HigherEd 2.0

Okay, not that rapidly. It’s still almost a month away. But I had some idle time on break and decided to go ahead and restructure the blog a bit and organize things a little better. Some changes you will notice, now and later:

A new name. The moniker “HigherEd 2.0″ naturally […]

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Final grades are in and should be available online tomorrow. But I wanted to let you know some facts and stats about the course.

The final average grade for the entire course is 81.2% +/- 11.8. The median is 83.8%.
35 people earned final grades of 80% and above. This is more […]

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Our friend Brevy Cannon from University Relations authored a very nice piece in today’s Inside UVa. I wish I could say we were above the fold, but the piece is actually on page 7. The text is pretty much the same as the online piece from yesterday, but there are some different and […]

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Per my email last week, it seems our little contest has generated some interest. We were featured in today’s online version of UVa. Today, and apparently a print version of this story will appear in the Friday 12/15 Inside UVa. There is also some talk about having a similar story appear in a […]

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For those of you who are still periodically checking this page, let me update you on the grading of the final. The final exams are looking okay so far, although this exam was definitely harder than the two midterms. I expect to have them finished tomorrow, or perhaps late tonight.
I also have a […]

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The Toolkit on-line course evaluations end on Thursday morning 12/7 at 9 am. So, please, take the time to fill out the evaluation. I hope you already know that I value your input and feedback about the course, and as I said in class the other day, this is part of my portfolio […]

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The winners have been announced! If you missed class yesterday, you can see all the details of the judging, statistics, and of course the winners and prizes in this document. Briefly, here are the big winners:

Best Cinematography: The Panama Canal
Best Screenplay: Strait of Gibraltar
Best Picture: Green Design
Viewer’s […]

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The final exam is this saturday, 12/9, from 2-5 PM. There is a room change–we are now in Room E303 Thornton Hall. This room seats over 100 people, so you will have plenty of room to spread out.
Tomorrow, 12/6, we will have a review session for the exam from 1-3 pm in OLS005. […]

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