Tag: The Academy

52 Results

| June 8, 2010

back in the day

Stanley Fish: I wore my high school ring for more than 40 years. It became black and misshapen and I finally took it...

| May 26, 2010

Thoughts on DIY U

Dean Dad: “If you’re serious about education for the non-elite, you need institutions. The institutions...

| May 18, 2010

poor academic tools

This is not surprising: The Kindle isn’t doing as well in academic environments as Amazon—and educators—had...

| May 13, 2010

new directions

Victor Keegan: My second book, Big Bang, was published as a real book but launched in the virtual world Second Life...

| March 5, 2010

linkage!

Folks, I will be traveling for the next week and may not be able to post, so let me leave you with a few chewy nuggets...

| January 29, 2010

the non-digital classroom

Mark Bauerlein is making a prediction: As more kids grow up writing in snatches and conforming to the conventional...

| January 14, 2010

Kindles and the blind

Here’s a curious story: Three U.S. universities will stop promoting the use of Amazon.com’s Kindle DX e-book...