Nothing. Sorry for the bad title but I just read three issues of Oprah magazine on a long cross-country trip. It seemed right. 2013 was a busy year for highered, research, and yours truly. A few round-ups and random thoughts about 2014: At UVA’s Carter G Woodson Institute I had the privilege of connecting theRead More “What I Know For Sure”
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Teaching Stratification and Blogging as Pedagogy
I mentioned before that I try to push my pedagogy beyond what worked for me as a student. I am teaching “Class, Status, and Power” this Spring. It is a basic sociology stratification course. This term I will experiment with offering alternatives to The Paper. I am starting with a platform I am most comfortableRead More “Teaching Stratification and Blogging as Pedagogy”
Crystal Ball Blogging: “Next Generation HigherEd”
Tom Vander Ark has a book called “Getting Smart: How Digital Learning is Changing the World.” He also has a website, Getting Smart. Vander Ark also knows the future of higher education: Next-generation higher education systems will share ten elements: States replacing accreditation with performance contracting around outcomes (including real writing and math standards). LearnersRead More “Crystal Ball Blogging: “Next Generation HigherEd””