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
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Conference: “Higher Education For All: Mission Impossible, Mission Imperative”
This conference will take place at UMass Amherst, Friday, September 23, 2011. The call for proposals is up on their website: http://www.umass.edu/studentsuccessconference/index.php
Uses for Twitter, Part 1
As many of my colleagues know, I have not been a big fan of Twitter for academic purposes. Why? The impression I had is: Twitter is tacky. Great if you […]
Quality DOES exist in Online Education
Please read this WCET post by Diana Goldsmith of the CT Distance Learning Consortium. In the post, she makes a strong case for the efforts colleges have made to support […]
More on the “Is College Worth It Anymore” Front
This recent New Yorker article goes in depth into many of the issues surrounding the cost of college versus can I ever make enough money to justify it versus they […]
Announcement: BCC Summer Institute on Universal Design & Online Accessibility
The Fourth Annual BCC Title III Summer Institute: Universal Design & Online Accessibility Led by Dr. Steve Fadden, Director, Landmark College Institute for Research and Training Berkshire Community College Campus […]
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 […]
TLT Blog added
The Teaching, Learning & Technology Group (http://www.tltgroup.org) now has a blog. This resource provides access to this non-profit group’s expertise and common sense in teaching with technology. TLT has pioneered […]
Protected: Core Competency Session with Barbara Walvoord (in 3 parts)
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New Plagiarism Study
From The Chronicle of Higher Education, this new study finds that the primary source for plagiarism is now social media and user-generated websites, with paper mills in third place. Plagiarism […]
