By Joshua Kim. Police Craft is written for someone considering a career in law enforcement. While now a sergeant, Plantinga’s background is that of a street cop in Milwaukee and San Francisco. More...
Why I Finally Read 'Sapiens'
By Joshua Kim. Sapiens is like one of the meals where an insanely skilled chef takes everything in the fridge and whips up the best meal you’ve ever tasted. But instead of a refrigerator, Harari is working with the entire supermarket. More...
A Day In the Life of This Alt-Ac
By Joshua Kim. Alternative academic life is weird.
How do you describe your alt-ac job when someone asks you about what you do?
What occupation do you put down on forms. More...
When a Professor Moves to an OPM
By Joshua Kim. How might we have a more productive conversation about the growth, impact, pros, and cons of the Online Program Management (OPM) industry?
One place to start is to listen to our colleagues who have been on both sides of the university and OPM table. More...
Why Reading ‘Never Split the Difference’ Is Helpful for Negotiating Academic Life
By Joshua Kim. What the FBI’s former top international hostage negotiator can teach us about surviving academia. More...
The Case Against Learning Innovation
By Joshua Kim. Making an argument against learning innovation requires that we first define what learning innovation is. The challenge is that everyone within and without of higher education seems to define learning innovation in whichever way will support their newest project or initiative. More...
The Instructional Designer and the OPM Conversation
By Joshua Kim. Go check out Matt’s book, Creating Online Learning Experiences: A Brief Guide to Online Courses, from Small and Private to Massive and Open. This is a must-read book for anyone thinking about teaching or designing an online course or program. The book is clear, concise, research-grounded, and even fun to read. More...
Philosophical (Not Financial) Drivers of Online Education
By Joshua Kim. Many of us spend our days working towards, and our nights thinking about, the creation of new online programs. More...
Does 'The End of Advertising' Matter to Higher Ed?
By Joshua Kim. This Sunday most of us will park ourselves in front of a TV to watch the Super Bowl. For many of us, this will be the only time of the year when we sit through the advertising. At $5.3 million for each thirty-second spot, we can at least hope that the commercials will not suck. More...
Transforming the Student Journey with Digital (Again)
By Eric Stoller. Recently, I was made aware of the Student Journey Transformation Programme (SJTP) at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Beginning in 2016, MMU has embarked on a large-scale digital transformation project that focuses on enhancing “every aspect of its business administrative processes” which will “provide more efficient, responsive support for a students' journey from initial enquiry to becoming a member of the alumni community.” More...