Facilitators
Diverse Literacies and Thinking Like the Web
I caught Friday’s Connected Courses webinar with Gardner Campbell, Howard Rheingold, and Jon Udell discussing the idea of Thinking Like the Web. This was a must-see for me because so much of the work I’ve been part of over the last five years (ds106, UMW Domains, and … Continue reading →
A Digital Storytelling Odyssey: Mapping the Universe and Other Small Things with Curtis Wong
CUNY’s new Futures Initiative hit the ground running on October 3rd with its first official event—an awe-inspiring digital storytelling odyssey that took the audience from the early days of interactive software and CD-ROMs to multi-dimensional spatiotemporal explorations of deep space.
Collaborative Pedagogies Workshop, Nov. 3rd at the Graduate Center
Date/Time
Date(s) – 11/03/2014
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Location
Graduate Center, Room 9204
Teachers, Leaders
“May I have the power to exchange my best with your best.” –Nadia Boulanger I have been mulling over this great and greatly insightful post for a couple of days. What follows is a slightly modified version of my comment … Continue reading →
Hoe Zorba De Griek erin slaagde door literatuur een gemeenschapsgevoel te creëren
’t Is me wat, die Grieken. Een boeiende literatuurles met historische inslag van Pieter Borghart liet ons gisteren binnenpiepen in hun ziel. Na jarenlange Ottomaanse overheersing waren de Grieken vergeten wie Aristoteles nu weer was en vinden ze zichzelf her uit als neo-klassieke erfgenamen. Literatuur, en dan vooral historische romans, helpen een handje tijdens de […]
Nick Sousanis’ Diss About Comics Written As a Comic Is Now a Book!
Great news about one of the participants in our "What Is a Dissertation?" workshop. Here's the announcement of his dissertation--now a book--from Harvard University Press. read more
How Much Do We Really Want to Change Higher Ed?
I'm writing a new book on the future of higher education even as a growing team of us are creating the Futures Initiative at the Graduate Center and City University of New York. Next week, I'll be talking to the faculty here at the GC about...
Welcoming Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz to our Futures Initiative and HASTAC@CUNY team
We are very happy to announce that we have a new member of the Futures Initiative and HASTAC@CUNY team, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz, who will be our embedded librarian, and will be particularly integral to our work on the Mapping the Futures of Education cour...
Dopamine voor iedereen
Nog nooit zo’n diep-doorbakken-innovator horen spreken als gisteren. Lokt iedereen uit zijn kot. Maakt mensen opstandig en nerveus maar laat ze achter vol inspiratie. Géén mening hebben was gewoon onmogelijk. Over wie het gaat? Jef Staes! Gisteren vond het eerste netwerkmoment van Background Educations plaats en er is geen betere spreker denkbaar om nadien geanimeerde […]
Proficiat, Kris!
Je hebt het waarschijnlijk hier en daar al gelezen. Er was dan ook moeilijk naast te kijken. Kris Van Steenberge – die mee de lessen literatuur van Background Educations volgt – kaapt drie literaire prijzen weg op vier dagen. De Vlaamse Debuutprijs, de Bronzen Uil voor beste Nederlandstalige roman en ook nog de Lezersprijs van het […]
“Mapping the Futures of Higher Education” at the Graduate Center Doctoral Faculty Meeting
Cathy Davidson, Director of the Futures Initiative, will be speaking at the Fall 2014 Meeting of The Graduate Center Doctoral Faculty next month. All Grad Center doctoral faculty are invited to attend.
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