Cooking Up Change: Higher Ed Lessons from Julia Child
The ethos of Julia Child's teaching—embracing innovation, learning from mistakes, and engaging audiences with authenticity—can profoundly drive the trajectory of online higher education. As we face a future brimming with digital potential, it's imperative that educational institutions imbibe these lessons, transforming to meet the needs of a globally connected, ever-changing student demographic.
20 Motivational Quotes for a Productive Spring
Whether we’re talking yardwork, spring cleaning, or finally tackling that one project forever lingering on the to-do list, we can all use a little motivation. To that end, we thought we’d share a sampling of some of our favorite productivity quotes. This list offers a little bit of everything –after all, you never know how inspiration will strike!
A Grape Resiliency
A big part of students’ success depends on how well they connect with faculty and their peers, but it also hinges on having an environment where there is freedom to make mistakes, form opinions, and engage in debate without judgment. Sometimes breaking with tradition means that we thoughtfully set the table for the students, not the other way around.
Embracing Mistakes: The Role of Curiosity in Education
Being open to new information and discovery is how humanity progresses, even when it’s inconvenient at the time. This is the fundamental reason we need education—not to teach people to repeat information to pass examinations, but to teach them how to ask questions that allow them to conduct their own examinations.