you sleep – or have time for your day job at Dartmouth?), was your (faux memo) response to my faux client memo titled “Partner is Not A Verb,” published by EdSurge prior to the EDUCAUSE conference and intended (primarily) for firms doing business with higher education. Read more...18 novembre 2015
Steve Jobs: The Movie and the Zeitgeist
By Kenneth C. Green. Whatcha doing this weekend? Are you thinking about a movie? If so, then perhaps you should consider the new Steve Jobs movie, based in part on the authorized Jobs biography by Walter Issacson with a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin who also wrote the screenplay for The Social Network, about Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)