Today's Desperation Move From Blackboard
Stephen Downes, over at Stephen's Web (one of the oldest and largest sites devoted to all things education) has just posted a response to Blackboard's desperation move today--"The Blackboard Patent...
View ArticleCreatives at the Top: Management Skills from the Arts
Jonathan Green is the Dean of the college at Sweet Briar College. In this piece from InsideHigherEd, he shares his thoughts on the management skills he received from training as a conductor of...
View ArticleVideo: Angry Professor Destroys Cell Phone
Well, if you've been teaching over the past several years--you've probably *wanted* to do this...However, this professor actually followed through with it. I've posted before about controlling...
View ArticleWhen College Marketing Goes Wrong...
Non-profit colleges are playing a serious game of catch-up when it comes to marketing themselves. Even the Chronicle of Higher Education has run features on the impact online marketing is having--as...
View ArticleHelp Create the Codex of Terrible Higher Ed Marketing!
John Moravec, from Education Futures, had a great idea in his comment on When College Marketing Goes Wrong.... As of today, I'm starting a list of terrible college marketing sites and films.There will...
View ArticleCorporate Investments in Higher Ed: Good, Bad, or Somewhere Between?
While the web hunt for examples of the worst higher ed marketing is continuing (and thanks for the email nominations that I've received so far!), I'd like to post a very interesting article from Terra...
View ArticleThe Codex of Terrible Higher Ed Marketing Part 1 - Worst Promotional Videos
Many thanks for the links I've received. Going through the video nominations was a learning experience in how NOT to go about promoting one's college.Here are the ... um ... "Winners": Grand Prize...
View ArticleThe EduPatent Alert System
As I was sorting through the remaining "Worst College Website" nominees this evening, I noticed a very valuable service had just been launched by Michael Felstein, over at e-Literate.There is now a...
View ArticleBack in Town
I'm back.I've been out of town for the past week. It was a much needed trip. :-)
View ArticleHow to Keep America Competitive: Our Universities are Essential
I've written before about the essential role that institutions of higher education play in maintaining America's competitiveness, and the damage that will occur if IHEs continue to become less...
View ArticleMore on the "Publish or Perish" Dilema
I've written about the need to revise publication expectations for professors seeking tenure. Now The Daily Princetonian, and Magna Publications, have also joined the discussion:Rethinking Scholarly...
View ArticleNew Study Published: Businesses Fair Much Better in Cities with Low Drop Out...
The results of a study published today, and reported on by business publication Inc, may help sound the wake-up call to cities and towns who are interested in making economic gains.The message: Fix...
View ArticleFun with Student Bloopers
Every year, English teachers from across the country submit their collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of...
View ArticlePlagiarism & Misrepresentation - The Sins That Won't Go Away
As Wikipedia grows up, academe reminds itself of its own obligations.On the heels of the credentials crisis at Wikipedia, there are new charges of plagiarism leveled against Ward Churchill.You may...
View ArticleCalifornia State University Faculty Authorize Strike
Big news--thousands of CSU faculty members across the State of California have authorized a strike, which could happen as soon as next month. (Here is an NPR story on the subject.)Among their list of...
View ArticleAnother Open Source Alternative to BlackBoard
Now there's one less reason to shell out $, and lose your copyright on all uploaded/posted files--yes, even your syllabus--to a company that practices predatory patent litigation, like...
View ArticleDid You Know?
I saw this discussed over at Weblogg-ed. It's definitely worth watching. Very interesting! Now, what does this mean for one's pedagogical practice?
View ArticleDigg is Broken?
Some very interesting issues on Digg have been exposed recently. And they're worth examining in the broader context of what this means for "Web 2.0" as such.First--it was revealed that the top 100 Digg...
View ArticleThe Cult of the Amateur
Interesting followup to my previous post regarding the shaky foundations of Digg:Charles Cooper, over at Cnet.com, has written a book review, of sorts:"Andrew Keen doesn't fit the profile of your...
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