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21st Century Leadership

Jay Cross

A new CEO with a grand vision of social networks, openness, innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement is not enough to turn a large organization around because she’s saddled with a legacy culture. Managers and professionals who have grown up taking and giving orders simply don’t know how to adapt.

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9 Ways to Increase Online Student Engagement

WBT Systems

Help students cross the knowing-doing gap by having them immediately apply what they’ve learned. Remind instructors and TAs that everyone watches their behavior in online community discussions. 7 – Get students to take action on what they’ve learned. These actions could include: Participating in an online forum.

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