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How Should Your University Respond to edX?
The first thing we should all do is encourage discussion about edX. This is big, important,and exciting news. Faculty get excited about ideas, and the edX announcement contained some great ones.
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Microsoft, Nook and the B&N College Bookstore Potential
This deal could either mean very little or quite a bit for higher ed, depending on how committed Microsoft is to education. Barnes & Noble has 641 college bookstores. Someday soon these bookstores will stop selling dead tree textbooks. Every book, article and textbook on your syllabus will be digital.
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Pros and Cons of "Why Nations Fail"
I read Why Nations Fail this month while traveling in South Korea. The book was much on my mind as I looked across the DMZ at North Korea on the 38th parallel. South Korea, a country of about 50 million people, enjoys a per capital PPP (purchasing power parity) GDP of around $32,000.
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Disputing the "Shiny Objects" Thesis
According to James A. Roberts, professor of marketing at Baylor, we have evolved into a nation of irresponsible spenders. The central thesis of Shiny Objects is that many of us have replaced traditional values of community, family, and hard work with those of thoughtless consumption.
Opinion
Do We Really Need All Those EdTech NDAs?
How many non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with edtech companies have you signed?
Opinion
4 Reasons Why the Bonk MOOC is So Interesting
Have you signed up for the Instructional Ideas and Technology Tools for Online Success course?
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7 Rules For Managing Conflict With Your EdTech Vendors
When was the last time that you got angry with one of your edtech vendors? Did you express your anger to your contact at the company?