SUNY New Paltz
5-min read US university presidents and chancellors, enough already. It’s time to end the consensual hallucination between university leadership, parents, and students that in-person classes will resume in the fall. The bold statements from presidents and provosts are symptomatic of the viruses that also plague American leadership and business: exceptionalism that has morphed into arrogance […]
The Florida Senate on Thursday voted unanimously to permanently expand Bright Futures merit scholarships for some 94,000 university and college students. The legislation (SB 4) revives a higher-edu…
A new survey of students enrolled in massive open online courses (MOOCs) suggests that the courses are supplementing traditional higher education forms and "democratizing learning.http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc | Easy MOOC
Nearly everyone is trying to get their hands on a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 — with one possible exception. The lowest on the priority list for vaccinations for different federal
London. Now. And here come the new Londoners. Francine would prefer to be thinner, but is happy enough to suffer her boss' manhandling of her ample hips if it helps her…
Liberal education and career training aren’t mutually exclusive.
... The instructional design process is the same across all eLearning deliverables whether corporate or higher education. Both can truly benefit from collaboration of “best practices” to improve online course deliverables. A model for instructional design that both corporate and Higher Ed. can agree is the constructivist model, which is based on the idea that learning is derived from the student’s experiences, and that the instructor facilitates learning...http://www.scoop.it/t/easy-mooc | Easy MOOC
The slightly-cranky voice navigating the world of educational "reform" while trying to still pursue the mission of providing quality education.
A couple of weeks ago, Dr. Milton Cox from Miami University, met with a group of students, staff and faculty to share ideas on how to build effective communities of practice at UNT known as Collaborative Learning Communities (CLC). In his lecture and our discussion, Dr. Cox shared suggestions on how to "mind the gap(s)"…
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Social media demographics help you define and target your campus's audience, so you can refine your messaging and create content.
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In-depth and breaking news, opinion, advice, and jobs for professors, deans, and others in higher education from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
This Balancing Chemical Equations Worksheet is suitable for 10th - Higher Ed. In this chemical equations worksheet, students practice balancing chemical equations by completing 21 equations. This worksheet includes an answer key.
Zachary Waller always wanted to be a commercial airline pilot as a kid. The prestige and paycheck associated with being the captain of a huge airliner appealed to him.
With student debt rising at twice the rate of inflation, it's more important than ever for parents and students to understand their options about paying for college.
Can open educational resources, or OER, truly create more equity and access? That was the question at the heart of our #DLNchat on January 9, which ...
This Organic Chemistry Reactions Worksheet is suitable for 10th - Higher Ed. In this organic chemistry reactions worksheet, students are given a table with 8 different types of reactions that occur with organic molecules. Students answer 3 questions about the reactions given in the table and indicate which reactions would be use to make certain given organic compounds.
Because of my fascination with poetic constraint and compositional limitations, I've always been intrigued by the possibilities of magnetic poetry. Both commercial and kitschy, magnetic poetry seems like merely an idle parlor game, a diversion. And a fun one it is. However, I do think it has the potential for more serious endeavors, and I…
