Academic Technology Expert Mark Schlesinger Previews UMass’ Instructional Technology Conference
[Editor’s Note: Mark Schlesinger, Ph.D. , is the Associate Vice President for Academic Technology in the Office of the President at the University of Massachusetts. He works with faculty and staff at the five University campuses to enhance teaching with technology. He is on leave from the Boston campus, where he is an Associate Professor […]
UMassBoston Dean Dirk Messelaar Named Executive In Residence at UMassOnline
UMassOnline CEO David Gray recently announced that Dr. Dirk Messelaar, Dean of Corporate, Continuing and Distance Education at UMassBoston, has been appointed to Executive-in-Residence at UMassOnline. A unique role created by UMassOnline shortly after it was founded in 2001, the Executive-in-Residence role brings individuals with significant campus expertise and strategic leadership in the areas of […]
Educational Marketplace Relevancy and Corporate Collaboration
This post is about the whole business of whether or not it is appropriate to customize a college-level curriculum to meet corporate requirements.
The very question has a tendency to leave traditional academics disgruntled. College faculties have a treasured sense of autonomy. They rightfully want little or no interference in how to teach their courses. They […]
Rent a Textbook, Plant a Tree?
This is about a new online site at Chegg.com offering over two million used books and 800,000 new book titles for students to rent, rather than buy. If you use this service, they’ll plant a tree for every text you rent. Thanks to the Environmental graffiti blog for bringing it to my attention.
For a couple […]
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