Teaching & Learning

Think Again, A blog by Stanley Fish in the New York Times: What Should Colleges Teach? A few years ago, when I was grading papers for a graduate literature course, […]

Here are some comments on Professional Day, which was held on September 2nd, entitled “Spotlight on Innovation,” and featured BCC Faculty and Staff presenting the results of research projects: What […]

From the Abstract of the report, found at:  http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/tech/evidence-based-practices/finalreport.pdf “The meta-analysis found that, on average, students in online learning conditions performed better than those receiving face-to-face instruction. The difference between […]

Black Swan? From John Sener

Does A(H1N1) = A Black Swan for OL? Submitted by John Sener on Fri, 2009-05-01 17:04. Evolution of Online Education Cases increasing, campuses closing; the prospect of a far worse […]

Students' proficiency in Office applications

This study is worth a read – the results indicate that their sample of 171 students self-stated as having intermediate to high computer skills, were less proficient than they thought […]

Hype Cycle Redux

Here is a cleaner version of the Gartner Hype Cycle.  It’s a helpful model for understanding which technologies have made it into broad, mainstream use and therefore should be considered […]

This paper says it’s about online academic integrity, but many of the suggestions cover on-campus classes as well – very useful, definitely some unique approaches — http://wiche.edu/attachment_library/Student_Authentication/BestPractices.pdf

On Wed, September 2nd, BCC’s Professional Development Day “Spotlight on Innovation” will feature news and presentations from some of the best innovations in community college education – right here from […]