2012 was declared to be “the year of the MOOC” by no less than the New York Times, but stories of failure abounded about Massive Open Online Courses in the years that followed. The public read tales of defections, meltdowns, protests, and palace coups by faculty and scandals involving vandalism, cheating, and harassment by students. […]
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Embedding a Librarian for Mapping the Futures of Higher Education
Mapping the Futures of Higher Education has an embedded librarian for its first course. This direct relationship with the Graduate Center library ensures that students in the course will have direct access to library resources. Although all graduate students at the GC do indeed have direct access, an embedded librarian provides a ensured direct link […]
LIVE: The Evolving Dissertation Landscape
LIVE: Our conversation with Austin McLean, Director of Scholarly Communication and Dissertation Publishing at ProQuest is now live at this link: http://bit.ly/proquest-live. You can ask questions and contribute to the conversation in this Google Doc.
Rethinking Evaluation: A Futures Initiative Open Session
Rethinking Evaluation and Assessment in Online and Blended Learning Environments A Futures Initiative Open Session Monday, December 8, 2014, 1-2 p.m. Library C196.05, CUNY Graduate Center During this open session, we will explore methods for evaluating courses and programs that use and integrate online technology for teaching and learning. Dr. Anthony Picciano, Professor and […]
