Bookmarks 03-May-2010

Richard Katz asks, “Is the modern college or university, for example, centrally important as a storehouse of knowledge? As a purveyor of expertise? As a cultural arbiter?”

Bookmarks 08-April-2010

Only one bookmark in today’s offering, but what range it considers.
1. Is higher education capable of addressing the considerable challenges that face the world today?

The Futures of Higher Education

In this post I respond to George Siemens’ recent request for contributions on the future of education.

Threaded Bookmarks 08-March-2010

What do Big Data and higher education have in common?

Threaded Bookmarks 08-February-2010

Three recent documents offer images of education in the future. I tried that once and concluded it’s better to build the future than anticipate it. Each of the three documents suffers similarly, but they are still well worth reading if the future of learning concerns you.

Learning at the Edges of Education

Lately I’ve found my focus on systemic change in higher education dissolving.

Education, Economic Performance and Social Progress

Education features prominently in the recent report from the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress. There’s much to like, much to question, and some to reject.

Recent Bookmarks 04-September-2009

Recent bookmarks on delicious.com as garymlewis.

More Open Education 2009 Fallout

For me higher educational change starts and ends with learning. And I don’t mind one bit trying to influence other people to see things the same way.

The Tension Between Reform and a New Start

In two important recent posts, George Siemens considers the tension between reform in higher education and the need for a new start. It’s a tension also considered more generally by Kay Ryan in two poems.