To get the model right, we need to inspect the value chain more closely. It’s been a COVID- and US national politics-blurred couple of months since I last posted here. Much has transpired in those months and it’s clear that nothing in education and EdTech will be the same as it was, and yet we […]
A Next-Generation Open Source Courseware Platform Collaboration
It’s time for “courseware” to lose it’s connotation of a canned product and become a medium for academic collaboration on continuous improvement of teaching effectiveness.
The Anatomy of a Scaled Digital Seminar
We should not give up on the goal providing the high-value experience of seminars to every student. And I don’t think we have to.
Scaling the Seminar
In my recent first look at Engageli, I wrote about the importance of scaling the humanities seminar. The short version is that budget pressures will force universities to make cuts to programs that are the most costly to run. Since STEM programs tend to generate more grant money and social sciences programs can often teach […]
Engageli: First Look at a Zoom Educational Alternative
I’m impressed.
Digital Residential Education
The residential college experience is largely accidental. Can we make it more intentional in a way that captures the magic even at a physical distance?
Some Changes will be Permanent
Back in July, I wrote an uncharacteristically clickbait-y post about the possibility that Elon Musk’s Space-X Starlink might deliver rural broadband everywhere in North America this year. I got mocked a little, which I expected. It’s usually hard to separate the hype from the genuine revolutions. Well, here we are in October, and Starlink is […]