Greetings, faithful readers. It’s seven days since Social Media Week ended and we’re still digesting the amazing amount of information delivered there, but I couldn’t wait to bring you the above video. The “NextGen-Ed: Video Games, MOOCs, and Skill-Sharing” session featured Anya Kemenetz, a contributing writer for Fast Company Magazine that has also written several books on the transformation of higher education (full disclosure: I stole that phrase directly from the subtitle of Anya’s “DIY U”), and Gabe Zichermann, an leading expert on gamification with a list of achievements fair longer than I can do justice to. It was one of the most thought-provoking sessions at the conference, with topics ranging from Baumol’s cost disease (because, when you need a cost disease, nine out of ten experts recommend Baumol’s) to fluid intelligence (my coffee is still pretty dumb, though).  Give it a watch, if you get the chance. And now, another steaming plateful of higher education news headlines for you:

• For-profit schools group unveils best practices (AirForceTimes)
• Capital: Obama, Rubio Put Higher Education on Notice (The Wall Street Journal)
• Florida May Designate A Single University as State’s Online Hub (Sunshine State News)
• Is Online Learning Moving at a Dangerous Pace? (EDTech)
• Distinguishing Statistical and Substantive Significance in Studies of Online Learning (Education Week)
• Eric Cantor Promotes For-Profit Colleges In GOP ‘Rebranding’ Speech (The Huffington Post)

About Jeff Berg

Jeff serves as the Social Media Strategist with CUnet. With more than seven years of experience, Jeff uses his social media expertise to help schools create cohesive, school-wide social media policies, manage their online reputation and, above all, foster meaningful, personal dialogues with current and future students. In his spare time, you can probably find him tinkering around in his den, building odd electronics projects that incorporate social media data with home decor.

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