Higher Education

How Google Is Killing Higher Education

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Article first published as How Google Is Killing Higher Education on Technorati. Google is killing higher education.  It’s true.  Well… hold on… wait a min…  maybe I should clarify what I mean by that. First of all, let me say that if anyone is a Google-fan, it’s me.  I use Google services every day.  I […]

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No, it’s true. Really. Trust me.

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I recently had a discussion with some colleagues in an organization that I am a part of.  I don’t want to name names or name the organization, and honestly, that isn’t the important part of this story.  We were talking about social media and the relative importance of it compared to other forms of outreach, […]

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Pretty soon, they won’t need me anymore

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That’s what I used to think.  You see, for the past 11 years I have taught an introductory course in computer science at a university.  In my class we talk about current technology issues in our society and how they feel about them.  And we also learn about the Microsoft Office Suite… Word, Excel, and […]

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Customizing your life and why higher education better get this right

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Mass customization. Those 2 words can explain what has happened in this country over the past several years. From consumer products, to what we expect on the internet, to just about everything…. including education… mass customization is not just what people want, it is what they expect. I don’t want just plain vodka. I want […]

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We are a ship with no port…. so get used to it

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Last week I spent 3 days with people just like me…. instructional designers… teachers… IT support people… and we all had one thing in common:  we all are trying to figure out how we can use technology and the fruit-basket of tools available today to deliver high-quality education while meeting the needs and desires of […]

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Why the iPad will never replace textbooks

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For the last 11 years I have taught classes in higher education and have seen the way that students interact on campus, what they bring to class, how much they pay for textbooks, and how they use their textbooks.  This topic is quite a hot one on college campuses around the country and with the […]

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