Author Archives: Steve Krause

Racist Vandalism at EMU– Where is EMU President James Smith?

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Steve Krause

There was an ugly racist/hate crime vandalism/graffiti incident at EMU today, which I first heard about rather indirectly in an all-campus email from EMU VP for Communication Walter Kraft. Among other things, Kraft wrote: A short time ago, we learned … Continue reading →

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Once again, the “International MOOC Colloquium: The MOOC Identity” (a conference recap)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by Steve Krause

I am writing this (or I at least started writing this) post while flying back from Italy where I was at the second conference I have attended in Anacapri in the last two years, the “International MOOC Colloquium: The MOOC Identity” … Continue reading →

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Trigger Warning Repeats With Added Herky and Flexner

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Steve Krause

I had collected/seen/read a bunch of recent pieces about “trigger warnings,” particularly the dust-up about the lack of such warnings at the University of Chicago. In response to that: “I’m Northwestern’s president. Here’s why safe spaces for students are important.” … Continue reading →

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As Koller Exits Coursera, Thinking About What’s Next with MOOCs in Context

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Steve Krause

Besides preparing for the start of the Fall term here at EMU, I’m also preparing for a return to Capri for the second International MOOC conference being sponsored by the University of Naples Federico II. No one is more surprised … Continue reading →

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Meanwhile, a few pictures from my garden/yard

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Steve Krause

My silence here has been the result of being too busy about some things and not able to say much (yet) about other things. I’ve been too busy with teaching since the end of June– two classes, one of which … Continue reading →

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Clinton’s not exactly brilliant plan on addressing costs in higher ed

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Steve Krause

There was an article in Inside Higher Ed the other day about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s “innovation” plan for helping to address costs in higher education. I am sure there is a lot more to this than what IHE was able … Continue reading →

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EMU attempts to cut costs by focusing on the little things and ignoring the obvious problems (you know, like football)

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Steve Krause

Everyone at EMU received an email from interim president Don Loppnow with the subject line “Campus message: Dining services,” but what I really think this message is about is the title I have for this post. In the nutshell, one of … Continue reading →

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A Candy Bar Explanation of My Ambivalence of Clinton v. Sanders

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Steve Krause

As I write this post, the news is that Bernie Sanders is meeting with Barack Obama to (I guess) come up with an elegant way to exit the race to be the Democratic nominee for president, a race he’s pretty … Continue reading →

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In which I recall a less serious time when a small child wandered off

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Steve Krause

The case of the child wandering into the enclosure for Harambe the gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo brought back the memory of the time when Annette and I lost Will at the mall. He was somewhere around two and a … Continue reading →

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A less than complete recap/blog post about #cwcon 2016

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Steve Krause

I was in Rochester, New York last weekend for the annual Computers and Writing Conference at St. John Fisher College. This was not my first rodeo. I think I have about 20 different presentations at probably about 12 different meetings, maybe … Continue reading →

Posted in Academia, Computers and Writing, Digital Humanities, Travel | 4 Comments