I have been a proponent of using Twitter in the classroom for a few years now.  I recently ran across a webinar on the subject and the presenter’s goals for using Twitter resonated with me.  Here is what Dr. […]

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are all the rage in the media where it concerns the future of higher education.  So far, I don’t see it!  The retention rates are abysmal and there is no evidence that this […]

Students tend to put off seeing their academic advisor for numerous reasons but often it has to do with scheduling difficulties.  Using virtual collaboration tools such as Skype Premium and VSee are inexpensive […]

Just read Dr. Ebbeler’s article on how she flipped her classroom (http://goo.gl/8V7f5).  I’d like to hear of other success stories using blended learning here at CUNY.

As the Chief Technology Officer at John Jay, one of my primary duties is to look at new technologies that can make an impact on teaching and learning.  I am looking for problems or issues that you may be […]

New Technologies are perennially imagined to be not simply the enemy of established systems but in fact a direct threat to the essence of what it is to be human ~ Kathleen Fitzpatrick