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Dear McGraw-Hill Education: Don't Pee on My Shoes and Tell Me It's Raining.
McGraw-Hill Education tells me that "adaptive learning is not meant to replace teachers, but help them." I'm not sure I can believe that.
I'm Failing My MOOC
I thought I should try out a MOOC for myself to see what kind of future awaits me. I'm failing, but that doesn't mean I'm not learning.
22 Thoughts on Automated Grading of Student Writing
I have some thoughts on automated grading of student writing. Most of them are unkind.
We Don't Need No Adaptive Learning
We don't need adaptive learning because we already have something better, adaptive teaching.
Bill Gates Has a Solution for Higher Education: Yoda
Bill Gates laid out his ideas to help solve current issues in higher education at the recent SXSW conference.
An Ad Hominem Attack Against Thomas Friedman
I engage in some ad hominem against Thomas Friedman because he deserves it.
The Tournament of Books: Saying "sure, why not?"
I said, "sure, why not?" to something nine years ago, and I'm very glad for it.
I'm Not Going to the AWP Conference, and I Feel Fine
There's some aspects of the AWP conference that trouble me. Is it me or the conference? Both?