MOOC madness takes its toll.
It seems as if it's been a very long time since I've written anything about MOOCs. To be honest, I've been avoiding clicking on MOOC links entirely in order to…
The death of expertise.
A few days ago, a Twitter acquaintance of mine – the gloriously cynical Professor Enron – wrote out a Twitter rant that I've had trouble shaking. I don't really feel…
“Mine.”
People harsh on lectures. For example, while those of us in North America were sleeping last night, my friend Kate noted: I’ve loved the experience of listening to people who…
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.”
Way back in 2012, when the new all "online-Ivy" Minerva, was known less formally as "the Minerva Project," the MIT Technology Review explained founder Ben Nelson's labor plan: Nelson says…
Cut the professor a check and walk away.
It's awesome that even though I'm down to something like a once-a-week posting schedule on this blog, people still tweet articles at me that are right up my alley. Saves…
MOOCs: Making the unacceptable acceptable since 2012.
I seem to find myself writing more and more about MOOCs again. Some of this is due to the fact that I'm finishing a book chapter on them right now. Some…
Dear Superprofessors: The experiment is over.
Dear Superprofessors, I know it has been a long time since I addressed you all directly, but there's been an important development in MOOCville that I wanted to be sure…
Academic survival literature.
My version of academic survival literature is now up over at Vitae. Warning: It's kind of depressing, but then again so is academia these days.
Not ready to make nice.
There's an utterly reasonable comment on my last Arizona State/edX Global Fresman Academy post that deserves a response, so I figured I'd make it a post of its own. Here's…
“We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore.”
Yippee! Rebecca Schuman is back from maternity leave and writing at Slate again. This makes me happy because Rebecca is a) prone to say exactly what everybody else familiar with…
