Category Archives: academic_transformation

Blockchains as a fresh angle toward centralizing power and wealth?

Posted on 30/05/2016 by

  Recently a post from Manuel Oretga in the blog Las Indias in English titled “The blockchain is a threat to the distributed future of the Internet” attacked what he sees as thinly veiled corporate centralization of the internet through … Continue reading →

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Inaugural Leadership Roundtable on Academic Transformation, Digital Learning, and Design: Towards The Creation of a Discipline?

Posted on 12/05/2016 by

I was privileged to attend a gathering recently at Georgetown University to talk about the creation of a new academic discipline around learning design.  What follows are some reflections from that stimulating meeting. There is a flurry of work going … Continue reading →

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