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Online startup seeks to rival the Ivy League
Ben Nelson's online university, the Minerva Project (http://theminervaproject.org/), is described, along with Western Governors University (http://www.wgu.edu/), Sebastian Thrun's Udacity (http://www.udacity.com/), and New Charter University (http://new.edu/).
Reuters, April 4, 2012. Read here »
Could Many Universities Follow Borders Bookstores Into Oblivion?
The directors of Georgia Tech's Center for 21st Century Universities (http://c21u.gatech.edu/) describe some disruptive ideas they are examining:
- online learning which does not try to replicate the classroom experience;
- highly tuned curricula and value indices allowing learners to calculate return-on-investment, including non-monetary returns;
- students-teaching-students peer-tutoring process taking place in real time;
- highly technical blogs allowing rapid peer review of research;
- assessment of all types using social networks.
Chronicle of Higher Education, March 7, 2012. Read here »
The Rise of the New Groupthink
Collaboration is in. But it may not be conducive to creativity. New York Times, January 15, 2012. Read here »
Innovation and the Bell Labs Miracle
A study of Bell Labs offers a number of lessons about how our country’s technology companies — and our country’s longstanding innovative edge — actually came about. New York Times, Feb 26, 2012. Read here »
What digital literacy is and why it matters in higher education
Developing digital literacy in higher education: live chat. The Guardian, March 4, 2012. Visit here »
Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work
Keys to effective collaboration. New Yorker, Jan 30, 2012. Read here »
Colleges looking beyond the lecture
Pedagogy uses technology to evolve. Washington Post, Feb 15, 2012. Read here »
A Nonprofit Publisher Puts Another Nail in the $200 Textbook Coffin
OpenStax launched by Rice U. Inside Higher Ed, Feb 7, 2012. Read here »
Harvard Seeks to Jolt University Teaching
Launch of the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching. Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb 5, 2012. Read here »
Tuck School of Business | What to Expect from Technology in 2012
Presented by Eric Johnson. Read here »
Why We Need a 4th R: Reading, wRiting, aRithmetic, algoRithms | DMLcentral
Cathy Davidson's blog about the 4th "R". Read here »
Podcast: Joshua Kim on Building Relationships Between For-Profit and Non-Profit Institutions. | EDUCAUSE
Josh also talks about some of the biggest challenges facing higher ed in the coming decade. Listen here »
‘Open Science’ Challenges Journal Tradition With Web Collaboration
Culture and technology are changing how some scientists are working. NYTimes Jan 17, 2102. Read here »
Postrel: How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy
Bloomberg.com, January 6, 2012. Read here »
The Digital Humanities and the Transcending of Mortality - what long-form scholarship in the digital age really means.
Stanley Fish, New York Times blog, January 9, 2012. Read here »
Debating the Flipped Classroom at Stanford
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/5/2012. Read here »
The Frontier of Classroom Technology - Room for Debate
Do social media, interactive whiteboards and other recent innovations benefit students? What are the downsides? New York Times, 1/3/2012
5 Higher Ed Tech Trends for 2012
Read more in Campus Technology, 1/9/2012
Physicists Seek to Lose the Lecture as Teaching Tool: NPR
More on moving past the lecture model Read here »
Northeastern University Expands its Geographic Reach
Link to 12/28/11 New York Times article Read here »
M.I.T. Expands Free Online Courses
Link to 12/19/11 New York Times article Read here »
Future of Assessment, Accreditation and the Internet
This is about an experiment in accreditation in an online context. Read here »
Domestic Grantmaking: Digital Media and Learning - MacArthur Foundation
Second of two relevant MacArthur posts. Read here »
Exploring Digital Media and Learning
First of two relevant MacArthur posts: Download PDF »
The blending of online teaching
New commentary from Cathy Davidson Read commentary »
Using games and digital media to engage girls in computing
Inspiration and engagement: good things Read here »
"Now You See It"
Josh Kim reviews Davidson's book on IHE Read reviews »
Adding the Arts to STEM equals STEAM
Letting of STEAM at Montserrat College of Art Read here »
HASTAC feedback
More acces to HASTAC feedback. View feedback »
Dan Atkins' HASTAC Keynote
Great powerpoint slides for Atkins' keynote about infrastructure at http://tinyurl.com/hastac-atkins
Duderstadt Center - "The Dude"
As discussed at the 12/6 DD meeting, here is the site for "The Dude" at U Michigan, along with an intro of some of the work produced there. Go to site
HASTAC: A post-conference overview by Cathy Davidson
A great introduction! Read overview »
Predicting the Future of Computing
The New York Times invites readers to make predictions and edit this timeline. Read here »
Khan Academy Receives $5 Million to Accelerate the Reinvention of Education
For those who are watching, Khan has gotten another $5 million in funding. The press release, with some pretty concise descriptions of their activities and aspirations. Read Press Release »
Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world.
Clay Shirky looks at "cognitive surplus" -- the shared, online work we do with our spare brain cycles.
Watch Video »
A Conversation With Our Student Hacker Club
A quick take on Digital Dartmouth’s student focus group.
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Grad Students and Digital Education
Write-up of Digital Dartmouth’s discussion with graduate students.
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Mobile IT in Higher Education
Interesting report about mobile - looks like most are going slow.
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