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I first met Noah Pickus on a cloudy fall morning on Duke’s campus, several months after I started in 2022. He had just returned to Duke as an associate provost working on strategic initiatives and to lead academic innovation at Duke Kunshan University (DKU). We met in front of the Allen Building and walked to an open area across from the bookstore, grabbed coffee, and started chatting. In less than

Picture a vibrant college campus, buzzing with activity. Now, imagine this campus without a network connecting computers to servers, students to educational resources, or researchers to colleagues. The network, often overlooked, is the invisible force that powers everything on MSU’s campus.   As part of its commitment to achieving stewardship and sustainability goals, MSU IT has invested in a multi-year network infrastructure and improvement plan that enhances the user experience.  Recent

This is the middle section of my September 19, 2024 presentation, Why Open Education Will Become Generative AI Education. I’m pre-posting some of the presentation content due to the very active conversation the announcement of the presentation has created. Next week I hope to post the first section of the presentation, which outlines the reasons why people who care deeply about affordability, access, and improving outcomes should consider shifting their

Protecting your identity is essential on and off campus. Whether you are a student, faculty, or staff member, your Spartan Card is a vital form of identification as a member of the MSU community. It’s your responsibility to safeguard your Spartan Card by never posting pictures on social media or sending pictures to unknown recipients to verify your identity in group chats or when purchasing tickets through third-party vendors. Spartan

Teaching the tangible, remotely: Fashion as material culture with Maria Constantino (Lecturer in Cultural and Historical Studies (LCF) 13 September 2024 – 12 midday Maria will discuss the challenges and potential of adapting object-based learning (OBL) to online formats, focusing on student engagement and the translation of hands-on experiences into digital interaction. Reserve a place

Check out the September training courses available at no cost to all MSU students, faculty, and staff. Visit SpartansLearn for more information and to register. Featured Course of the Month  Outlook – Calendar Basics September 26, 1:00 p.m. Outlook is not just for emails! In this exciting course, learn how to streamline your workflow and schedule using the Outlook calendar. Set up an Out of Office email, share your calendar

How might a likely second Trump administration impact higher education?  How can academics plan for and anticipate that major event, should it occur? This week we continue our reading of Project 2025, a key document in understanding the near- and medium-term future of American politics.  This is an online, open, and distributed reading and anyone can participate. Here’s a post explaining how it works.  You can find all of our

Greetings from the start of fall 2024, when the academic year lurches into high gear.  I’m teaching two classes this term, and recently posted about one.  Today I’d like to describe the other, my technology and innovation seminar, which just kicked off on Thursday. In this required class, Learning, Design, and Technology students immerse themselves in multiple ways of thinking about and doing both technology and innovation.  We explore those

At this point, on August 30th, 2024. I am off Twitter. Done. No more. It’s not just that I logged out and no longer have that need to see what’s going on. I am out. I downloaded my archive and deactivated my account. I couldn’t go back on if I wanted to. And I don’t. I’ve passed that point of FOMO. Back in 2017 I started to get annoyed by