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Could Badges Replace Standardized Tests?

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In scientific labor/learning management, there is a set scale that measures only pre-defined kinds of productivity and pre-defined forms of achievement and you are assessed by a standardized form of testing only on those things, and you are them measured against all other workers/learners and rewarded on that scale. Badges for Lifelong Learning offer us other ways of measuring and other ways of thinking about what qualities and contributions we might want to measure.

The History of Distraction, 4000 BCE to the Present

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So think about this history of past Information Ages the next time you hear a pundit blame the Internet for distraction, multitasking, diluted memory, asocial behavior, shallowness, loneliness, isolation, intellectual dilution and so forth. It may be the World Wide Web, or something else. Socrates would have urged us to blame our distraction on the alphabet. . .

When the Best Route is "Least Use of Highways"

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What the pundits forget is that sometimes we can set the GPS for “least use of highways.” That’s a reality and a metaphor: we can use the current technologies to dial back and control the role and pace of technology in our lives.

Printsasia.com, Nov. 11

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Author Interview: Cathy N. Davidson on 36 Views of Mount Fuji Cathy N. Davidson, the American scholar and author of more than twenty books, honors us by giving an interview on her book 36 Views of Mount Fuji and her discovery of herself on the soil of Japan. Her other books are Revolution and The … Printsasia.com, Nov. 11

DML Central, Nov. 9

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No Child Left Behind: The Economic Motive of National Education Policy By Cathy Davidson I’ve often thought about how our national educational policy of No Child Left Behind, passed in 2002, reinforces and connects to the increasing income disparity in the United States.  Some of the economic implications of NCLB are obvious, such as the … DML Central, Nov. 9

Hon. Davidson Goes to Washington

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The Honorable Cathy Davidson will be in Washington, D.C. to perform duties as a member of the National Council on the Humanities next week. While there, she will also appear on D.C.’s local NPR program, The Kojo Nnamdi Show from 1-2pm on Tuesday, November 15. Tune in to 88.5! Also, don’t miss a public and … Hon. Davidson Goes to Washington

Attention Chicago! Appearances at the Humanities Festival and Hechinger/MacArthur Conference

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Cathy Davidson will discuss “The State of the Humanities” with University of Illinois President Michael Hogan at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Saturday, November 5 11am-noon UIC Forum – Main Hall AB 725 West Roosevelt Road Open to the public; tickets ($5-$10 and free to students) on sale at the Chicago Humanities Website. While in Chicago, … Attention Chicago! Appearances at the Humanities Festival and Hechinger/MacArthur Conference

The iPod Turns 10 Today!

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We can’t just drop some new electronic device into education and think our job is done. Quite the contrary, new technology is merely a catalyst for a serious rethinking of higher education for the Information Age.

California or Bust

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Californians, Cathy Davidson is coming your way! Tuesday, October 25: Listen to Capital Public Radio on October 25, 10-11am for a LIVE interview. Cathy will be speaking with Jeffrey Callison, host of “Insight.” Tuesday, October 25: Cathy delivers a Keynote Address at UC Davis’ Chancellor’s Colloquium in the ARC Ballroom. Open to the public at … California or Bust