This semester I had the absolute honor and delight of participating in a course described as “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” a graduate seminar team-led by Professors Cathy N. Davidson and […]
Tag Archives | futuresed
March 10: Open Session on Student-Centered Pedagogy (Livestreamed!)
Join us March 10 for Student-Centered Pedagogy: a workshop for innovative classroom practices focusing on collaboration, crowdsourcing, and experiential learning. What does peer learning look like across disciplines? What are […]
Why Do Research? Or, Why “The CUNY Map of NYC” Matters #FuturesEd
Quality and Diversity Much has been written lately about the rise in quality of CUNY over the last two decades. Some have assumed that its rising quality means CUNY must […]
Photo Essay of Futures Initiative Syllabus Building Workshop
The Futures Initiative hosted its first workshop of the Mapping the Futures of Higher Education course this past Thursday, January 22nd. A number of the graduate students who will be […]
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 […]
Five Ways to Be Part of “Mapping the Futures of Higher Ed” #FuturesEd
“Mapping the Futures of Higher Education” is a series of courses at the Graduate Center and throughout the CUNY system. It is also a collaborative, peer-driven movement to rethink the […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Learning Communities Project: The small origins of large-scale school reform in Mexico
Futures Initiative network members may be interested in this upcoming Lehman Urban Transformative Education (LUTE) talk next week. A Talk by Dr. Gabriel Cámara Cervera November 12, 2014, 1pm – […]
