Category Archives: teaching

Launching my new technology seminar

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

Tonight is the first session of my technology, innovation, and design seminar for Georgetown University’s Learning, Design, and Technology masters program.  This seminar is required for all LDT students, so the class tends to be among the largest. As usual … Continue reading →

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Teaching my first gaming in education seminar

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

In May and June I taught a graduate seminar in gaming and education.  I’ve taught games and gaming for education before, but always as part of a program or class, never for a full semester.  Here I’d like to share … Continue reading →

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Announcing a new project: Higher Education’s Big Rethink

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How will higher education change in response to this extraordinary year? I’ve been writing and presenting on this topic for a while, and now am delighted to announce a new project addressing it.  I’ve been working on it this summer, … Continue reading →

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Webinars that don’t suck: the Monster Manual game

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

How can we make videoconferencing a rewarding experience?  How do we create webinars that don’t suck? Last week I tried a new group exercise which actually turned out well, and I wanted to share it to see what others make … Continue reading →

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Launching my new class on gaming, design, and education

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

Tonight starts the first class of my new seminar on gaming, design, and education.  Georgetown University’s Learning, Design, and Technology program is the seminar’s home. In this post I’d like to introduce the class.  I’d love to hear your thoughts, … Continue reading →

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Reading for the plague: a syllabus

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

As a futurist I spend most of my time looking ahead to understand what might happen next.  Sometimes this means drawing on my background as a literature and book person, hunting literary sources that help illuminate the future. So once … Continue reading →

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Essential Films for Technology and the Future 101: a syllabus

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

What are the best movies for thinking through the future and technology? This topic came up on Twitter after I realized a disturbing number of my students had seen neither 2001: A Space Odyssey nor Soylent Green.  After some expressions … Continue reading →

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Starting this semester’s seminar on education and technology

Posted on January 17, 2020 by Bryan Alexander

This week my new education and technology seminar began.  It’s in Georgetown University’s Learning, Design, and Technology program, and called LDES-702: Studies in Educational Technology.  I first taught it in 2019. Here I wanted to introduce the class, starting with … Continue reading →

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Books on gaming in education

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Bryan Alexander

Over the years I’ve had a lot of success teaching James Paul Gee’s seminal book What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy.  Students have reliably found it accessible, useful, and, sometimes, provocative. But as I look … Continue reading →

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Getting ready for my fall seminar on the future of higher education

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Bryan Alexander

Next week I will start teaching two graduate seminars in Georgetown University’s Learning, Design, and Technology program.  I’d like to share my plans with you all as part of my commitment to transparency in practice. Last week I introduced the … Continue reading →

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