SMALLab Learning is collaborating with Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) Entertainment Technology Center on innovative projects with local Pittsburgh schools. More...
24 octobre 2015
24 octobre 2015
The new no-textbook college program
For many adults looking to further their careers, fall is the time when they explore their back-to-school options. They recognize the complex challenges of juggling family, a job that may not be fulfilling or offer upward mobility, and tight finances. More...
24 octobre 2015
But wait - there's more!
By Margaret Andrews. During the summer I wrote post entitled, What Skills Do Employers Want Most?, that generated some traffic and discussion. Since that time, there’s been more support for the need for – and payoff from – having schools focus more on the ‘soft skills,’ including a recent New York Times article that notes, just like in kindergarten, the most important factor for success in the world of work may be whether one “plays well with others.” Read more...
24 octobre 2015
Space: (Still) The Final Frontier
By Philip G. Altbach. Even in the age of the Internet, an effective university requires academic community. What is academic community? It includes a sense of generally shared academic values along with a commitment to a university, to colleagues, and to students. Read more...
24 octobre 2015
Internationalization for Everyone?
By Liz Reisberg. In the past couple of months I have attended two conferences on internationalization strategy, one in Colombia and the other in México. In Colombia the Ministry of Education is including internationalization as something to be considered in the accreditation process. Read more...
24 octobre 2015
Transforming a Course ...
By Steven Mintz. If you are like me, many of your most intense and meaningful learning experiences have taken place one-on-one: Not with an instructor, but, rather, engaging with a primary source or a book or an artwork or undertaking a research project. Conversely, many moments of utter boredom occurred in a classroom, amid the prattling of an instructor or classmates. Read more...24 octobre 2015
Two Alternate Academic Models
By Steven Mintz. Academics weren’t always called professors. Earlier in time, professors were those who openly expressed their religious beliefs or who were members of a religious order. Read more...
24 octobre 2015
Of MOOCs and Men
By Akiba Covitz. It will come as no surprise to anyone reading this that a dividing line continues to exist between faculty members when it comes to MOOCs in particular and to online teaching in general. Read more...24 octobre 2015
The Lecture – A Lecture in Three Parts
By Lee Skallerup Bessette.“I hate science so much, Mom.” This is my daughter, to me, every week, on the day she has science class. She is eight. She already hates science. This is also new. Read more...
24 octobre 2015
#dlrn15 – A Story
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. A conference is a strange, liminal moment: you leave your normal life behind for a concentrated experience that is both closely tied and completely disconnected from said normal life. The experience itself is at once invigorating and draining, both feeding you and feeding off you. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)