We’re all abuzz here with conversation, analysis, dismay, and all the rest about a recent article in the Atlantic that paints a grim picture of the way even the City […]
Author Archive | Lisa Tagliaferri
NYU Event, Jan 15, HyperCities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities
HyperCities: Thick Mapping in the Digital Humanities Thursday January 15, 5:00- 6:30, reception to follow; books available for sale. Jurow Lecture Hall at New York University Silver Center, Room […]
The Invention of Failure
What if we got rid of “flunk out courses” that were defined as “rigorous and demanding” and, instead, set our goal as ensuring the success of every student in equally […]
Collaborative Learning for a Digital Age
This is an excerpt from Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn (Viking, 2011). It was published, in […]
Six Reasons Why the Three-Year Degree is a Terrible Idea
In September 2013, I was invited to conduct a workshop on “Transforming Higher Education for the Digital Age” at a Carnegie Institute symposium on The Future of Higher Education. After […]
What Are We Missing in Higher Ed and How Can We Change It–Today?: Podcast
Bonni Stachoiwiak did a great job interviewing me and editing this podcast on “Teaching in Higher Ed,” “How To See What We’re Missing in Higher Ed“: http://teachinginhighered.com/podcast/cathy-davidson/ Follow here on Twitter: […]
Watch Cathy Davidson’s Appearance on CNN
The Graduate Center’s Futures Initiative Director, Distinguished Professor Cathy Davidson, recently appeared on CNN’s @ThisHour to discuss higher education and its value. You can watch the full segment “Is […]
Reflections on Futures Initiative Open Session: Rethinking Evaluation and Assessment in Online and Blended Learning Environments
On December 8th, Dr. Anthony Picciano, Professor and Executive Officer of the PhD program in Urban Education, joined us for a Futures Initiative Open Session. This was a very topical […]
Coding for Social Change – Event at Cardiff University, 30 January 2015
Coding for Social Change A public discussion at Cardiff University, UK, on Friday 30th January 2015, to mark the launch of two new Masters programmes at the Cardiff School […]
What Is Learning? 12 Principles of Peer-Led, Connected, Interactive Education
By Cathy Davidson Cross-posted to the Futures Initiative HASTAC Group. Here are a baker’s dozen of the main principles of connected learning. As you will see, they form an “ecosystem,” […]
