The Accidental CIO
The Accidental CIO, written by Timothy M. Chester, Vice President for Information Technology at the University of Georgia, is a blog about leadership in the campus setting.
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Randy Pausch's Boldest Innovation
A central concern with MOOCs and other student directed learning experiences is that by decentering the traditional gatekeeping role of teachers, such experiences lack an authoritative center for determining the rigor and depth of a course as well judging the mastery of learning outcomes by students. In a traditional...
Why MOOCs are like Farmville, Part II
Three Vexing Problems and their Common Origin
Walk around any institution of higher education, even those well known for effective delivery and use of information technology, and you will find the following to some degree or another.
- Information Technology staff suffering from work pressures that never abate. With expectations far outstripping available resources, day-to-day work consists of putting out fires and moving on to the next.
- Critical stakeholders continually disappointed with the pace and...
The 'Sage on the Stage' and the End of the Classroom Lecture
Why MOOCs are like Farmville
Another day, another report from one of the thought leaders on higher education. This time it is from Moody’s, which proclaims the death of the traditional model of higher education. While the concerns raised by Moody’s are real – diminished resources due to state budget cuts, declining family incomes, and...
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