TOP THREE QUESTIONS EVERYONE SHOULD ASK (AND ANSWER FOR YOURSELF) 1. Why am I doing this? (If you don’t yet have a job, the question should be: why do I want to do this?) 2. Why should someone else pay me or support me to do this thing I love? 3. Why is what I’m … Top 3 Questions for Job Seekers
Cathy was recently quoted in a New York Times article charting the surge in popularity of MOOCs. “Sign up for anything that appeals to you and quit when you get bored,” Cathy advised readers. You can see the full text of the article here. A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online … NYTimes: A Surge in Growth for a New Kind of Online Course
Cathy gave a two part interview this month as part of the The New York Times‘“Ask An Expert” column series. She answered questions from Baby Boomers on accessing and using MOOCS. You can read the full text of the second installment here. September 11, 2013 Advice for Middle-Age Seekers of MOOCs, Part 2 By THE NEW YORK TIMES … Advice for Middle-Age Seekers of MOOCs, Part 2
Cathy was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia during her participation in the Second International Summit of the Book held in Singapore. She is quoted as saying, “Much of the Industrial Age value system is about teaching content as if it is fixed, and as if education teaches you something that will then last you a lifetime. “There have been … Channel NewsAsia: Rote Learning Has To Make Way For Digital Literacy
Thursday, August 29, 2013 21st Century daVincis: How the Humanities and STEM Intersect Part 1 of an NEH Google Hangout series The National Endowment for the Humanities will host a Google Hangout On Air (a hangout available for public view) on Thursday, August 29th 2013 from 2:00 to 2:30 pm Eastern Time. The Hangout will … NEH: 21st Century daVinci’s: How the Humanities and STEM Intersect
To say that American universities are too expensive is like saying cars are too expensive. What do we mean by such a statement? Are we talking about the cost of a Lamborghini Veneno (at 3.5M, one of the world’s most expensive cars) or a Hyundai Atos (at $9000, one of the least expensive)? For the … Why Does College Cost So Much–And Why Do So Many Pundits Get It Wrong?
Cathy gave a two part interview this month as part of the The New York Times‘“Ask An Expert” column series. She answered questions from Baby Boomers on accessing and using MOOCS. You can read the full article here. September 4, 2013 Answers for Middle-Aged Seekers of MOOCs, Part 1 By THE NEW YORK TIMES Cathy N. … NYTimes: Answers for Middle-Aged Seekers of MOOCs, Part 1
Cathy was quoted last week in an Inside Higher Ed article exploring Faculty Attitudes on Technology. “We should all be thinking of more interactive, human, creative, student-centered ways of teaching that help prepare students for the current world where, since April 22, 1993, anyone with a connection to the Internet has the capacity to think … Inside Higher Ed: Faculty Attitudes on Technology
Cathy Davidson was featured on the “Ask an Expert” column in August 2013. You can read the full article on the New York Times, or read below. By NICOLE HIGGINS DeSMET Published: August 28, 2013 33 Comments This week’s Ask an Expert features Cathy N. Davidson, a professor of English and interdisciplinary studies at Duke University, who … New York Times: Advice for Middle-Age Seekers of MOOCs (or Other Courses)
Cathy authored this “Daily Focus” article for VoicesTODAY. You can read the full article on their website. On April 22, 1993, the computer scientists who developed the Mosaic 1.0 browser decided that the Internet should be available to all of us. Before that, it was mostly computer programmers, scientists, university professors and government officials … TODAY: Why Are We Teaching Likes It’s 1992?