New Reports from College Board on Men of Color and Higher Education
There is a crisis in higher education (yes, I know there are many crises, but few have stakes this high). College Board reports: “Nearly half of young men of color […]
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Summertime: A Visit to the Khan Academy
I have posted some KA videos before in this blogspace, but this resource bears pointing out again. Mr. Khan created some algebra videos to help out his cousins back in […]
Inside San Quentin, Inmates Go To College : NPR
This is an inspiring story about the power of education to transform peoples’ lives. It is worth listening to the audio for the mini-interviews of the graduates of the program. […]
U-Pace: Do They Write?
Content-chunking, frequent assessment, mastery learning, individualized coaching – sounds like a winning formula… but do the students write anything? http://www4.uwm.edu/power/unique-teaching-method-earns-national-attention
Resources shared on Twitter from the SUNY CIT conference
For your summer enjoyment: Zotero – a browser add-in tool for reference citations http://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide Patterns for Online Discussions http://hillside.net/plop/2010/papers/osullivan.pdf Adventures in Open Source: Lessons Learned at Purchase College http://www.slideshare.net/keith.landa/cit-2011-adventures-in-open-source
Blog U.: Technology Enabled Learning and Instructor Choice – Technology and Learning – Inside Higher Ed
In a few minutes, please avail yourself of Joshua Kim’s reasoned view of technology-enabled student-centered learning. You’ll be glad you did! http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology_and_learning/technology_enabled_learning_and_instructor_choice
HETL group on LinkedIn
If you have a profile on LinkedIn, I highly recommend the Higher Education Teaching and Learning group. There are a number of interesting discussions taking place there. For example, I […]
News: Online Ed Trends at Community Colleges – Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed reports on a national survey of community college distance ed program administrators. The findings: – Growth rates continue, an average of 9% per annum – Online students […]
How to Get a Real Education at College
This Wall Street Journal article depicts the questionable path that Scott Dilbert of cartoon fame took in his early career. His points? Write simply and Use persuasion. Looks like it […]
Improving learning in online courses – SUNY Online Research
SUNY Online has posted their current research results here: http://www.slideshare.net/alexandrapickett/sln-research-update-2011-sln-solsummit While skimming their work on “learning presence,” like anyone, I skipped to the last slide, where a tool called SNAPP […]
