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'Exam Howlers' 2013
Prepare for some Darwin-on-Mendel action: It's the annual compilation by Times Higher Education of the more foolish things students wrote on exams.
The Pulse: Flipping the Classroom With the iPad
This month's edition of The Pulse podcast discusses (and shows) how educators can use an iPad and Apple TV to help flip their classrooms.
J-School Makeovers
Amid newsroom cutbacks and a rapidly changing media landscape, journalism schools are trying to find ways to adapt. USC is crunching a two-year master's into nine months. At Columbia, the concentration requirement will be eliminated.
Opinion
Catching the Foul Balls
It's not just what we teach, writes Kim A. Wilcox, but how we convey the passion of the process.
Opinion
A Plea for 'Close Learning'
Scott L. Newstok writes that it's time for skeptics of massive distance education to define what they value in the classroom.
Opinion
Benefit of the Doubt
Instructors should take plagiarism seriously, writes Nate Kreuter. But they shouldn't rush to assume students are doing it -- nor should they obsess about it.
The Retention Agenda
"The Retention Agenda" is a collection of articles -- in print-on-demand format -- about student retention and persistence in college...