Guo, Kim and Rubin’s How Video Production Affects Student Engagement: An Empirical Study of MOOC Videos is significant in that it is purportedly the first such research based on big data. … Continue reading
Bob tried substitute teaching in 1985 when he was a self-described “confused 19 year old trying to figure out what to do with the rest of my life.” He’s back at it again in 2013, having run out of career options. … Continue reading
I made the decision to MOOC my course over summer-break as I regularly update material at that time and the prospect of crowd sourcing it struck me as a grand experiment. … Continue reading
I urge the Board of Education to devise a mechanism for monitoring the quality of online courses at all levels in Connecticut. … Continue reading
In the 1990s, talk of the “digital divide” in education revolved around the haves and have-nots. … Continue reading
This article advocates for engaging uses of Twitter (or similar services) in the classroom. … Continue reading
Most of what I know about getting tenure was gleaned from listening to the stories of professors who didn’t get it. … Continue reading