Written by: Scott Jaschik
Published by: Inside Higher Ed
MBA News Digest Comment: None.
Extracted Content: Ken Bain believes that the best new idea in education is not to find better ways to use technology. He believes in courses — “super courses,” he calls them — that will transform the teaching and learning experience. With Marsha Marshall Bain, his longtime collaborator, he explores these courses in Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning (Princeton University Press). Ken Bain, a former history professor, founded centers for teaching at Northwestern, New York and Vanderbilt Universities. They answered questions about the ideas in his new book via email.