By Paul Redfern. I recently read a report from Google about micro-moments in the digital world. Of course this concept is not new; the business world has been talking about it for close to two years. But I have yet to see it applied to higher education. More...
Parenting and Pedagogy
By Anne Guarnera. With the birth of my second son earlier this semester, I’ve re-entered a season of intense parenting—well, intense life, to be honest. Writing the last chapter of my dissertation, parenting two boys under three, and looking for a post-PhD job all at the same time is not a task for the faint of heart. Read more...
How I Learned to Flourish in an Online Grad Program
By Katie Kapro. It only took two years for the town of Cambridge, MA to lure me into the romance of higher education. I’d moved there for a job just out of college; the siren’s song of the working world was just too appealing to ignore. I wanted to be a full-fledged member of society. Farewell studentdom. Read more...
Ariely's 128 Page Book 'Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations'
By Joshua Kim. Most everyone who becomes a manager in higher ed has no management training. We become managers as part of our career progression. The path to promotion requires moving into a management role. Read more...
Strategy, Differentiation, and Online Learning
By Joshua Kim. There may be some exceptions for schools that are able to spin-up robust online programs, but if your school isn’t already in this game, they’ve lost. Read more...
The Librarian on the Teaching Team
By Joshua Kim. Teaching is changing. What was once a solo pursuit has increasingly become a team sport. Read more...
8 Tips For the Remote People in Mixed On-Site / Virtual Meetings
By Joshua Kim. Are you participating in more mixed meetings? Discussions where some people are on-site and some people are remote. Read more...
When Will We See Mixed (Residential / Online) Education?
By Joshua Kim. We are in the age of the mixed meeting. Of work arrangements that seamlessly blend local and remote workers. Read more...
Virtual Reality, Economic Collapse, Environmental Degradation, and 'Children of the New World’
By Joshua Kim. Higher education makes an appearance in Weinstein’s thought provoking and worrying collection of short stories Children of the New World. In the story Migration - amongst the best of the 13 stories in the book - a literature professor carries on an affair with one of his students. Read more...
