Martin Weller makes me tired. He does so much, writes so well, is an encouraging and supporting professional colleague (even at a distance – I’ve never met him in person), and runs great distances (1008 miles in 2014). We knew he’d been writing a new book, as he’d been providing updates and ideas on his blog site, but it’s still exciting to see the finished product: The Battle for Open: How openness won and why it doesn’t feel like a victory. Continue reading
Tag Archives: higher education
Recent ruminations on higher education … in the US
It started with Clay Shirky. Like many commentators from the US, he can at times come across as somewhat pompous (not just the province of the English!) or grandiose. There’s a tendency of such writers to make pronouncements as though they’re the first to have thought of it, or to take their arguments just a tad too far (or even much too far!). Continue reading
Some worthy reading
I browse The Browser (despite their new subscription policy). I dally with Arts and Letters Daily. I am cheered by Open Culture. Yes, I find plenty of good reading on the internet, and this post is a snippet of some interesting stuff out there (IMHO). Continue reading
“The Internet is the under-recognized revolution of our time”: you’ve got to be kidding!
Under-recognized? Surely not! Permit me to repeat that and state it fully in context:
“An argument can be made, and so I will make it here, that the invention of the Internet is the under-recognized revolution of our time [italics added]. Continue reading
Education: the big picture … new books
Whatever particular field of education with which we engage, every now and then we want to step back and look at the big picture. What’s going on overall, and who is providing the best overview of current trends and issues? The journals help, of course, as most include reviews of the latest offerings, but sometimes that just isn’t enough. Continue reading