By Joshua Kim. If you were at Stanford for dLRN 2015 then I hope you will weigh in with some sensemaking on Twitter, on your blog, on the dedicated dLRN SenseMaker platform, or in this community. Read more...
“The WiFi Is Broken”
By Joshua Kim. I’m writing this post from seat 8A of United Airlines flight #1523 direct from Boston (BOS) to San Francisco (SFO).
The inflight WiFi is down.
In fact, it has not worked the entire flight. The captain made the (good) decision to have an on-time departure rather than stay in the gate at Boston to fix the WiFi. Read more...
Making Space for the Important
By Joshua Kim. I’ve been a director of academic technology at Davidson College for 10 years now. Like many of my colleagues, I’m also a practitioner. It has always been my position that maintaining some level of practice is a good idea in this field. Read more...
Articulating How Centers for Teaching and Learning Are Changing
By Joshua Kim. This week I asked 3 questions about the changing role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in higher education. Read more...
5 Ways Online Teaching Benefits Residential Learning
By Joshua Kim. I work on online teaching, but what I really care most about is residential learning.
The reason that I focus on online programs and courses is that, in my experience, online teaching is a catalyst for improving campus-based residential learning. Read more...
3 Questions About Centers for Teaching and Learning
By Joshua Kim. I wish that I was going to the 2015 POD Conference.
Are you going?
Since I’m unable to attend the meeting, here are 3 Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) questions that I would have asked. Read more...
3 Advantages of Giving A PowerPoint-Free Talk
By Joshua Kim. This week I unplugged, went acoustic, presented naked.
Okay, I didn’t really do any of those things - but I did give a big off-campus talk to an important group without a PowerPoint. Read more...
Emails Unsent
By Joshua Kim. I’m sending fewer emails. Oddly, I’m not writing fewer emails. Rather, my Outlook Drafts folder is filled with emails unsent. Read more...
Are People Reading Kanter’s Fantastic Book ‘Move’?
By Joshua Kim. The only reason I read Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s fantastic Move is that Dean Dad mentioned that he was reading the book. Read more...
5 Reasons Why Changing Passive Conference Formats Is So Difficult
By Joshua Kim. At the Learning With MOOCs II conference the discussion was all about how open online teaching can improve residential learning, and how we will respond to continued pressures around postsecondary costs and access. Read more...