Educational Technology 
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
4/7/2023
A Proponent of Technified, Skills-Based Higher Ed is Out, but His Soulless Vision Lives On
by François Furstenberg
Jason Wingard's presidency at Temple is over, but his vision of higher education shaped by the skills needs of business and the diminishment of the value of subject experts has enough backing among moneyed interests in tech and education reform to remain dangerous.
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
10/26/2022
Disrupt the March of "Disruptive Innovation"
by Kevin Gannon
The economy of innovation and publicity in higher education often rewards people who claim credit for ideas over the people who work to develop, test, and implement them. Academia needs a collaborative model of innovation.
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
8/5/2022
From "Oregon Trail" to "Uncharted," How Video Games Have Helped Teach History
by Julio Capó, Jr.
The popularity of immersive historical narratives in video games means they have the ability to engage players deeply – historians need to understand the potential and limits of games for teaching.
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