For years, we've been told that the higher education system is broken and its demise is near. EdTech companies and startups have responded to this doomsday scenario by offering promises of salvation and calls for disruptive innovation. Voices critical of corporate intrusion into higher education are often framed as resisting change. This panel will examine the forces calling for disruption from a pedagogically informed critical perspective and add a much needed faculty voice to the debate. - See more at: http://schedule.sxswedu.com/events/event_EDUP33336
42. educational technology might be
best understood as akin to many
other faith systems – that is, a
“system of radical optimism” that
persists despite the lack of
immediate experience or evidence.
—NeilSelwyn
66. a c c r e d i t i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s w a n t
assessments of student learning
o u t c o m e s; s t a t e a g e n c i e s w a n t
assessments to prove that tax dollars
a r e b e i n g s p e n t e f f i c i e n t l y ;
institutions want internal assessments
that they can use to demonstrate
success to their own constituencies
—ChristopherB.Nelson
67.
68.
69. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
make a lot of money.
make a lot of money.
70. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
increase graduation rates.
increase graduation rates.
71. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
complete on-time loans.
complete on-time loans.
72. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
increase student evals.
increase student evals.
73. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
retain students.
retain students.
74. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
raise test scores.
raise test scores.
75. It’s no trick to
if all you want is to
reform higher ed.
make a lot of money.
76. The reformers…view students as “human
capital” or “assets.” One seldom sees any
reference in their literature or public
declarations to the importance of
developing full persons to assume the
responsibilities of citizenship.
—DianeRavitch