Education
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A Free MIT Education = MITx
Posted by Jeff on December 19, 2011 Yes, earning a degree from MIT can be costly. Believe it or not, MIT has been offering free course materials for ten years now. If you’re an educator, and you’re not familiar with their extraordinary OpenCourseWare, you’re missing out. One hundred million people so far have learned from this free open source.
Should Academic Administrators Blog, Tweet?
Posted by Jeff on December 9, 2011 VPAA Corner Communication between academic administrators, faculty and students has never been easy. Should administrators embrace new media? Should they blog, tweet, post videos on YouTube? Or is it somehow undignified, too familiar?
Triangular Beauty, Pretending to do Math?
Posted by Jeff on December 8, 2011 Math is boring, you say? Does your mind drift in math class, leading you to unpredictable paths layed out by doodles? Try some triangular beauty, pretending to do math.
New Opportunities across the Blogosphere
Posted by Jeff on August 14, 2011 Dear readers, Some of you may be wondering what’s going on at Dean’s Corner. I begin a new position at my University tomorrow, August 15, serving as the Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs. {You can read the announcement here.}
The Triumph of the American Madrasahs
Posted by Jeff on August 2, 2011 This piece was co-authored with Sir Harold Kroto. New legislation suggests a more appropriate name for the U.S.A.: The Unenlightened States of America.
Minute To Win It: The Sun
Posted by Jeff on July 28, 2011 Why is the sun so hot?
So Where Will Those Jobs Be?
Posted by Jeff on July 17, 2011 silverlinedwinnebago’s Flickr photostream Some of the happiest people in the world come home smelling to high heaven at the end of the day. “Bruce Almighty” (2003)
Girls Rule Google Science Fair!
Posted by Jeff on July 12, 2011 Winners (from left to right): Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose, Naomi Shah Girls swept all three age categories at Google’s first science fair!
How Educated is Your State Legislator?
Posted by Jeff on July 7, 2011 How educated is your state legislator? The answer varies considerably from state to state. While many lawmakers hold a college degree, support of public higher education, it seems, has always been a challenge. Consider this scenario:
Blogging Pro Bono
Posted by Jeff on June 30, 2011 Photo source. The blogosphere can be a strange world for writers, offering vistas as broad ranging and fickle as human nature itself. Bloggers relying on pageviews for sustenance, even those who do not, face the challenge of attracting as many readers as possible, sometimes at the cost of becoming an uncivil “woo meister,” provocateur or…