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Inside HigherEd: MLA's Big (Digital) Tent
read more: Inside HigherEd: MLA's Big (Digital) TentInside HigherEd’s Serena Golden recently profiled the Modern Language Association’s “Avenues of Access: Digital Humanities and the Future of Scholarly Communication” panel. As part of the presentation, Cathy gave a talk entitled “Access Demands A Paradigm Shift.” Here’s what Golden had to say about Cathy’s presentation which parsed questions of scale and access in the digital…
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The Chronicle of Higher Education: Multiple Choice Exam Theory
read more: The Chronicle of Higher Education: Multiple Choice Exam TheoryProf. Jonathan Sterne, an associate professor of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University, recently read Cathy’s book Now You See It in preparation for his fall course load. The book spurred an in-depth consideration of multiple choice testing. Sterne shared his ruminations on The Chronicle of Higher Education’s ProfHacker blog. You can read the full text below…
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Inside Higher Ed: Why Students Gripe About Grades
read more: Inside Higher Ed: Why Students Gripe About GradesReblogged from Inside Higher Ed Why Students Gripe About Grades January 7, 2013 – 3:00am By Cathy Davidson You are the best teacher in the world and you’ve just turned in your grades for the best class you’ve ever taught. If you are a college professor you know what comes next: the barrage of complaints…
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Internet Time Blog: Jay Cross Reviews Now You See It
read more: Internet Time Blog: Jay Cross Reviews Now You See ItBusiness and eLearning guru, Jay Cross, recently reviewed Cathy’s book Now You See It on his blog, Internet Time. Cross calls it, “brilliant,” “extremely well-written,” and “nearly impossible to put down.” You can read the review on Jay’s blog or see below for the full text. — I finished reading Cathy Davidson’s Now You See It yesterday afternoon. It…
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Size Isn't Everything
read more: Size Isn't EverythingReblogged from the Chronicle of Higher Ed For academe’s future, think mash-ups not MOOC’s By Cathy N. Davidson My reading material to and from London recently for the annual open-source programming event known as Mozfest, or the Mozilla Festival,included two glossy magazines focusing on the future of education: the November 19 cover story in Forbes and the entire…
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Duke Today: Davidson Discusses Upcoming Meta-MOOCs
read more: Duke Today: Davidson Discusses Upcoming Meta-MOOCsThe Duke Today website featured two upcoming classes that Cathy Davidson will teach in the Spring semester. One graduate and one undergraduate course will offer students a chance to participate in what she’s called a Meta-MOOC. Read more. NEXT: A META-MOOC In the spring, two Duke professors will offer what they’re calling a “Meta-MOOC,” a face-to-face course…
