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Perhaps we are looking at things wrong... Maybe managing energy not time is the key to success. That's what Tony Schwartz argues in his article "Manage your energy, not your time."
I just got done reading the book "The Power of Full Engagement" in which authors Tony Schwartz and Catherine McCarthy posit that we need to manage our energy not our time. Similarly in his article for HBR Schwartz notes that it is important to develop rituals that allow our brains and bodies to recover by working in alternating phases of high focus and then rest.
James Wetherbe from HBR Blogs argues that tenure is a liability for institutions of Higher Education. Wetherbe notes that tenure started as a way to protect the academic freedom of professors in religious institutions, but has now become more about job security than protection against being fired for unpopular ideas. Wetherbe writes that tenure hurts knowledge production, teaching, and Universities in general.
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How to improve communication in the online classroom
As online instructors, we typically communicate to our students through an asynchronous manner. This has traditionally been the main mode of communication the online realm, and it has several pertinent advantages compared to synchronous communication. The asynchronous mode affords our students an optimal level of convenience given that many of them are nontraditional students, attempting to balance both work and family alongside their studies. The mode allows students the opportunity to reflect…
In this article published in the Guardian argues that science journals may be problematic.
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