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Reading: Fall 2020: Possibilities, Promise and the Likelihood of Failure

Post author By morgan
Post date 10 May 2020

From Fall 2020: Possibilities, Promise and the Likelihood of Failure

Short-sighted administrators, over-centralized systems, under-funded students, over-priced tuition – and other hypehenizations. State universities have done themselves in. Reform: cut admin, fund tuition down to $10/credit, get classes back to 10-20 – suits social distancing – place emphasis back on face to face, boost grad offerings, get emphasis back on academics, and you’ll see enrollment back up.

Tags coronavirus, learning, reform, universities

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Reading: On Burnett, The Radical Impossibility of Teaching

Post author By morgan
Post date 2 Jan 2019

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We’re selling bottled sugar water based on our sense of the needs of others. The grounding of teaching – much less Education – is rife with contractions we ignore. Going digital doesn’t change this but can offer a new ground for pedagogy. Maybe.

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on pinboard for September 11th, 2014 through September 13th, 2014

Post author By morgan
Post date 13 Sep 2014

makers and makerspaces | teaching composition in a creative economy – – (dh composition )
Learning Design Patterns as an Alternative Model of Course Design – Mike brings Alexander's design patterns into play for course design. Light in two rooms, and place structures to create spaces to congregate. – (pedagogy design learning patterns architecture )

Tags architecture, composition, design, DH, learning, patterns, pedagogy

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bookmarks for March 29th, 2013 through April 12th, 2013

Post author By morgan
Post date 12 Apr 2013

22 Thoughts on Automated Grading of Student Writing | Inside Higher Ed – I love it. The idea that teaching and evaluating written work can be done as a computer algorithm is a mind-saver. Why? Reading is boring. Automate now. I have videos to watch. My favorite thought is #7:” The only motivations for even experimenting, let alone embracing automated grading of student writing are business-related.” Can there be any better motivation? – (de xmooc assessment )
Blog Exercises: Increase Your Thank You Ratio « Lorelle on WordPress – No excuses. Say thank you. – (etiquette learning de en3177 )
Is Google Making Us Stupid? – Nicholas Carr – The Atlantic – – (DL CreavtiveCommons ) Sorry … Miles away … What was the question? Carr tries to address the question by over-interpreting neuroscience research. Plasticity does’t mean stoopidity.