Timothy A. McKay, professor of physics, astronomy, and education, thinks it’s time for the academic transcript to catch up with 21st century information technology. In a recent blog post, he examines how higher education has undergone dramatic changes over the last two decades, particularly in the way that much of what happens in college is digitally mediated. Courses are supported by learning management systems that allow instructors to share much of what they provide for their students: assignments, notes, readings, lecture slides, sometimes even videos of lectures delivered in class. Students, too, interact through these tools, turning in papers, taking quizzes, participating in discussion forums, doing homework, practicing for tests, and sharing videos of their own in-class presentations. All of that activity, which used to be transitory, is now leaving an increasingly rich digital record that could better serve students by providing a fuller picture of their individual skills, knowledge, and achievements.
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