Category Archives: Teaching and Learning

2012 ELI Post Mortem – Where do we go from here?

There is a lot in this post, but rather than waiting until I have the time to think it through, I’m going to put it up.  I’m sure that’s better than never posting it at all. Despite the many participants … Continue reading

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Learning Analytics at the 2012 ELI Meetings

One of the themes of this year’s ELI conference was Learning Analytics, a movement which comes at least in part from the practices of For-profit universities.  A good introduction to the topic is ELI’s 7 Things You Should Know about … Continue reading

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On the 2012 Educause Learning Initative Annual Conference

In February (yes, I realize it’s now June), I attended the 2012 ELI Annual Conference.  It was a great event—very thought provoking in a number of ways.  The underlying theme of the conference was the changes facing higher education with … Continue reading

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We need to blow up the strong boxes of teaching, scholarship and service

I woke up last night and couldn’t go back to sleep because my mind was on fire. I was in that state because of four days spent at an extraordinary conference, though few would have expected that. It wasn’t so … Continue reading

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Interaction in a Content-Based Online Course

The more I work on my first online course, the more I feel that one could spend an infinite amount of time on this and still find new things I’d like to add or expand upon.  If you’ve never taught … Continue reading

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How can an online course be superior to a traditional face-to-face course?

I’ve gotten into the habit of posting nearly completely thought out ideas, with the result  that I’ve largely stopped blogging, or more precisely, I have a stack of half written posts in draft none of which I’ve managed to publish.  … Continue reading

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Time for a Change.edu?

I recently finished Andrew Rosen’s Change.edu.  I found a lot to like in the book, but I also think the author missed an opportunity to clarify something important that I don’t understand about For-profit universities.  The book has six chapters … Continue reading

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The Innovative University

Over the Christmas break, I finally found the time to read Christensen & Eyring’s The Innovative University.  I had heard that this book, written by a pair of insiders had important insights into what ails U.S. higher education.  Well maybe.  There’s a … Continue reading

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Son of Pedablogy

I am planning to teach an online course a year from now during Fall 2012.  The course is ECON 201, Principles of Macroeconomics, a course I have taught nearly every year since I began teaching in 1982, but always in … Continue reading

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Redesigning My Intro Course

This post is a continuation of my thinking over (at least) the last two posts.  The focus is on how I plan to incorporate high impact practices into my introduction to macroeconomics course this Fall to improve on last year’s … Continue reading

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