There will be a slew of questions that higher education leaders and administrators need to answer in the upcoming months.
Communication, Education, and the Real World
The intersection of theory and application for many is the job interview.
Literacy, Numeracy, and Idiocy
Which is more important? HOW to do something? Or WHY we should even do it in the first place?
Imagine There’s No Heaven (or College…)
Will corporate universities finally disrupt the college experience as we know it?
Trend Spotting
What will colleges and universities do about the student debt crisis, the affordability crisis, and the learning crisis?
School Mottos – Aspirational Goal or Lip Service?
Aspiration is awesome. But if you aren’t trying to measure it, train on it, promote it, and enculturate it, I would argue that your core is empty.
Hubris
I’ve worked with a lot of schools in my time. Some were progressive and poised to innovate. Many plodded along, hoping that they didn’t mess something up to such an extreme that would lose students. And a few have been dysfunctional (at best) if not just plain troubling.
Welcome to Jeff Presents…
“As a teacher, if I don’t know the answer, I’ll tell you I do. Then I will inform you that it’s much more important for you to find the answer yourself so as to learn it. Finally, once you find the answer, I’ll have you email me so I can tell you if it’s right…” Dr. Jeff Borden delivers keynote addresses and workshops in an unconventional manner. He actually uses what we know to be effective practices when speaking, teaching, facilitating, or consulting. What does that mean? We know that lecture is likely the single-worst form of communication available if the desired outcome is to remember and also an impetus for change. We know from brain research that PowerPoint stinks. We know from hundreds of years of learning experiments that listeners who “do” are far more impacted than listeners who solely listen. Jeff not only speaks about this very research, but actually models it in his presentations, ensuring audiences will laugh, possibly cry, but engage with ideas meaningfully and transformationally throughout.