I truly believe that to be a good teacher, a decent writer or a perfunctory scholar one has to concede the limits of evidence, reason, and rationality. It is no wonder I believe that. Evidence, reason and rationality can rarely explain my place in this world. I know the limits even as I try to stretchRead More “Riots and Reason”
Monthly Archives: November 2014
Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You but What Coursera Can Do For Your Country, Part 1
In my little corner of the world where I study credentialism, labor markets, technology and inequality today’s announcement from Coursera is pretty huge: The First Lady, Michelle Obama took to the stage as a keynote speaker at the Women’s Veterans’ Employability Summit today to announce Coursera’s new partnership with the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA). The jointRead More “Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You but What Coursera Can Do For Your Country, Part 1”
The Rebirth of Cool: Trust, Tech, and Dystopias
I did a cool thing today. I MOOC’d. That is, I joined Justin Reich’s massive open online course “Massive: The Future of Learning at Scale“. Justin is a guru at Harvard’s EdX and the class was being hosted on MIT’s “unHangout” platform. I don’t know exactly where the course is housed. I visited a classRead More “The Rebirth of Cool: Trust, Tech, and Dystopias”