Fail fast, not spectacularly
MOOC stalwart Udacity made more news lately, and it wasn’t of the positive, swooning variety. Udacity announced in January that it would partner with San Jose State […]
MOOC stalwart Udacity made more news lately, and it wasn’t of the positive, swooning variety. Udacity announced in January that it would partner with San Jose State […]
Aug 15, 2013
Several years ago I offered words of praise when Tiffin College partnered with Altius Education to create Ivy Bridge College, a two-year online institution dedicated to providing an affordable higher […]
Aug 8, 2013
What does this all mean? The technology gives us tremendous power to solve this stark problem all around us. We need to design these so […]
Aug 7, 2013
Critics often accuse school reformers of “privatizing” public education. When for-profits enter the conversation, those same critics level more serious charges and often accuse those […]
Aug 1, 2013
On July 24th, the House Education and Workforce Committee approved a bill (26-13) called the Supporting Academic Freedom through Regulatory Relief Act. Introduced by Congresswoman […]
July 31, 2013
Stumble. On hold. Pause. Suspends. Falls short. Fails fast. Gets an F. Last week, there was an almost gleeful torrent of articles describing the crumbling […]
July 24, 2013
Last week, Blackboard made two major announcements: first, they would be jumping on the MOOC bandwagon by creating their own MOOC platform (not a huge […]
July 17, 2013
Full disclosure: I majored in comparative literature in college and then went on to do a master’s and a Ph.D. in English literature. Having also […]
July 10, 2013
One of the insights in The Innovator’s Prescription, a book about solving the problems afflicting the nation’s health-care system by Clayton Christensen, Dr. Jason Hwang, and Dr. […]
June 27, 2013
Let’s talk about control. At a recent conference for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), former president Cary Nelson talked about how faculty members’ […]
June 26, 2013