Work-Life Balance China Style

BEIJING - Much has been written about the elusive concept of “work-life balance.” There’s a Wikipedia entry for it and even whole web sites devoted to the notion (see worklifebalance.com for one example). We Americans are often accused of being out of balance. Too much work, 24 x 7 schedules, and the stresses of contemporary life […]

“It can’t be done online…”

No recent article – and comments posted in response – has in my opinion so aptly captured the learning online versus on-ground debate as this opinion piece, entitled, A Defense of In-Person Education, published by Inside Higher Ed, and written by Jane Arnold, who is the reading specialist and assistant professor of English at Adirondack […]

A Contemporary Discourse on Free, Open Source, Online Texts vs. the Alternatives

There was a time not so long ago when no one questioned the long-term viability of the mainstream print media. Now newspapers nationwide are suffering. Some visionaries predicted this outcome, but either their positions weren’t heard, or they were heard and routinely discounted or dismissed.
So what are we to make of those few who are […]

Zogby Poll Finds Distance Education a Sign of Transcendent Change

Courtesy of yesterday’s Chronicle of Higher Education news blog comes this report of a new book by well-known pollster John Zogby. I can’t wait to share many of Mr. Zogby’s most relevant findings with you. While Mr. Zogby’s new book identifies attitudinal trends among Americans in reference to a broad spectrum of transformational cultural developments, […]

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