Exploring intersecting issues from the day-to-day activities of a leader, educator, consultant, and engaged member of society. Topics include: leadership; organizational development; equity; diversity; higher education marketplace; teaching and learning; educational technology; online learning; health; research; and whatever else attracts my attention on a given day.
Three colleagues and I authored this posting for WCET Frontiers about a project we designed, piloted, and implemented over the last two years.
Howlett, B., Dallmann, D., Sims-Barbarick, D., & Donoff, S. (2018 Nov. 7). The Benefits and Challenges of Course Learning Outcome Assessment in Every Course Every Term. WCET Frontiers.
Read MoreThis woman’s brilliance and success are inspiring. I can’t help but wonder if she had been male, would the prize have been co-awarded to her, since she was also a student. It troubled me when I entered tenure track that graduate assistants and junior faculty members would see their work published under the names of others who had seniority . . .
Read MoreCourse evaluations, however well designed and intentioned, rarely work as advertised. Ostensibly, the end-of-term course evaluation provides feedback from unbiased students, under the cloak of anonymity, to help improve courses. In practice . . .
Read MoreStories about alternatives to college education are increasing from the occasional ping to a steady drumbeat. Perhaps the volume of these items could even be described as a cacophony. Certainly, the following prediction reverberates loudly . . .
Read MoreIt is, by no means, a brand new notion, but the idea of credentialing competence (often referred to as competency based education, CBE) is rapidly advancing on K-12 and higher education, as both disruption and opportunity. It seems likely a significant portion of the education market, especially for undergraduate education as well as . . .
Read MoreTraditional higher ed might be facing its greatest contraction in quite some time... but where there is reduction in one arena, there is frequently opportunity being created by market disrupters . . .
Read MoreThese are eventful times in higher education. I believe accreditation needs a complete overhaul. I am wishing for this highly impactful aspect of our industry not to be politicized, because so much is at stake for students and for . . .
Read MoreBurnout is an issue of increasing concern in higher education, with research examining levels of student and faculty burnout, as well as factors that influence it. However, little research has been conducted regarding burnout among non-teaching staff in higher education.
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