uNewHaven Blogs

My five-step method for making ethical, profitable business decisions (see my March 4 blog entry) is not just a method for making business decisions that have ethical dimensions. It is a method for making any business decision. And although I call it “my” method, it isn’t really “my” method. It is the method most businesspeople [...]

The study of business ethics is the study of right and wrong in the conduct of business. But right and wrong according to whom? A business transaction that seems right to a stockholder or CEO might seem wrong to an employee or customer. Even the most ethical businessperson often doesn’t know what the right thing [...]

This year we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on August 28, 1963, in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. I watched and heard that speech on live TV that day. I was 10 years old. I turned 60 a few weeks ago. In that speech, Dr. [...]

Today we celebrate Digital Learning Day in a number of celebrations online and offline. The focus is on the authentic and effective use of technology in our classrooms. As always, the focus should be on using digital texts and tools to positively affect student learning objectives in our classrooms. Don’t get me wrong, I’m as excited as [...]

  For years I’ve been researching and promoting the use of online video and screencasts in teaching and learning. Recently I presented this information at a TechTalk here at UNH. At our TechTalk I was asked a question that I frequently am asked during one of these trainings. In working with educators, my advice is to produce [...]

Image attributed to masternewmedia.org We recently had another great TechTalk here at the Education Department on January 22, 2013. The focus of this TechTalk was on the use of FREE online tools that can be used to capture, produce, and share screencasts for educational use. For those of you that may not know about the TechTalks, they are [...]

As we celebrate the beginning of the New Year, I wanted to take a brief few moments  to wish each and every one of my fellow peers and faculty good health, happiness, and promise for future success and opportunity. And, as we celebrate, I’d also like to welcome the incoming graduate students and interns new [...]

Dr. Amanda Bozack has been an educational psychologist at the University of New Haven for five years. Her interest in educational psychology came about because of her special relationship with horses and learning. Dr. Bozack loves horses and has ridden them her whole life. She has given horseback riding lessons to children and elderly women. [...]

A new study by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth reveals that colleges and universities are using social media, especially social networking sites, not only to recruit but to research perspective students. The adoption of social media by colleges and universities is being driven by their recognition of the increasingly important role of social media in [...]

In the digital era, technology has permanently invaded the lives of our students. This can take the form of smart phones and apps to computers and social networks. However, little is being done to prepare adults and kids for life in a connected world, potentially endangering future generations. According to the latest Norton Online Family [...]