By the time curriculum ideas become reality they’ve been so picked over by committees and assistant associate deans that their pedagogical coherence is reduced to
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A Project Begins
A colleague today said how amazing the young people in her program are, how they almost don’t understand what some of the antinomies that vexed
Bad Methods Yield Non-Actionable Answers
Originally published June 2017 Having drunk the KoolAid of rubrics and assessment, many the untrained academic administrator epitomizes that old saw about a knowing just
Managing the Wrong Problem
Originally published June 2017 We have a revenue problem, not a cost problem. Imagine an educational institution that finds itself running a budget deficit –
Ten Reflections from the Fall Semester
Notes from this semester. Each semester I jot down observations about organizational practices, usually inspired by events at my place of employment. Every now and
"But even if they are not valid, they do tell you something…."
Remember, “validity” means “they measure what you think they measure.” “Data driven” can also mean driven right off the side of the road. From Inside
Innoeduvation 