By . In the wake of online learning, competency-based education, and a host of other alternative pathways and programs, accreditation has been in the reformation spotlight this year. And now the government is jumping in. More...
‘The Future of Work’ at the Intersection of Learning & Technology
By Joshua Kim. The Future of Work: Attract New Talent, Build Better Leaders, and Create a Competitive Organization by Jacob Morgan. Published in August of 2014.
Are you in an edtech leadership role? Is there anything that you spend more of your time and energy on than the people in your organization?
The work at the intersection of learning and technology is people intensive. Read more...
3 Web Project Lessons
By Joshua Kim. I am not an expert on the web. I might know a thing or two about online learning, but the two (web projects and online learning) have very little to do with each other.
Online learning and web projects are like hockey and figure skating. They both take place on the ice, but it is there that the similarities end. Read more...
8 Observations on the Evolution of the Conference Badge
By Joshua Kim. This week I attended the excellent Reimagine Education Conference.
Like other conferences, each attendee to this gathering received a conference badge. Read more...
Our Good IHE Conversation
By Joshua Kim. I really like reading Farhad Manjoo.
His NYTimes columns are always smart, informed, and well-written. Read more...
How Would You Answer These 9 Reimagine Education Questions?
By Joshua Kim. Congratulations. You are at a conference. You’ve been asked to do a 15 minute video interview. You have been given the questions before the interview. How would you answer?
This is not theoretical. Read more...
9 Tech Gifts That I Don’t Want
By Joshua Kim. What tech gifts do you hope not to get this holiday season?
And what does my current tech crankiness mean for my edtech career. Read more...
11 EdTech Advances That Will Not Happen by 2020
By Joshua Kim. What are are the educational technologies that are perpetually “just around the corner?”
Which edtech advances do we constantly hear about as “imminent”, but that always seem to fail to arrive. Read more...
Is Understaffing the New EdTech Normal?
By Joshua Kim. This fall I’ve been having lots of discussions with colleagues across a diverse set of institutions.
These conversations often end up at the same place. Read more...
EdTech and Hard Sci-Fi
By Joshua Kim. Lock In: A Novel of the Near Future by John Scalzi
Lexicon: A Novel by Max Barry
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Over Thanksgiving break I didn’t think I didn’t read e-mail, and I didn’t think about higher education. Read more...