Tension Between Educational Interdependence and Modularity
I just read the first chapter of Disrupting Class. Clay Christensen (2008) is laying out the central premise of his book, which is that each person learns differently. He then presents the tension...
View ArticleShifting Goals in Higher Education
Christensen (2008) develops his argument in the second chapter of his book when he introduces the concept of disrupting technology. In the study of innovations, he explains, there is a pattern in which...
View ArticleCompeting Against Nonconsumption
In Chapter 3, Christensen argues that cramming innovations in as sustainable improvements will never change the way the system works. “To succeed, disruptive technologies must be applied in...
View ArticleDisrupting Assessment Paradigms
In chapter 4, Christensen presents the diffusion of innovations S-curve, applied to computer-based learning, and even an estimate of how long it will take: he foresees that we’ll be up to about 50% of...
View ArticleReflecting on Christensen’s “Disrupting Class”
Last week I finished Christensen’s (2008) Disrupting Class: How disruptive innovation will change the way the world learns. Overall it was worth reading to stimulate creative ideas about how to change...
View ArticleCreating presence, online and face-to-face
Recently an instructor was discussing his course with me, considering the pros and cons of teaching it face-to-face, hybrid, or fully online. He said that he could see some advantages to teaching fully...
View ArticleA silver bullet for content delivery?
Last week I had a great discussion with two faculty members about the balance between interaction and content delivery. That discussion came to mind again in light of two articles: a short column from...
View ArticleHow does active learning affect student performance?
This week I have been reading some classics in higher educational theory and research. First, I reread a summary of decades of research into seven principles to guide faculty and administrators....
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