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The Digital Native Fundamental Attribution Error
I agree with all of Arthur Levine's conclusions in "Digital Students, Industrial-Era Universities." Our course designs, teaching methods, and institutional...
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Obama last night
If I tripped over a glass bottle and released a genii who would grant me a single wish, I might...
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The temporal rhythm of academic life in a globalizing era
The globalization of higher education and research is associated with a wide variety of shifts and changes, many of which...
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ABC's and PhD's: Stuff
I didn’t write last week because I was overwhelmed in getting ready for our annual migration west. We spend the...
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In a Shallow Grave
A new book worries over what the Internet is doing to our brains. Scott McLemee scratches his head.
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Does This Make Me Transhuman?
An acquaintance who was a mid-level IT manager likes to remind me, every time I say I resist technology, that...
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Scarcity and Course Design
I'm reading Clay Shirky's amazing new book Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (have you downloaded it...