By Ken Udas - EvoLLLution. 1. Is it fair to equate efficiency-related changes and process streamlining with layoffs?
Not necessarily. It really depends on the nature of the changes, the designed outcomes, the staffing profile and the size and complexity of the entire organization. Not wanting to state the obvious, but efficiency speaks to both cost and productivity. More...
By Charles Dull - EvoLLLution. The term efficiency, left unqualified, creates suspicion when applied in a higher education context. This is not suggesting faculty or administrators have no concern with efficiency. Rather, the question on the table is: do all efficiency initiatives and processes create positive outcomes for faculty and students, or just lower costs. More...
By . Sometimes blogging can be a lonely activity, sending an arrow into the air to land I know not where. But sometimes I am privileged to get incredibly thoughtful comments from some of the sharpest minds in the field. This was the case regarding my recent post on communities of practice. Linda Harasim, Stephen Downes and several others have already provided very thoughtful and thought-provoking comments. Read more...By . The Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) is an unusual organization, focusing on the training of police, fire, corrections and paramedical personnel, as well as providing training for social service departments of the BC provincial government. Read more...By . I have already covered seven different design models for teaching and learning in Chapter 6 of my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. I have dithered a bit over whether MOOCs are a unique design model, because they contain a mix of familiar and somewhat unfamiliar approaches to teaching and learning – and also because there are different forms of MOOCs. Read more...By . MOOCs are a relatively new phenomenon and as a result are still evolving, particularly in terms of their design. However the early MOOC courses had relatively identifiable designs which still permeate most MOOCs. At the same time, there are two quite different philosophical positions underpinning xMOOCs and cMOOCs, so we need to look at each design model separately. Read more...
By Cathy Davidson. Tomorrow, Friday, October 10, at 4 pm, we'll be hosting What Is a Dissertation? New Models, Methods, Media, an interactive panel discussion with livestreaming, live tweeting, and distance partners from Victoria, BC (Canada) to Uruguay---and even including the University of Wisconsin center where famed comics artist Lynda Barry is in residence. More...
By Cathy Davidson. Anxiety runs high when you have over twenty virtual partners in a live-streamed event being held in a room that has not before had a live-streamed event. We're doing our best. But, remember, the Graduate Center, where we are hosting "What Is A Dissertation?" at 4 pm EST today (Friday Oct 10), is in midtown Manhattan, directly across from the Empire State Building. More...
By Cathy Davidson. I just tweeted to 10.3K people that nothing makes me feel more optimistic about the future of higher ed than reading the self-introductions by a new class of HASTAC Scholars. I lied. Something else makes me feel even more optimistic: I feel even more inspired is seeing HASTAC Scholars introduce themselves to one another, making connections across universities and across fields. More...
Von Alexander Demling. Überfüllte Hörsäle, ausgebuchte Labore: Seit Jahren wird an Deutschlands Unis gespart. Die größten Sparer zwischen 2000 und 2011: Baden-Württemberg, Berlin, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
