The National Center for Women and Information Technology created a comprehensive list of tips for writing job ads that reduce unconscious bias. More...
31 juillet 2017
30 juillet 2017
What should I consider when buying a laptop for university?
In most cases, a laptop will be the best answer, but many students use more than one device. A full “educational IT” system could include a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop and a USB backup drive, plus a laptop riser or docking station with an external keyboard and mouse. More...
27 juillet 2017
Textbooks in the digital world
For decades, textbooks were seen as the foundation for instruction in American schools. These discipline-specific tomes were a fundamental part of the educational infrastructure, assigned to students for each subject and carried in heavy backpacks every day – from home to school and back again. More...
24 juillet 2017
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...
24 juillet 2017
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...
24 juillet 2017
Dear Alt-Acs, What Is Our Occupation?
By Joshua Kim. On not knowing how to fill out forms that ask for occupation.
How do alternative academics (alt-acs) categorize our occupation?
When we need to fill out forms that ask for our occupations, what do we put down?
I’ve yet to settle on an answer. More...
24 juillet 2017
Articulating 3 Core EdTech Beliefs
By Joshua Kim. So - and for the record - here are a few of my core beliefs about edtech:
First, I believe deep in my bones that learning is a relationship. That authentic learning has everything to do with the educator / learner relationship - with the mentoring and coaching and caring that is inseparable from the art of teaching. More...
24 juillet 2017
Knowledge Creation, Professional Development, and Conferences
By Joshua Kim. On language, travel for professional gatherings, and the changing work of higher ed staff. More...
24 juillet 2017
Higher Ed Futures and the Emotional Payload of Apple Park
By Joshua Kim. Why should higher ed people be so interested in Apple’s new big, expensive ($5 billion), round, and un-child care centered headquarters building - Apple Park. More...
24 juillet 2017
3 Higher Ed Lessons from the British Airways Technology Meltdown
By Joshua Kim. There are likely many lessons for higher ed from this past weekend’s computer outage that caused British Airways to shut down operations. More...
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