Author Archives: Bruce Rosenbloom

Adjuncts Online: An Exploited Class

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

The plight of adjunct instructors across academia has been receiving a lot more press of late from the NY Times to the Chronicle of Higher Education.. It comes as no surprise that online teaching, the fastest growing component of teaching … Continue reading →

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SUNY OPEN Gets It! (Part 2)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Note: In January 2014, Open SUNY was started with a full roll-out to happen in September 2014. This post reflects on their online strategy as a university and calls for CUNY to begin to address hybrid/online from an institutional perspective. … Continue reading →

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SUNY Gets It! (Part 1)

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Note: On January 2014, Open SUNY was started with a full roll-out to happen in September 2014. This post reflects on their online strategy as a university and calls for CUNY to begin to address hybrid/online from a university perspective. … Continue reading →

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The CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning (Part 3)

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Note:  This entry continues my discussion of the need for a CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning. E. Technology Evaluation and Testing In a previous blog post, I wrote about the veritable “sea of instructional technologies” out there vying for … Continue reading →

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Oplerno: A Fair Model for Adjuncts?

Posted on May 6, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Whether online or face-to-face, adjunct faculty are an exploited class earning a fraction of what full-time faculty earn, with few benefits and often poor working conditions. Within higher education, online learning has been one engine driving innovation in many areas … Continue reading →

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The CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning (Part 2)

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Note:  This entry continues my discussion of the need for a CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning. C. Centralized Online/Hybrid Oversight In several blog posts (link), I have bemoaned the lack of guidance from CUNY Central in dealing with … Continue reading →

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MOOCs: The Adult Learning Renaissance

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

More and more it is becoming evident that the impact MOOCs will have is on adult (lifelong) learners and not on your typical undergraduate. I am currently participating in Kathy Davidson’s wonderful MOOC entitled, “History and Future of (Mostly) Higher … Continue reading →

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The CUNY Center for Innovative Technologies and Learning (Part 1)

Posted on February 8, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

I have been blogging for several years about online and hybrid learning and technology trends in academia.  In that time I have made several proposals in my blog regarding ways I feel CUNY needs to change concerning instructional technology and … Continue reading →

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Can CUNY Thrive with “Disruption”?

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Clayton Christensen, the Harvard professor who coined the term “disruptive innovations,” has followed his book with a recent Chronicle article entitled, “How Disruption Can Help Colleges Thrive.” Although his theme is that such “disruptions” produce better outcomes in the long … Continue reading →

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Re-envisioning the Vision (Part 2): The Vision of Ubiquity U

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Bruce Rosenbloom

“A whole new kind of education for a whole new kind of world . . .” Quote from Jim Garrison (Founder and CEO of Ubiquity University) What does a transformative vision of education look like?  I can think of no … Continue reading →

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