The History and Future of (Mostly) Higher Education: Contents

Student Resources• Coursera Student Guide to Genius

ReadingWeek OneAssigned Reading• Davidson, Cathy N. “How a Class Becomes a Community: Theory, Method, Examples.”
• “Forum: A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in a Digital Age” (aka “Mozilla Manifesto”).

Supplementary Reading on "No Sympathy for the Trolls"• Erard, Michael. "Four Ways to Improve the Culture of Commenting."

Lectures• 1.1. Guiding Principles and Driving Concepts - Let's Get Started!
• 1.2. Four Great Information Ages in Human History

Assignments• Community Rules and Principles for Collaborative Online Learning

Week TwoSupplementary Reading on the Duke iPod Experiment:• Davidson, Cathy N. "Plug in -- but tune in, too."
• Davidson, Cathy N. "Collaborative Learning for the Digital Age."

Week ThreeAssigned Reading• Peddycord III, Barry and Elizabeth A. Pitts. “From Open Programming to Open Learning: The Cathedral, the Bazaar, and the Open Classroom.”

Supplementary Reading• Davidson, Cathy N. "How to Moonwalk (And Why)."
• Keller, Bill. “An Industry of Mediocrity.”
• Davidson, Cathy. "'Mediocrity' V. 'Cozy, Lucrative Monopoly': Rsp to NYTimes Critique of US Education."
• Gellman, Barton. “Here’s how The Post covered the ‘grand social experiment’ of the Internet in 1988.”
• “No bad schools only poorer neighbourhoods.” Yle Uutiset.

Week FourAssigned Reading • Wadewitz, Adrianne. "What I Learned Being the Worst Student in the Class"

Supplementary Reading• Berrett, Dan. "Harvard Mounts Campaign to Bolster Undergraduate Humanities."
• Damasceno, Cristiane Sommer. “Paying Attention to the Chocolate-Covered Broccoli: How Video Games Can Change the Ways You Understand Teaching, Learning, and Knowledge.”
• Davis, Jade. “The Medium of the 21st Century is Light; Or, How Earbuds Became Earlids."
• Stratton, Jennifer, “Everyday by Design: What do 21st Century Digital Literacies Look Like?”
• Davidson, Cathy. “A Core Curriculum to Create Engaged Entrepreneurs.”

Supplementary Reading on Digital Literacies• The McGraw-Hill Companies. How to Judge the Reliability of Internet Information.
• Sengupta, Somini. “Digital Tools to Curb Snooping.”
• Belshaw, Doug. “Transitioning into a new role at Mozilla.”

Supplementary Reading on Engaged Global Citizenship• "College, Reinvented." The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Inspiring Education - Alberta’s Vision for Education.
• “Is massive open online research the next frontier for education?” PhysOrg.

Week FiveAssigned Reading• Davidson, Christina C. “Open for Whom?: Designing for Inclusion, Navigating the Digital Divide.”

Supplementary Reading on Encouraging Students to Lead• Schwartz, Katrina. “5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn.”
• Phillips, Amanda. "Gaming the System: Things I Learned by Asking Lit Majors to Design Their Own Digital Games."

Supplementary Reading on Diversity• Coates, Ta-Nehisi. “If I Were a Black Kid...Advice for students in Baltimore County and Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
• Kroll, Andy. “Silicon Valley’s Awful Race and Gender Problem in 3 Mind-Blowing Charts.”
• Bishop, Bill. “Are You Willing to Send Your Child to the Same School as the Children of Vegetable and Rice Sellers?”
• Gumbs, Alexis Pauline. ”Digital Alchemist Intensives.”

Week SixAssigned Reading• Morgan, Patrick Thomas. “Practicing Web Wisdom: Mindfully Incorporating Digital Literacies into the Classroom.”

Supplementary Reading• Perez-Pena, Richard. “College Enrollment Falls as Economy Recovers.”

Supplementary Reading for Building a You-niversity• Christensen, Clayton M. and Michael B. Horn. “Innovation Imperative: Change Everything -- Online Education as an Agent of Transformation.”
• Coetzee, John. “Universities head for extinction.”
• Kamanetz, Anya. “Fast Company’s Guide to the Generation Flux College Degree.”

Supplementary Reading on Funding for Public Education• Wadhwa, Vivek. “Dear Peter Thiel: Let’s Fix College, the Right Way”.
• Wadhwa, Vivek. “Billionaire’s Failed Education Experiment Proves There’s No Shortcut To Success.”