Category Archives: CUNY Practices

Is There a Cal State in CUNY’s Future?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

In the August 22nd issue of Inside Higher Ed, was an article highly relevant to CUNY’s online efforts entitled, “Cal State Rolls out the Next Stage of its Online Efforts.”  The article is noteworthy since Cal State, for the first … Continue reading →

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Interactive Online Learning: Positive Results

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

A significant study was published in May 2012 by Ithaca S + R which bills itself as a “strategic consulting and research service . . . dedicated to helping the academic community use digital technologies . . .”  The study, … Continue reading →

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Giving Academia the Business

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

An interesting commentary from William W. Keep in the Chronicle is entitled “The Worrisome Ascendance of Business in Higher Education” (June 21, 2012).  The article starts out illustrating the conflict between administrators with business experience and faculty’s worldview. In this … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Kirschner

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

The more I get to know the numerous quality people at CUNY who understand technology, the more hopeful I am that CUNY may achieve significant improvements in teaching with technology.  As many of my blog entries indicate, as an institution, … Continue reading →

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CUNY Survey of Online Learning–Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

It’s been a few months since I conducted the CUNY-wide survey for Online Learning, culminating in a panel discussion at CUNY’s 10th Annual Technology Conference at John Jay College on December 1-2, 2011.  Findings from the survey were presented in a panel discussion entitled, … Continue reading →

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A Vision for Academic Technology at CUNY

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Note:  As CUNY is in the process of creating a 3-year master plan for the university, what follows is a modest proposal concerning the technology component of that plan, specifically, a vision for academic technology at CUNY.  In my view, a … Continue reading →

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An Online Policy Conundrum: Structure versus Freedom

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

The current issue of the Online Journal of Distance Education Administration has a timely and important paper concerning institutional policies about online course structure. “An Analysis of Organizational Approaches to Online Course Structures” explores the sometimes conflicting territory of faculty … Continue reading →

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CUNY Survey of Online Learning-Part 1

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Note: For the sake of brevity, the term “online” used in this post and the survey described, includes hybrid or blended teaching in addition to fully online courses. The distinction between “hybrid” and “online” concerns the extent to which a … Continue reading →

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The “Central” Issue

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Should there be a greater central office presence at CUNY for hybrid/online?  In my estimation, this is a central issue for the future development of CUNY’s hybrid/online programs. As I have suggested over a series of blog posts, there are … Continue reading →

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Online as a Strategic Asset

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Bruce Rosenbloom

Imagine a six-story brownstone in the heart of New York City generously donated to the City University of New York.  The brownstone is structurally sound and the donors have agreed to support the extensive renovation required to transform the space … Continue reading →

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