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Defending Quebec's Cegep System: Back to School Special
Someone using the nickname “Erasmus” replied to my post about Defending Quebec’s Cegep System. She/he makes interesting points. Here’s my own reply to her/his comments. Erasmus, As it so happens, I...
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Schools, Research, Relevance
The following was sent to the Moodle Lounge. Business schools and research | Practically irrelevant? | Economist.com My own reaction to this piece… Well, well… The title and the tone are, IMHO, rather...
View ArticleVisualizing Touch Devices in Education
Took me a while before I watched this concept video about iPhone use on campus. Connected: The Movie – Abilene Christian University Sure, it’s a bit campy. Sure, some features aren’t available on the...
View ArticleFinally! A Drinking Age Debate
This may be more significant than people seem to assume: university and college administrators in the United States are discussing the potential effects of reverting the drinking age back to the age of...
View ArticleBlogging the Drinking Age Debate
danah “zephoria” boyd is blogging about the conversation over drinking age in the United States. apophenia: Dionysus and the Amethyst Initiative. As boyd is relatively well-known, her blogging about...
View ArticleStudent Engagement: The Gym Analogy (Updated: Credited)
Heard about this recently and probably heard it before. It’s striking me more now than before, for some reason. [Update: I heard about this analogy through Peace Studies scholar Laurie Lamoureux...
View ArticleActively Reading: "Teach Naked" sans PowerPoint
Some Diigo comments on a Chronicle piece on moving lectures out of the classroom. (Or, if you ask the piece’s author and some commenters, on PowerPoint as a source of boredom.) I’d like to transform...
View ArticleTeaching Models: A Response on "Teaching Naked"
Teaching Anthropology: Teaching Naked: Another one of those nothing new here movements. [Had to split my response into several comments because of Blogger's character limit. Thought I might as well...
View ArticleOpen Letter: UnivCafé Testimonial
Here’s a slightly edited version of a message I sent about University of the Streets Café. I realize that my comments about it may sound strange for people who haven’t participated in one of their...
View ArticleFuture of Learning Content
If indeed Apple plans to announce not just more affordable textbook options for students, but also more interactive, immersive ebook experiences… Forecasting next week’s Apple education event (Dan...
View ArticleFree from Freelance
For my Happiness Anniversary, this year, I got myself a brand new job. Ok, it was two days late and a job isn’t really a gift. But it’s the thought that counts. We’ll see how things go, but the...
View ArticleMcGill and UofT Ranked
Speaking of university rankings, McGill University describes its presence in the Princeton Review as praise. Their actual rankings in distinct categories are [drumroll, please…]: 3rd in “Class...
View ArticleHigher Education in a New Era
Thanks to a comment by Jay, a series of edifying articles in Washington Monthly about the current state of U.S. higher education, appearing in the September 2006 issue of that magazine. The Washington...
View ArticleSocial Networking and eLearning
Oops! I did it again. Launched on one of my long-winded ramblings about the convergence between learning management systems (in this case, Moodle) and social networking sites (in this case, Facebook)....
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Defending Quebec's Cegep System: Back to School Special
Someone using the nickname “Erasmus” replied to my post about Defending Quebec’s Cegep System. She/he makes interesting points. Here’s my own reply to her/his comments. Erasmus, As it so happens, I...
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