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A Modest Proposal Inspired by Aaron Swartz
I don’t know what Aaron Swartz planned to do with the four million or so articles that he downloaded from...
Is Google an Indictment of Higher Education's Failures?
Evidently, Larry Page of Google "once considered accepting goats as a legitimate form of payment from those seeking to buy...
An Open Letter to Congress
Dear Congress, As you know, I spend a disheartening amount of my time benchmarking, quantifying, and planning initiatives with measurable...
On Becoming an EdTech Conservative
My favorite educators are the risk takers. The academic tech colleagues whom I most admire are the innovators. But with...
The Joys of Administration
This week I started my new position as Director of my university’s teaching center. This is my dream job: I...
If I Could Get Away With It...
I’d have everyone on campus read Moneyball, by Michael Lewis. It’s several years old now, but its point still holds...
ABC's and PhD's: Nerdy fun
A couple weeks ago our family got gussied up to go to an evening ball – an annual summer extravaganza...
What Tech Do You Bring to Conferences?
What technology do you carry to conferences? I'm packing up for the ECAR Symposia this week in Chicago - finding...