Very interesting work by a graphic design artist, Toby Ng Kwong To, on the composition of the world if it were a village of 100 people. Very sticky concept and way to present complex information. Here is an example:
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Multicultural Critical Theory. At Business School? – NYTimes.com
This article is a nice take on a “new” way of teaching business. It’s what I try to do with my undergraduate students. What is shocking to me is that this is considered “groundbreaking”. Really? We still don’t believe, as business educators, that we ought to take […] Continue reading
Op-Ed Columnist – The New Untouchables – NYTimes.com
Great article on the skillsets needed in the new economy and how our education system doesn’t produce enough students with those skillsets.
Friedman writes:
“A Washington lawyer friend recently told me about layoffs at his firm. I asked him who was getting axed. He said it was interesting: lawyers who […] Continue reading
This article describes Temple University’s experience with reforming their General Education curriculum. Note how they contrast a focus on teaching with a focus on content:
“Speaking more broadly of the new general education curriculum, Cutler contrasts Temple’s approach with standard distribution requirements, in which students are required to take a certain number of courses in a […] Continue reading
News: Reforming the Requirement-Free Curriculum – Inside Higher Ed
Here’s an interesting article about Brown University and their experience with a “requirement-free” university. As my BA352 students work on their projects on reforming General Education at the UO, this provides another perspective to consider.
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Webfolios: Assessment, Evaluation and Reporting at Once An argument for eportfolios as an effective assessment tool. Blogged with the Flock Browser
TVO.ORG | Video | Big Ideas – Mark Kingwell and Malcolm Gladwell Interesting debate between Malcolm Gladwell and Mark Kingwell on how to effect social change. Gladwell proposes that “awareness” campaigns are basically useless in creating behavior change. Blogged with the Flock Browser
Liberal Education | Winter 2009 | The Best of Both Worlds
This article from the AACU Journal – Liberal Education – discusses an effort at Bentley to better integrate Liberal Arts and Business.
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Grown Up Digital – this is a great talk by Don Tapscott, author of Grown Up Digital from Big Ideas on TVO.org. From their website: The author of Grown Up Digital, Don Tapscott, refutes the belief that the internet is turning today’s youth into “the dumbest generation”. Tapscott illustrates how … Continue reading
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