Tag Archives: MCDM
Hacking Edu Finale Tonight at Jet City Improv: How deep is the crisis facing Higher Ed?
This month’s Four Peaks Hacking Edu series draws to a close tonight – or more aptly – moves onto a new series of initiatives. Despite the month’s hyperbolic “crisis” premise, the consensus among most of the participants is that Higher … Continue reading
Hacking Higher Education With John Cook and Ben Huh
This article was written by Elizabeth Wiley and Patrick Doherty. Thursday, April 5th was the kick-off event for MCDM’s Hacking Edu month. Around 80 people attended the event held at Wine World, which was co-hosted by the Seattle Chamber of … Continue reading
It’s April. That Means It Must Be Time For Hacking Edu
Is Higher-Ed in crisis? If you ask my students, most of them would probably say yes. Are they right? I am beginning to think that they are. I have much at stake in this issue. I am university trained, a … Continue reading
What I learned about Hacking EDU at SXSWinteractive
While attending this years SXSW interactive in Austin, Texas it was a wonderful feeling to see so many passionate and creative people using technology to make a change. Many of these people are working hard to use technology as a … Continue reading
Hacking Edu: My 7 “Whoa’s!” at SXSW Edu
A different kind of geek parade now descends upon Austin as SXSW Edu wraps up and SXSW Interactive revs up. I’m overlapping between the two events to welcome our MCDM Flip The Media SXSW team, connect with some friends at … Continue reading
The Anatomy of an MCDM Foundation Course
This Fall, I had the privilege of serving as a peer facilitator for a course at the University of Washington’s MCDM program. I am continually impressed by the diversity of the program, and not just by diversity in its typical measure of gender or ethnicity … Continue reading
MCDM Town Hall on Sunday
Join MCDM Administrators and fellow students this Sunday January 22nd at noon in Communications 126. MCDM Director Hanson Hosein will be joined by other faculty in answering questions about the present and future of the MCDM program. Pizza will be … Continue reading
Why I think CES matters
After the Consumer Electronics Show binge in Las Vegas last week, the guilt and remorse settle in — kind of like the day after Thanksgiving. Was it too big? Too flashy? Why did we collectively gorge on stuff that we … Continue reading
