Week of June 3, 2013
Up Front
 Why MOOCs are Like the Music IndustryAlex Sayf Cummings Music and MOOCs are both horizontal. That's not necessarily a good thing. Tags: corporatism, Coursera, MOOCs, music |
 Coursera Contract with UT System Released; History Chair Says No MOOCs at Knoxville This FallDavid Austin Walsh And there are no current plans for the history department to provide content for Coursera. Tags: University of Tennessee, UT Knoxville, Coursera, MOOCs |
 Historians at MOOC Partner Schools Say Faculty Not ConsultedDavid Austin Walsh Department heads at SUNY, UNM, and UNL report the news about Coursera took them by surprise. Tags: Coursera, higher education, MOOCs, online education |
 HNN Hot Topics: MOOCsTags: higher education, Hot Topics, MOOCs, technology |
News at Home
 How to Cope with Information OverloadWalter G. Moss Info overload and future shock are not new phenomenon -- here are some lessons on how to deal from history's greatest philosophers. Tags: Big Data, future shock, information overload, philosophy |
 The Triumph of the Working MotherStephanie Coontz Working moms are now the sole breadwinner in nearly 40 percent of households. Tags: moms, NYT, working class, working moms |
News Abroad
 Is Erdogan Really a Dictator?Juan Cole He may be heavy-handed, but he is a democratically-elected leader... Tags: Turkey, Tayyip Erdogan, protests, Islam |
 Much Ado About IslandsGavan McCormack The Senkaku/Diaoyu flashpoint in the South China Sea is a problem with no easy solutions. Tags: China, Japan, Senkaku/Diaoyu, Taiwan |
 Guantanamo Countdown . . .Josh Brown's Life During Wartime Time to do something! Tags: Guantanamo, Gitmo, war on terror, Life During Wartime |
Historians & History
 How Memory Works: Interview with Psychologist Daniel L. SchacterRobin Lindley Why historians need to know the mechanics of the human mind. Tags: history of medicine, interviews, memory, neuroscience |
 How to Do Research on the MoviesThomas Doherty It doesn't have to be like the Thatcher Library from Citizen Kane. Tags: archives, film, Hollywood, research |
 The Real Uncle Tom and the Unknown South He Helped CreateThomas Fleming The myth of the impoverished South. Tags: African American history, slavery, South, Uncle Tom's Cabin |
Culture Watch
 The Titanic II Sets SailCatherine Cocks That a replica of the Titanic will join the Blue Star Lines is fitting, since the Titanic helped give birth to the modern cruise industry. Tags: cruise industry, Latin America, Caribbean, tourism |
Books
 HNN Book of the Month: The Modern American Military -- edited by David M. KennedyTags: David M. Kennedy, book of the month, military history |
 Review of Lawrence S. Wittner's What's Going On at UAardvark?Steve Hochstadt Occasional laughs can't overcome a corny plot and wooden dialogue in this satire of the corporate university. Tags: Lawrence S. Wittner, What's Going On at UAardvark?, novels, books |