In This Issue
Zen and the Art of Metacognition: Quality-Based Discrimination, Peer Assessment & Technology
In 1974, Robert M. Pirsig wrote a book entitled “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”, within which he provided a philosophical […]
READ MOREChallenges, Opportunities, and New Expectations
Last term, having received a request from the campus Disability Services Office, I asked my lecture class of 700 students for volunteers […]
READ MOREUpgrade Anxiety and the Aging Expert
By definition university professors are experts in their fields. Given the laws of the universe, however, professors are also aging experts. Not […]
READ MOREThe Professor as Mass Communicator?
While much about being a university professor has remained unchanged for centuries, the way today’s academics research, teach, and fulfil administrative duties […]
READ MOREBecoming Prof 2.0
In October 2010, “So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities” was posted on YouTube and began to circulate rapidly […]
READ MORETenure and Academic Freedom: The Beginning of the End
Since the Second World War, Canadian and American universities have offered faculty members tenure, the promise of lifetime employment to those who […]
READ MOREThe Massive Open Online Professor
The new open and social technologies may allow academics to have their cake and eat it, too. A professor can be a […]
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