Category Archives: presentations and talks

Bryan’s travels for June

Continuing my new habit, I’d like to point out some places I’m traveling to in the near future.  Specifically, let’s look ahead to June. June 7th: working with the excellent St. Michael’s College in Burlington, Vermont, to explore changing traditional-age undergraduate … Continue reading →

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I am all over the media this week, in podcasts and video

Recently I’ve been ramping up my digital media work, between the Forum and some digital storytelling.  At the same time other people have been including me in their productions, which has been exciting, productive, and a lot of fun. buy … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Future Trends Forum

I’d like to announce a new project I’ve been developing for a while, and that’s about to launch.   The Future Trends Forum is a series of video-based conversations about future trends in technology and education.  It’s based on my FTTE … Continue reading →

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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Last week I participated in the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2016 conference.  It was a powerful gathering of campus leaders and practitioners, organized around a common focus on liberal education. I was there for a few reasons, starting … Continue reading →

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Introducing the new Horizon Report in February

The new Horizon Report for technology and higher education is about to appear, freshly created for 2016, and I’m presenting on it twice.  I hope readers who can will consider attending one or both of ’em. On February 4th I’ll … Continue reading →

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The new age of inequality and what it means for education: my January talk

What does increasing inequality mean for American higher education?  This was the theme for a talk I gave last week, where I put several years of research together for the first time.  I reproduce and expand on my materials here. … Continue reading →

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Does social media control our lives? An upcoming discussion on Malta

Does social media control our lives?  This is the question Alex Grech and I will be discussing Thursday night in Valetta, Malta. The public lecture is organised by the Office of the European Parliament and the Strickland Foundation in collaboration … Continue reading →

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EDUCAUSE 2015: my sessions and some observations

Last week I participated in the EDUCAUSE annual conference in the midwestern American city of Indianapolis.  By “participated” I mean gave four and a half hours of presentations, helped with three hours of online presentations, and was interviewed once or … Continue reading →

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Robert Reich: economic inequality is starting to silence academic expression

This week Robert Reich shared some recent stories about increasing economic inequality silencing expression in the non-profit world, including education.  These are useful anecdotes and reflections from a perceptive observer. For example, I had [an] exchange last year with the president … Continue reading →

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How to prepare your campuses for a queen sacrifice: a handy guide from Connecticut

I’ve been writing about queen sacrifices* for a while now, usually in response to the announcement or implementation of one.  This week gives me the chance to examine a different approach to that strategy, as one academic governing body attempts … Continue reading →

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