A group of young sociology professors at Oakland University* (MI) got together and collaborated on a concerted effort to improve writing in their department in
Author: Dan Ryan
I've been an Academic Program Director at MinervaProject.com, a professor at University of Toronto, University of Southern California, and Mills College teaching things like human centered design, computational thinking, modeling for policy sciences, and social theory. My current mission is to figure out how to reorganize higher education and exploit technology so that we can teach twice as many twice as well twice as easily.
Another Buzzword or The Holy Grail: Knowledge Transfer
The basic idea – generalizing from something learned in one context and applying it in another – seems sound, if a tad obvious. But is
Leaving the Transfer Issue Up to Others
About half of those who get bachelor’s degrees start out at community or junior colleges. At some four year colleges a significant portion of their
But What Would We Do Without a Strategic Plan?
Interview in NYT with the author of the book I keep telling everyone to read. Continue reading at NYT.com See Also Scott Jaschik. “Majoring in
Higher Education’s Problem: Seven Red Lines, All Perpendicular, Some Green, Some Transparent
This video is a spot-on dramatization of many, many meetings I’ve participated in during my time in higher education. Despite (or perhaps because) being peopled
This is Your Brain on Pen and Paper
From Chronicle.com Continue Reading at Chronicle.com
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