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LA Review of Books: MOOCs and the Future of the Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 2)
read more: LA Review of Books: MOOCs and the Future of the Humanities: A Roundtable (Part 2)IN LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR, discussion of the role of online learning in higher education has undergone a qualitative shift. With the launch of for-profit educational start-ups such as Coursera, Udacity, and the MIT and Harvard-founded nonprofit platform edX, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have moved from obscure experiment to major initiative. MOOCs are…
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edSurge: Are MOOCs Really the Future of the University?
read more: edSurge: Are MOOCs Really the Future of the University?Cathy wrote this article for edSurge on the possibilities and challenges presented by MOOCs for the future of higher education. The full article is posted below, or can be read on the edSurge site here. What is the cost of MOOCs for society at large? Who profits? And who loses? In the last few…
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Duke Today: Teaching 2.0
read more: Duke Today: Teaching 2.0Duke Today featured “Surprise Endings” the undergraduate class that Cathy is co-teaching with Dan Ariely on its website. You can read the full text of their article below, or view the original story here. February 11, 2013 | By Eric Ferreri DURHAM, NC – For Cathy Davidson, flipping the classroom isn’t enough. She’d prefer, as she likes to…
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The State of Things: The Science Behind Paying Attention
read more: The State of Things: The Science Behind Paying AttentionWUNC’s The State of Things recently invited Cathy to discuss what it means to pay attention and the complicated ways we each learn to do so. “The point of turning the classroom around is to get away from thinking that attention is always something hierarchical that someone makes you do and [to] make you a…
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University World News: Stop Polarising the MOOCs Debate
read more: University World News: Stop Polarising the MOOCs DebateCathy penned a piece on the competing narratives surrounding MOOCs this week for University World News. The full text is posted below or can be read on the UWN site here. The academic conversation on MOOCs is starting to polarise in exactly the talking-past-one-another way that so many complex conversations evolve: with very smart points…
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Inside HigherEd: Digital Learning, for the Learners
read more: Inside HigherEd: Digital Learning, for the LearnersThis week, “A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age,” a document co-authored by Cathy and colleagues throughout the public and private sectors, was released in the hopes of galvanizing a conversation surrounding the considerations and rights of online learners. Inside HigherEd reports on the reception of this document: It was probably…
