The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 11, 2019
Are you experiencing a governance crisis, or is one right around the corner? Higher ed finds itself at a crossroads when it comes to many things, but especially board governance. .
Higher Ed Connects: Assessment
MARCH 15, 2019
by Kristen Lee You jump from one meeting to the next—strategic planning, curricular committee, program decisions, faculty evaluations, and so forth—only for you to have the “A” word crop up on your radar as the next meeting you must attend. As you’re sitting in the meeting, words like accreditation, goals, learning outcome, analysis, embedded are thrown around, as all eyes look towards you to provide direction on how your department or college is to move.
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Higher Ed Connects: Ed Tech
MARCH 15, 2019
StudyTree: A tool using AI for student success. by Terri E. Givens. I met one of the founders of StudyTree , Ethan Keiser, at the Entrepreneurship in Education workshop hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton campus in San Francisco. The event brought together ed tech entrepreneurs, academic administrators and venture capitalists to discuss entrepreneurship and the latest trends in educational technology.
Teaching Matters Student Engagement
MARCH 14, 2019
Photo credit: unsplash, Brooke Cagle, CC0 In this post, Dr Neill Storrar, Dr David Hope and Professor Helen Cameron, from the Medical School, share their insights from a recent PTAS project, which highlighted three factors that can make peer learning better… Getting students to teach each other and give feedback is a great way to learn but students vary in how much they like it and are willing to take part.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
MARCH 13, 2019
Photo credit: flickr, Luis Perez, CC0 In this contribution to the Mini-Series on Academic Blogging , Tim Fawns, Deputy Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education , explains how his time spent as a member of the Blogging Service project board has convinced him to re-introduce blogs into his teaching… While use of WordPress and other blogging platforms has been going on for a number of years in various ways across the University, as Anne-Marie mentioned in last week’s post , October
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
MARCH 12, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, StockSnap, CC0 In this post, Sharon Boyd and Jessie Paterson, lecturers at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS), reflect on their experiences of working in partnership with postgraduate peer tutors… Since 2013, online postgraduate taught MSc students at the R(D)SVS have had the opportunity to take on the role of online peer tutors.
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 11, 2019
Dr. Judy Kjelstrom is a pioneer in creating interdisciplinary programs that create well-rounded students who are well-equipped to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world. The entrepreneurial power of teams in Higher Ed for redesigning research. Dr.
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HECG
MARCH 14, 2019
By DAVID MYTON. The UK’s new higher education watchdog, the Office for Students , has been keeping an eye on vice-chancellors’ salaries and says that there are signs of pay restraint at some universities “with some vice-chancellors refusing a salary increase”. The OfS, which became operational last April with a mandate to regulate universities and other higher education providers, found that six universities paid their vice-chancellors £500,000 or more in salary, bonuses and benefits last yea
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 13, 2019
If you've wondered how Higher Ed institutions survive volatility and prevent becoming a casualty in today's environment, you've come to the right place.
HECG
MARCH 14, 2019
By DAVID MYTON. There seems to be general agreement that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will challenge existing institutions to adapt or, if not die, then quietly fade away. But there will also be new opportunities for the nimble and the shrewd to step up and make their mark. In higher education, as one academic paper has noted , the coming changes “will reduce the subject distance between humanities and social science as well as science and technology [requiring] much more interdisciplinar
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