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 […]
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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 […]
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,” […]
The Big “Why”? 4 Top Reasons Higher Ed is More Important Than Ever AND Needs to Change!
By Cathy Davidson Cross-posted to the Futures Initiative HASTAC Group. As we begin to assemble the documents, materials, models, and course materials for “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” the […]
Recap of F.I. Open Session “How ProQuest Fits in with the Changing Dissertation Landscape”
On December 1, 2014 the Futures Initiative along with JustPublics@365 and the Mina Rees Library at The Graduate Center, CUNY, hosted a discussion with Austin McLean, Director of Scholarly Communication […]
Digital Platforms for Multimedia Scholarship: Reflections on Our Panel with Jessie Daniels, Alexei Taylor, and Diana Taylor
On November 21, the Futures Initiative hosted a panel on digital publication and multimedia scholarship. Jessie Daniels was joined by Alexei Taylor and Diana Taylor to discuss their use of […]
An Open Letter to Grad Students/Teachers/Co-Learners: #FuturesEd
Dear Graduate Students, Teachers, Co-Learners, Welcome! I can’t wait to meet you. If you are taking “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” you are someone I am very excited to […]
Changing Higher Ed UNESCO Barcelona Talk #curriculumBCN
This post was written in real time by Cathy Davidson, and added to incrementally throughout and immediately after the X International Seminar, UNESCO Chair in Education and Technology for Social […]
Community Contract Inspiration from Debian
One component of the upcoming Futures Initiative course, Mapping the Futures of Higher Education, will be for the class to develop a social contract within the course community, a way […]
A Digital Storytelling Odyssey: Mapping the Universe and Other Small Things with Curtis Wong
CUNY’s Futures Initiative hit the ground running on October 3rd with its first official event—an awe-inspiring digital storytelling odyssey that took the audience from the early days of interactive software […]
