Professional Ghosting
If you are familiar with the term "ghosting," it probably refers to the the practice of ending a personal relationship with someone by suddenly and without explanation withdrawing from all...
View ArticleFacebook Cloning
So, a real friend on Facebook messages you to say " I got another friend request from you yesterday which I ignored so you may want to check your account.” What's going on? Should you "hold your...
View ArticleSocial Media and Crisis Response
This article first appeared at Ronkowitz LLC. Often when we think of a social media strategy, we think of marketing. Create a plan, make a content calendar, and build campaigns. But organizations also...
View ArticleSteven Spielberg, Dinosaurs, Oscars and Degrees, Netflix and Coursera
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg has been having an argument with Netflix. His tenure as Governor of the Academy that oversees the Oscars ends this summer, but his very public feelings about Netflix has...
View ArticleThe Rules for Online Learning
Regulators who make the rules for higher education accreditation are being closely watched now for the rules governing online learning. Three industry groups who are concerned have put forward their...
View ArticleAre You Prometheus or Zeus?
Prometheus Brings Fire by Heinrich Friedrich Füger, 1817 Do you know the myth of Prometheus and his argument with Zeus? I am reading Stephen Fry's books that are retellings of the myths of Ancient...
View ArticleCredit Hours and Personalized Learning
Credit hours are something that still wield a lot of power in education. It plays a role in high schools, but it really rules in higher education.Credit hours were once known as Carnegie Units. It goes...
View ArticleJust Trying to Help
She just wants to help me online. I have been getting more emails sent to my blogs (I have 9 including this one - which is just ridiculous) offering "help" and also posts I might want to use.Here's a...
View ArticleSilos
The new semester is starting at most American colleges and I'm thinking about the silos on campuses. I don't mean anything having to do with agricultural programs which probably have a silo or two. I...
View ArticleDo You Want To Be Forgotten?
The Past (forgotten-swallowed) by Alfred Kubin, 1901, via wikiart.org, Public DomainI don’t think the vast majority of us want to be forgotten. We do a lot of things to try to be remembered: take...
View ArticleHack Clubs
I saw an interesting article about teen hackers who have to convince their parents that what they're doing is good rather than evil.Wikipedia defines a hacker as a skilled computer expert that uses...
View ArticleTracking Your Health Data
The Verge reported that in another move to gain more of our personal data, Google is teaming up with the nation’s second-largest health system, Ascension, in an effort it’s calling Project...
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