Fri.May 27, 2022

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Book cover: ‘CDP for HE’

totallyrewired

Great to see the book cover for the new book ‘Critical Digital Pedagogy for HE’ advertised on the AU Press site. Book is due out in September this year, here is the blurb from the AU press site: “The emerging field of critical digital pedagogy sits at the intersection of critical pedagogy and digital education and considers the opportunities, drawbacks, and complexities of today’s online learning environment.

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Another look at diversity in public higher ed

Higher Ed Data Stories

It's been a while since I wrote about diversity using Simpson's Diversity Index, which is an ecologist's way of looking at diversity of a population. Essentially, Simpson's gives us a number that helps us answer this question: If two members of a population are randomly selected, what is the probability that they will be from different groups? The formula for Simpson's creates a value between 0 and 1.