Why I recommended Canvas as an LMS
My role in the group evaluating LMS options ended yesterday, and I don’t know the recommendations of other individuals in the group, though I get sense of where we’re headed as an institution. For my part, after looking at Blackboard 9.1, Moodlerooms/joule, and Canvas, I recommended Canvas. We have a lot of transitions to plan […]
University of Florida faculty union head: Why the giant provost’s raise in the midst of budget cuts?
From John Biro, University of Florida chapter president of the United Faculty of Florida: Dear Colleague, Before the Administration imposes the draconian budget cuts it claims are unavoidable, it owes the faculty answers to these questions: 1. Why, instead of imposing a hiring freeze, is it continuing with extensive hiring? Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education […]