Ask any teacher – at any level of education – about their job and “time stress” and its variants will be a number one complaint.
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From the Majoring in the 21st Century Blog (Not 95) Theses on General Education, etc. General Education reform has a long history in higher education
(Not 95) Theses on General Education Reform, etc.
General Education reform has a long history in higher education of being a no-win zone. Correct that: in any given GenEd campaign there is often
First Food Courts, Next Academic Content Franchises
My conservative prediction is that within five years we will see examples of not-for-profit private colleges turning into franchises for textbook publishers such as Pearson
The "Competency" Bandwagon: Check Out the Full Itinerary
One of this decade’s fads in higher education is “competency-” or “proficiency-based” education. The discourse around it is littered with phrases and concepts that are
Who Owns What When Faculty Create Digital Teaching Materials
The rise (and fall?) of MOOCs over the last two years has intensified interest in who owns digital teaching materials. If I develop digital tools
