Robert H. McDonald

University of Colorado

University of Colorado Deans

This is a great shot taken by my colleague Dean Lolita Buckner Inniss of our Provost Russ Moore and all of our deans at a recent meeting on campus at our Boulder campus. What a wonderful group of colleagues who all want to help put our university first!

NSF

NAIRR Pilot Workshop

For the next few days (April 2-3, 2025) I am at an NSF Workshop for the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot. Excited to see the national computing resources available for AI testing. Glad to see we will have a lunch group on classroom use of AI. My friends Shelly

UPCEA

That's a Wrap - UPCEA 2025

Well we made it and are wrapping up the UPCEA 2025 National Conference in Denver, CO. I had a blast and we had such a great set of keynote speakers: Kim Lear, Cathy N. Davidson, and Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee. I really enjoyed my fireside chat with Mordecai and Tina

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2025 UPCEA Annual Conference

This week I am in Denver for a good bit of the week serving as co-chair with my colleague Andrea Gross of the 2025 UPCEA Annual Conference. We will take Denver by storm and this will be the largest gathering of UPCEA in it's 110 year history. If

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CU Boulder New Faculty Orientation 2024

Great to see all the new faculty today at University of Colorado Boulder. Everyone got a copy of this year’s Buffs One Read by Javier Zamora. great to hear opening remarks from Chancellor Justin Schwartz and Provost Russell Moore. Thanks to Michele S. Moses and her team for such

#BuffsAllIn Giving Day 03.06.24

We had our #BuffsAllIn Day of Giving on March 6, 2024 and I was delighted to see all of the support that the University Libraries received. We had 26 donors to 4 different funds. These funds will make a real difference to our Buffs One Read Program, our Laughing Goat

ASU Immersive Innovation Summit 2023

This week I am at the ASU Immersive Innovation Sunmit. What a great group of speakers thinking about what is next in immersive learning. I am hearing great case studies from many who are just now using these tools in their curriculum. #dreamscape #ASU #immersivelearning #realm4

Convergence: Credential Innovation in Higher Education

This week I am at the first annual Convergence Conference 2023. You can see a great post from my colleague Rupert Ward below from LinkedIn. Happy to present with Rupert and Sheryl Grant at the inaugural event. Rupert Ward on LinkedIn: #convergence23 #credovationDelighted to have presented on the Universal Micro-credential

Congratulations to our Students

This week is commencement at the University of Colorado Boulder and I want to congratulate all of our student assistants who will be graduating this year! https://t.co/tfieeQFJtH Congratulations to all of our students at #cuboulder as we will hold all of our commencement ceremonies over the next

ASU+GSV 2023

This week has been a blast at ASU+GSV in San Diego. The weather has been cold and rainy but the conversations have been terrific. https://t.co/YQzWN2i2CC Fun times at ASU+GSV got to check out the full demo of the @asuonline @VisitDreamscape VR class in biology and

Coursera Conference 23

Excited to be on a panel at Coursera Conference 23 where we will announce the new for Coursera platform MS Computer Science Degree at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Microcredentials micro-summit

Today we are hosting a micro-credentials micro-summit at CU Boulder. Sponsored by the office of the registrar, the office of information technology, continuing education, academic and learning innovation, the university libraries, and our center for teaching & learning. This is a picture of our registrar Kristi Wold-McCormick giving the opening

Coursera Conference 2023

I am very excited to be speaking on a panel next week with my colleagues Kelly Otter, Dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University, Kenneth Christensen, Interim Provost and Senior VP for Academic Affairs at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Jennifer Serowick, Associate Dean for Online Graduate

UPCEA 2023 Annual Conference

Coming up tomorrow is #UPCEA2023 Looking forward to seeing many friends this week! I am excited to present with @amandabrantner @adamfein and @qmcandrew on “Building Learner Outcomes with Stackability: Stories from the Field” in concurrent session. https://t.co/v6j8atXFFg — Robert H. McDonald (@mcdonald) March 21, 2023

Chancellor's Annual Summit 2023

This week on March 14,  the University Libraries did some outreach at the Chancellor's Annual Summit at History Colorado in Denver, CO. The Spring 2023 summit covered "Democratic Principles and Social Mobility in a Pluralistic Society." In our increasingly divided society, trust in American democracy is

SXSWEDU 2023 Panel

It was great being part of the panel with wonderful colleagues at SXSWEDU23 entitled Global Pathways to Higher Education through Industry-Recognized Micro-Credentials. I really enjoyed the experience and the opportunity to work with Marni Baker-Stein from Coursera, Amy Kardel from CompTIA, and Deb Keyek-Franssen from the University of Utah. You

Ruth Simmons Keynote @SXSWEDU 2023

Great keynote from Ruth Simmons #SXSWEDU she said universities have to be the first to tell the truth about their histories so that everyone can believe our organizations as truth tellers pic.twitter.com/TBMrhzoB2p — Robert H. McDonald (@mcdonald) March 8, 2023

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SXSWEDU 2023

This week I am writing from #sxswedu in Austin, TX. I am here for the week to check the event out but am also presenting with colleagues from the University of Utah, CompTIA and Coursera. Looking forward to a fun event. Here are some fun shots Courtney took during the

ARL

ARL Fall 2021 Board Meeting

So we managed to have our Fall 2021 ARL Board Meeting in DC with at least a few attendees in person and the rest online in a hybrid format. Things went well and we all had a good time. See my pic below from my morning at 21 Dupont Circle.

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ARL Spring 2021 Board Meeting

This week is the time for the ARL Spring 2021 Members Meeting. Today I am spending most of my day at the ARL Board Meeting. The great part is that many of the items I have been working on over the last few months have come to fruition. This includes

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Change is hard but the outcomes can be worth it

I have promised myself that I would write a bit more on this blog so that I can actually write something rather than just thinking about writing something. I just moved my entire professional blog over from wordpress to posthaven (seemlessly via the domain https://mcdonald.ly), mostly to avoid

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National Library Week 2021

Hard to believe but it is that time again for National Library Week 2021 (April 4-10, 2021). See below a pic of our team getting together on zoom to celebrate. #NationalLibraryWeek Checkout your local library or ours...

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University of Colorado Boulder Road Map to Fall 2020

I am really happy and proud of our entire team that worked on this road map to fall 2020 for the University of Colorado Boulder. To see the plan visit: https://www.colorado.edu/roadmap/ Next comes our implementation of the plan…stay tuned.

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Frye 09 Friends at Edu18

So glad I got to spend quality time with my Frye Leadership Institute 2009 friends (now Leading Change Institute). That includes Rae, Scott and Ellen. Had a great time at The Kitchen in Denver. Thanks Educause for getting us together.

DU

DU Presentation

On Oct 26, 2018 I am pleased to spend my afternoon with the University of Denver ASIS&T student chapter and the Department of Research Methods and Information Science and will give a talk entitled Collaborating for Student Success. The talk is in slides.com and can be viewed