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18 octobre 2017

Why Amazon Should Locate HQ2 in Hanover NH

By Joshua Kim. The idea of locating Amazon’s second headquarters (HQ2) in a small New England college town may strike many of you as a bold and inspired choice. That is how it should be. More...

18 octobre 2017

Should Apple Matter to Higher Ed?

By Joshua Kim. Apple makes money by selling hardware - iPhones and iPads and Macs - a business that has very little to do with goals or values of higher education. More...

18 octobre 2017

The Paradox of Worry About Job-Taking Robots in an Environment of Labor Shortages

By Joshua Kim. The big idea that has captured much of our collective imagination is that the robots are coming to take our jobs.  Well, maybe not our jobs - as higher ed people seem convinced that no A.I. could ever do what they do.  But everyone else's job. More...

18 octobre 2017

Will You Pay $6 A Month to Watch Star Trek: Discovery?

By Joshua KimNowhere is the love of Star Trek more fervent than in those who work at the intersection of technology and learning. In edtech, we are on a mission to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no one has gone before. More...

18 octobre 2017

What is the Most Successful Education Technology of All Time?

By Joshua Kim. How can I not take a crack at answering John Warner’s question in his must-read response to the unfortunately headlined Quartz piece, Imagine How Great Universities Could be Without all Those Human Teachers. More...

18 octobre 2017

Why Smartphone Fixation is Better Than Big Screens in Public Places

By Joshua Kim. I fear we are turning into digital robots. Will future generations know how to converse with one another face to face? Will they notice the birds, trees, sunrise and the people with whom they share the planet. More...

18 octobre 2017

Pushing Back on the EdTech Investment Bubble Meme Via Slack's $5 Billion Valuation

By Joshua Kim. This summer there were reports that Amazon was thinking about acquiring Slack for a cool $9 billion. More...

17 octobre 2017

The Modern Experience of Computer Death

By Joshua Kim. After 4 years of hard use, my beloved MacBook Air finally stopped working.  My computer did not expire in spectacular fashion.  No blank screen of death or smoke coming out of the vents. More...

17 octobre 2017

A Soft Spot for Trailing Academic Partners

By Joshua Kim. My empathy for trailers is no doubt a function of my own experience. I’ve been a following partner 3 times now.  First to Morgantown WV, next to New Haven CT, and finally (I hope) to Hanover NH. More...

17 octobre 2017

5 Sweeping Student Tech Generalizations From a Sample Size of 2

By Joshua Kim. On laptops, a preference for paper, and an inability to avoid Facebook. More...

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