Category: Education
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If AI Broke Your Assignment, The Problem Wasn’t AI
What are you teaching?Why is it important?How will you know if you’ve succeeded?How will your learners know? Four simple questions. Every educator should be able to answer them without blinking. Yet somehow, right now, they land like a pop quiz nobody studied for. They matter because the ground has shifted, and a lot of traditional…
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Is it Getting Better?
The lingering question – is it getting better? Does a more inclusive, less draconian educational system and management style result in better work experiences? The short answer seems to be – no.
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IMNSHO
A few years ago I made an observation. Feel free to disagree with me. My observations are often not very scientific and sometimes dead wrong but I suspect this one might ring a bell with you. The catalyst for this observation was a series of classes in which students were reluctant to share their answers to…
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One small step
As an accountant, writer and presenter – I use and am comfortable with technology. As a professor – it seems to be a whole new world. Partly because academia is constrained by “old thinking” – partly because we misunderstand the constraints. When I worked in public accounting I got involved in computer consulting for clients.…
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An excellent accounting education
Excellence. That is the word of the day. Here is my crack at educational excellence in the real world of a two-year college diploma. [Insert college name] will provide a unique educational experience in which students will be required to demonstrate competency in areas that push their comfort level. In addition to core critical topics such as…
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Are we there yet?
On a list of life’s quests most people would include success. It is one of those things that we all want but find hard to define. My friend challenged me: “If you’re going to write about success shouldn’t you define it?” Maybe I should, but I am not so foolish as to try. Success shares…
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Don’t need no education
Seems like a strange comment from an educator doesn’t it? Of course, Pink Floyd said it first – and best – but I’m afraid I agree. Success always starts with learning. I am not referring to university or college or even high school. Those are places that should (though often don’t) support learning. Learning does…
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Run your own race
You remember the tale of the tortoise and the hare. The hare was born with the natural gift of speed. The tortoise was, as you know, slow and plodding – excessively so. As the tale goes, the tortoise and the hare decided to race. The hare, much impressed with his own speed and agility, ran…
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