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16 juin 2018

FIRE, Aim, Ready!

HomeRecent controversies over free speech on America’s college and university campuses have inspired various organizations to propose policy changes for the consideration of college administrators. A report from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, "Building a Culture of Free Expression on the American College Campus: Challenges and Solutions," cheapens the argument for freedom of expression by appealing to politically fueled stereotypes of faculty members and administrators. In attacking what it sees as the excess of political correctness, it defends free expression on campuses for weak reasons. More...

16 juin 2018

Social Media as a Weapon to Harass Women Academics

HomeIt persistently threatens and impacts women’s well-being in a multitude of ways, argue George Veletsianos and Jaigris Hodson. More...

16 juin 2018

Posterity Applies a Disinfectant

HomeScott McLemee on a surprising aspect of Amy Werbel's Lust on Trial: Censorship and the Rise of American Obscenity in the Age of Anthony Comstock. More...

16 juin 2018

I am the Very Model of a Pundit Academical

I am the very model of a pundit academical,
I've idées fixes artistic, scientific, and political;
I’ve a hundred ways to call the admin highly hypocritical,
And sometimes it’s in phrasing that descends to the emetical. More...
16 juin 2018

In Praise of Prickly Women

Despite the negative connotations they incite, they have exactly the kind of insight and persistence that higher ed needs today, argue M. Soledad Caballero and Aimee Knupsky. More...

16 juin 2018

Tom Wolfe and College Sex

In 2000, Tom Wolfe published a series of essays with a catchy title: Hooking Up. For Wolfe, who had scored two best-selling novels with The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) and A Man in Full (1998), the collection represented a brief return to his nonfiction roots. Wolfe had been a pioneer of the so-called New Journalism in the 1960s and 1970s, producing trenchant and often hilarious portraits of any American who caught his eye: hippies, astronauts, architects, and more. More...

16 juin 2018

Using Google to Maximize Student Organization and Productivity

Screenshot-2018-4-19 Techno-News BlogTechno-News Blog. In recent years, Google has positioned itself as a powerful presence in the educational sector. Since an increasing number of students are using Chromebooks and other Google products, it makes sense to select organization and productivity tools from Google to ensure compatibility. More...

16 juin 2018

Where Are All the Faculty in the Open Education Movement?

Screenshot-2018-4-19 Techno-News BlogTechno-News Blog. Open educational resources (OER) are gaining increasing popularity. And as an active member in what advocates define as the “open education movement,” I frequently hear about the growing dissatisfaction of textbook costs and pedagogical concerns among faculty about outdated course materials. More...

16 juin 2018

How Can We Improve Accessibility Through Instructional Design?

Screenshot-2018-4-19 Techno-News BlogTechno-News Blog. Regardless of how they represented their concepts, #DLNchat-ters agreed: accessibility starts at the beginning of the design process. More...

16 juin 2018

Educause Releases 2018 Horizon Report Preview – Rhea Kelly, Campus Technology

Screenshot-2018-4-19 Techno-News BlogTechno-News Blog. After acquiring the rights to the New Media Consortium’s Horizon project earlier this year, Educause has now published a preview of the 2018 Higher Education Edition of the Horizon Report — research that was in progress at the time of NMC’s sudden dissolution. More...

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