Education Technology
Pocket Science: How Smartphones are the Labs of the Future
The historian Melvin Kranzberg reminded us—in the first of his “Laws of Technology”—that “technology is neither good nor evil.”…
Author Archive
Michael Harris
Michael Harris is the author of Solitude and The End of Absence, which won the Governor General’s Literary Award. He writes about media, civil liberties, and the arts, for dozens of publications, including The Washington Post, Wired, and Salon. Harris lives in Vancouver.
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Education Technology
Where VR in Education Has The Greatest Potential
VR in education isn't just entertaining. It could become integral to a holistic, three-dimensional understanding of a particular subject. We…
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Trends in Higher Education
Commencement Speeches in 2017 Point to Harder Truths
While employment prospects for the class of 2017 become substantially more precarious, graduate commencement addresses receive a healthy…
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Faculty Development
Sabbaticals: Why It’s Hard to Stand on Your Own
Solitude can be overwhelming in a busy, networked world. But for academics, disconnection is a key part of the thinking process.