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Three Reasons Why Higher Education Should (and Can) Change
This week a journalist asked me to list three principles that underlie and motivate my interest in institutional transformation for higher education. It’s always an interesting exercise when someone asks […]
The MOOC Moment, Thurs. Feb. 26, 3:30pm, Grad Center Library
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
