By Joshua Kim. How higher ed IT challenges the traditional campus liberal-bias narrative. More...
'These Truths' for History Majors
By Joshua Kim. In college, I majored in history. I thought that I was pretty good at it. I got A’s. By my senior year, I was taking courses with graduate students. My senior honors thesis won the thesis prize. More...
Twitter and Conferences
By Joshua Kim. Over the last week, I’ve been running an experiment to answer these two questions. Instead of going to EDUCAUSE 2018 (10/30-11/2) in Denver, I followed the conference on #EDU18. More...
10 Reasons Not to Pursue That Big Job
By Joshua Kim. EDUCAUSE 2018, which I did not attend but did follow on Twitter (#EDU18), has me thinking about careers. Conferences are about many things, including issues related to career development. Panels and presentations on career progression are always well represented. More...
Weblogs@UPEI
Weblogs@UPEI
From several sources comes this item describing the Weblogs@UPEI, a project to provide weblogs to all students at UPEI. More...
D’Arcy Podcasting
D’Arcy Podcasting
James Farmer (who has found a new energy, it seems :) ) reports on this project by D'Arcy Norman at the University of Calgary. Norman has been experimenting with podcasts using WordPress. More...
Learning Objects: Toys or The Real Thing?
Learning Objects: Toys or The Real Thing?
Read-only wiki page set up by Alan Levine to supplement his talk in New Zealand. More...
The Future of Digital Media
The Future of Digital Media
Interview with Jeff Jarvis, who captures the essence of new media (though in a breathless way the rise and fall of various Next Big Things should have warned us against). More...
The Network Structure of Social Capital
The Network Structure of Social Capital
I don't like the phrase 'social capital' - as though it were something that could be hoarded or spent. That said - "The social capital metaphor is that the people who do better are somehow better connected... Holding a certain position in the structure of these relations can be an asset in its own right." Being the one who has access to information first, for example. More...
Email Teaching Scheme Under Fire
Email Teaching Scheme Under Fire
Sign of the times. "Teachers' unions today attacked a plan that would see staff answering email queries from their GCSE pupils outside school hours." They are concerned not only about the requirment that teachers work outside school hours but also about potentially abusive emails sent to teachers' homes. More...