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NITLE Liberal Education Today
Really interesting edtech blog. Well-organized categories, short posts, easy to read, VERY useful information and interesting posts.
Summary Report of a Survey of Learning Space Design in Higher Education
Nice survey example for obtaining user input
The Global Education Market: The World Outside of the U.S. - Ron Perkinson Archive
Brief summary of a speech by Ron Perkinson. Interesting thoughts on what constitutes "the educational market." Outlines 6 converging forces of change that will affect higher ed where it hurts (i.e., $). Knowledge, globalization, competition, internationalization, tech, and global decline in public financing.
digital digs: Richard Miller's MLA Dream
Interesting blog post that considers transitions in writing spaces, composing pedagogies, and their implications for English Depts. and the humanities in general--esp. re: resource allocation, tenure & promotion, and hiring of PhDs.
Scientific Journal to Authors: Publish in Wikipedia or Perish - ReadWriteWeb
Demos power of existing publisher to demand change. Policy fosters collaboration/peer review on one hand, but potential for conflict. Pressures field toward online publication, but may cause others to refuse to "play."
Scene 1 - Why Did You Take Points Off?
10 scenarios w/ video and written transcript designed to outline common problems in classroom management (appears to be at the university level and probably targeted at TAs).
academhack » Blog Archive » Twitter for Academia
Blog re: tech tools for academics - this post provides a lengthy, descriptive list of ways to use Twitter in Academia.
Academia, here I come . . .
Calvin & Hobbes re: the "purpose" of writing . . . pokes fun at academic writing (and with VERY good reason)! ;-)
Academia as a Walled Forest of Structured Trees? » CogDogBlog
Interesting blog post by CogDog re: the highly structured nature of a social networking site for academics.
SCALE-UP
Discusses how blending learning environments and new technologies can facilitate deep learning in large university classes. Concept of "tangibles" and "ponderables" is VERY interesting.
Design Features for Project-based Learning
Graphic organizer of design features that facilitate PBL, along with info. abstracted from doctoral research on the topic in higher education.
UCrime - University Crime
Mashup that tracks crime for 200 different universities across the U.S. (organized by state, then by university)
Yes, even college English teachers fall for Facebook | csmonitor.com
Cute, brief article re: a college English teacher's "fall from grace" into Facebook.
About Intute: Arts and Humanities
Outstanding, regularly updated list of links re: various projects and sites related to a wide variety of disciplines in the humanities. Lots there for Spanish
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