My first semester as an online instructor is almost over. Who knows where the time goes? Curating a respectable online survey course experience comes with a lot of responsibility. In…
I remember exactly when I took my first MOOC. It was Fall 2012 (during the run up to the last presidential election) and I was on sabbatical. If I didn't…
When I decided to teach online for the first time this semester, I was determined to throw out my old survey class and rebuild a new one from the…
All us historians let out a loud sigh when we read that story about Republican Senator Ron Johnson wanting to replace us all with Ken Burns videos. It's an incredibly…
On November 7, 1872, the American ship Mary Celeste left New York Harbor en route to Genoa, Italy. On December 5, 1872, a British brig discovered that vessel drifting in…
So this has happened. It may take a little while to make it from the publisher in the UK to booksellers around the world, but I still thought I'd take…
I've been an Apple user since the early-1980s. I don't think I qualify as a fanatic since I haven't bought anywhere near everything the company ever put out. Heck, I…
The blurb: "While much has been written about the doors that technology can open for students, less has been said about its impact on teachers and professors. Although technology undoubtedly…
via GIPHY So I have an announcement: Next year I will be the faculty fellow at CSU-Pueblo's Center for Teaching and Learning. First you go for the free food. Next…
If I'm writing about superprofessors again it must be 2012, right?
