Around the Web: Bandwagons, Skills, Crises, Lectures and more

By jdupuis on September 12, 2012.

Before You Jump on the Bandwagon ... (MOOCs)
It’s not about skills (hiring the right people and letting them do their job)
All is revealed: the real crisis on campus
Crafting an Engaging Lecture
MOOCs' Missing Pieces
MOOCs' Contradictions
Publishers Double Down (GSU copyright case)
Doing DH versus Doing Digital
Digital Textbooks Still Not Catching On With College Students
Time to go it alone on Open Access
As Students Scatter Online, Colleges Try to Keep Up (email is so 2011)
Hats off to Amazon (for cornering a whole bunch of ebook markets)
The Plagiarism Perplex
MOOCing On Site (site-based MOOC testing)
Why I published a paper on my blog instead of a journal
Into the Future With MOOC's
The aims of education?
Library as Publisher: Exploring "Value Added"
The Future Is Now, and Has Been for Years

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