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This post is a continuation of the story of how I helped create a free, open source text book. The first post is here. When one hears the words “free text book,” it is natural to question the quality of … Continue reading →

Last spring, I received an invitation to become the lead content expert for OpenStaxCollege’s principles of economics book . OpenStaxCollege is the new name for Connexions, a project I first heard about when founder Rich Baraniuk spoke at the 2005 … Continue reading →

Over the last year, I have fallen prey to a common ailment of bloggers—wanting to get your ideas just right before they are published.  Putting your ideas out there is, after all, risky.  Especially when those ideas may be half-baked.  … Continue reading →

Having nothing better to do (or nothing that I felt like doing) on a Sunday afternoon, I thought I’d respond to Bryan Alexander’s thought-provoking post on nothing less than the future of higher education. First a caveat: I am not … Continue reading →

You may recall from my earlier posts that I was concerned that students were learning substantially less in my online course than the parallel face-to-face course.  The difference in final exam scores was one full letter grade!  My hypothesis was … Continue reading →

[The following are late posts from this past semester] At mid-semester after I’ve returned the first exam I feel more disconnected from my online students than my face-to-face ones.  The online class seemed to do worse on the exam; many … Continue reading →