Category Archives: Higher Ed

The EdTech Lament

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Greg Thompson

Sitting at Beans ‘n Cream having my morning tea and a tweet came through the stream . . . @mrplough07 linked to a new blog entry decrying his experience in a class he is taking as part of his EdTech … Continue reading →

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Freshman Year 2.0: Introduction

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Greg Thompson

I have been re-reading the book Convergence Culture by Henry Jenkins and it is as eye-opening the second time through as it was the first. I am struck by a concept that seems to keep coming back to forefront of … Continue reading →

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Why Technology Doesn’t Change Education

Posted on December 20, 2007 by Greg Thompson

In a great editorial in the July/August issue of Edutopia, James Daly brings home a wonderfully salient point, “The new reality is that the public-education system is no longer the only, or the paramount, place where we go to learn.” … Continue reading →

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Open access and Web 2.0 tools

Posted on December 18, 2007 by Greg Thompson

I recently read an interesting review (at EducationPR) of the book, The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship by John Willinsky. The book discusses the idea of “open access” and the effect it will have … Continue reading →

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Memory chips, not diplomas!

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Greg Thompson

Standardized testing may very well have reached its Orwellian pinnacle. An article in the November 8 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal discusses the University of Wisconsin Systems move to begin testing groups of Freshman and Seniors in order to … Continue reading →

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