Please join us on May 19th 2015 for a special event at the Graduate Center showcasing the innovative and diverse digital projects initiated during the 2014-2015 academic year! Presentations will be given by: the Digital Praxis Seminar, the GC Digital Fellows, Provost’s Digital Innovation Grantees, the New Media Lab, the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Certificate […]
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Futures Initiative Research featured on London School of Economics Social Science Impact Blog
The Futures Initiative is currently on the homepage of the London School of Economics Social Science Impact Blog, with a reblog of Futures Initiative Director Cathy Davidson’s piece “Why Do Research? Mapping the futures of Higher Education through the CUNY Map of New York City.”
Mix it Up! How Equity Can Enhance Innovation–and How #FuturesEd Works Toward Those Goals
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 University of New York–arguably the most equitable public education in America, where over 80% of our graduates leave tuition-debt free–still does not escape the inequality […]
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 […]
Digital Platforms for Multimedia Scholarship
#remixscholar #remixthediss Our Digital Platforms for Multimedia Scholarship will be both an in-person event at the Graduate Center (CUNY) in Room 9206, and an online livestreamed event. The livestream will start here a few minutes before the event: http://bit.ly/FuturesED-live. What is a digital “book”? What does it mean to publish and read online in a […]
Futures Initiative article featured in Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed has featured the Futures Initiative and Cathy Davidson’s vision for the work that will be done by our group within CUNY. The article, “Big Idea, Tall Order” by Colleen Flaherty, speaks to the spirit of the Futures Initiative. Going forward, [Davidson] hopes that the Futures Initiative will be able to explore and model […]
Course Description (S 15): Mapping the Futures of Higher Education
Here are some early ideas describing the method of the first course to be offered by the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center CUNY. There will be a large interactive public component to which anyone who wishes will be invited. The course will be team-taught by myself (Cathy N. Davidson, Director of the Futures Initiative) […]
Workshop and Info Session, Futures Initiative: Oct 3, 2 pm
See updated post.
