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Kenyon's own Harry Itagaki reports on his experience using mock NSF-type grant proposals and blind peer review as the major assignment in his 300-level courses. 

Kenyon's own Harry Itagaki reports on his experience using mock NSF-type grant proposals and blind peer review as the major assignment in his 300-level courses.

Bryn Mawr's first blended learning conference was a great chance to see what colleagues at a similar institution are doing with teaching with technology; the second conference should be just as good. Kenyon is a partner on their NGLC grant so our registration fee is waived.

MOOCs are in the news -- not surprising. I decided to pass along two articles from yesterday's Chronicle of Higher Education; this is the first. The title basically tells the story, but underlying the main point are two sub-points. First, the ho-hum nature of the GSU attitude: "the Georgia State University Senate had little difficulty in finding a way to provide credit for MOOCs." I wonder about that. Second, the offhand announcement of what could significantly ratchet up departmental work loads: "academic departments (will) determine if (students completing MOOCs) have the required understanding of the material."

How are you storing your research data, and how are you sharing it? Funders are starting to require formal data management plans, including open accessibility, as part of grant applications. Are you talking to your students about these issues?