By Matt Reed. The Middle: A Response to Goldie Blumenstyk
By Joshua Kim. I’ve spent the past two days participating in the Inaugural Leading Academic Change Summit, an event co-hosted by the University System of Maryland’s Center for Academic Innovation (thank you MJ Bishop) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (thank you Anne Keehn). Read more...By Joshua Kim. I’m looking for books or articles on academic change. Can you help?
By Joshua Kim. Every time that I give a keynote address or some other big talk I get nervous. During the talk I’m fine. I actually really like the speaking in front of an audience. It is the time leading up to the talk that is nerve wracking. Read more...By Joshua Kim. The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload by Daniel J. Levitin
By Matt Reed. It’s almost Thanksgiving, so a moment of gratitude seems to be in order. By Joshua Kim. My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is when we go around the table and everybody says what they are thankful for. In that spirit, I’d like to share 11 reasons why I’m grateful to work at the intersection of learning and technology. Read more...
By Natascha Chtena. Amidst reports of Steve Jobs and other Silicon Valley CEOs imposing extremely strict technology rules on their children, the debate around technology use in the classroom has caught fire once again. One of the strongest arguments for banning technology in the classroom came earlier this fall, from media pundit Clay Shirky in a piece titled “Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away.” Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. When I teach probability, I often teach multiplying probabilities using a “tree” diagram. Sometimes these diagrams represent probabilities from a problem, sometimes they represent flips of a coin (that may come up heads or tails), and often they represent children born into a family (that may be boys or girls.) It is that last diagram that I have found myself thinking of lately as I face the first year of winter holidays without my mother. Read more...By Laura Tropp. I have confessed in many of my blog posts how I often feel it is easier to be a professor than a mom. When I’m a professor, I don’t have to get overly emotionally involved with a student’s concerns. I’m able to focus on teaching and let the burden of learning fall on someone else. Read more.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
