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Published Writing

It’s Time to Get Serious About Teaching Critical Thinking

(Inside Higher Education, March 2, 2020)

We in academe must do more to ensure today’s students become tomorrow’s skilled thinkers.

Is there a tension between teaching and assessing critical-thinking skills?

(British Educational Research Association, June 2, 2020)


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Remote Learning Begs the Question: Must Lectures Be So Long?

(edSurge, March 25, 2020)

What can K-12 teachers, college and university professors and specialists in online education learn from one another when it comes to optimizing lectures in remote learning environments?


Is Education Entering an “Age of Alternatives”?

(edSurge, March 2, 2019)

Might our education system be entering a new age without anyone noticing?


Why Efforts to Improve Teacher Productivity and Efficiency May Not Pay Off

(edSurge, August 19, 2019)

Why  do efforts to make teachers more efficient often backfire?


What Can Schools Learn from the Successful Transformation of Public Libraries?

(edSurge, October 26, 2019)

What can libraries teach us about what might work in future attempts at school reform?


Why the ‘Best’ Ideas in Education Technology and Reform Don’t Win

(edSurge, October 26, 2019)

Might failures in Ed Tech and education reform have less to do with financial challenges or lack of product-market “fit,” than with a failure to understand the pieces and politics at play in the board game of education?

MOOCS

Leveraging the MOOC Precedent in the Age of COVID-19

(MIT Press Reader, April 7, 2020)

MOOCs, or massive open online courses, can provide guidance and even resources for schools attempting the swift conversion of entire academic programs.

MOOCs and the Slope of Enlightenment

(edSurge, March 18, 2014)

The first in a four-part series analyzing MOOC market segments


Finding the Right MOOC Market for College Kids

(edSurge, March 27, 2014)

The second in a four-part series analyzing MOOC market segments


Meritable MOOCs for the Mature Crowd

(edSurge, April 8, 2014)

The third in a four-part series analyzing MOOC market segments


Imagining MOOCs for a Developing World

(edSurge, April 18, 2014)

The fourth in a four-part series analyzing MOOC market segments


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My Year of MOOCs

(Slate February 6, 2014)

Lessons learned from earning the equivalent of a B.A. in 12 months, online.

 

More Musings

Coursera Vlog (transcripts)

The 1 Year MOOC BA Experiment: Degree of Freedom

3 Tips from Jonathan Haber on Coursera Time Management!

Do Your Homework!

Signaling Learning for MOOCs

20 Things I’ve Learned So Far in 2.5 Minutes

Huffington Post

My semi-regular HuffPo column

MOOC Reviews

Reviews of courses I’ve completed appearing at MOOC News and Reviews

eCampus News

My Year in MOOC-land

Medium

A little sidelight (not MOOC or education related)

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Latest Published Writing

Remote Learning Begs the Question:  Must Lectures Be So Long? (EdSurge – May 25, 2020)

It’s Time to Get Serious About Teaching Critical Thinking (Inside Higher Education – March 2, 2020)

Why the ‘Best’ Ideas in Education Technology and Reform Don’t Win (EdSurge – February 5, 2020)

Is Education Entering an “Age of Alternatives”? (EdSurge – March 2, 2019)

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