Opinion

I may be the only person in Backboro who likes Limburger. (Maybe not, of course. It's unlikely that the local grocery stocks it just for me, but for sure there's aren't very many of us around here.) Smelly. Very smelly. But a lovely flavor, and you get used to the aroma after a couple of decades.

The latest in my year-end series on the most important trends in ed-tech. Part Four: The Flipped Classroom

My break is filled to bursting with work -- and you?

Liberal arts colleges that subscribe to the Division III philosophy enable students to integrate—and balance—their athletic experience with academic interests and other co-curricular activities. Student-athletes compete not because they expect a financial reward or because booster clubs and alumni have a vested interest in their performance, but because they are driven to excel.

We’ve stopped in Sandy Hook any number of times over the last few years, driving between Massachusetts and New Jersey. It’s a cute little town just off route 84, about halfway between Danbury and Waterbury. It has several good lunch places, and a lovely upscale toy store in an old house that couldn’t be any more New England-y if it tried. Behind the toy store there’s a creek with several decks overlooking it, and if I remember right, even a mill wheel. The last couple of times we were there, we spent more time than was strictly necessary, just because we liked it so much.

Katherine Ellison and Cheryl Ball share questions you can expect to hear at an MLA interview.

Michael Bugeja wants his students to come to class, but he has unusual rules to encourage them to do so.

In a previous post we predicted that this year MOOCs will morph into MOCCS (Mid-Sized Online Closed Courses).