Bob Emiliani

Leadership for the Digital Age

University

Lean and Learning

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University Boards of Trustees are populated mostly by business leaders, followed by former politicians and other community leaders. As such, Boards tend to reflect business needs and interests. Only rarely are experienced classroom teachers and researchers (i.e., academics) found on Boards of … [Read more...] about Lean and Learning

Get Real: Most Students Hate Classroom Teaching

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I find university students' recent lamentations about missing classroom teaching, caused by the shift to online teaching due to COVID-19, quite interesting. Most students dislike classroom teaching (more on that below), but suddenly they see great value in classroom teaching. Why the shift in … [Read more...] about Get Real: Most Students Hate Classroom Teaching

Creative Graduation Ceremony

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My father, Cesare Emiliani (Dott., Ph.D), was a long-time chair of the Geology department at the University of Miami in Coral Gables Florida. He was a creative, outgoing, and fun person who applied his gifts to how the department would graduate its students. It was a separate ceremony that took … [Read more...] about Creative Graduation Ceremony