By Michael Feldstein. In my last post, I wrote about the tension between learning, with the emphasis on the needs and progress of individual human learners, and education, which is the system by which we try to guarantee learning to all but which we often subvert in our well-meaning but misguided attempts to measure whether we are delivering that learning. More...
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. Up until six years ago, the ideal eLearning group would be around 25 learners. This enabled community building, spaced and easily to follow interactions, getting feedback from the online tutor/facilitator, and timely graded assignments. As soon as the (x)MOOC were coming, the sheer size of online learner groups forced online tutors and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) developers to rethink assessments. In all fairness, assessments come from (or in some cases are relics from) the industrial age. As the industrial age demanded that learners would grasp specific production oriented processes or specific information that would be used to build upon. But now, with knowledge shifts happening all over the professional spectrum, new TEL-solutions seem to be needed. Read more...By Inge Ignatia de Waard. The Open Educational Resources Research Hub (OER Research Hub) provides a focus for research, designed to give answers to the overall question ‘What is the impact of OER on learning and teaching practices?’ and identify the particular influence of openness.
25 befristete Arbeitsverträge in sechs Jahren: Was in der Wirtschaft verboten ist, gehört an manchen Unis zum Alltag. Doch immer mehr Nachwuchswissenschaftler klagen gegen solche Arbeitsbedingungen - mit zunehmendem Erfolg. Mehr...
Die Hörsäle sind voll, nie gab es so viele Studenten in Deutschland. Trotzdem sind es nicht genug, mahnt die OECD. In anderen Industrieländern schließen weit mehr Menschen ein Studium ab. Mehr...
Von Britta Mersch. Ausländische Eltern? Keine deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit? Ein ungewöhnlicher Name? Nein danke. Eine Umfrage bei deutschen Unternehmen zeigt: Nur 15 Prozent aller Ausbildungsbetriebe bilden Jugendliche mit Migrationshintergrund aus. Mehr...
By Hedda. OECD has just published a beta version of their new data portal.By Hedda. Interested in researcher mobility, transnational knowledge cooperation and the Gulf region, or know someone who is? GRCC (Gulf Research Center Cambridge) is holding a funded workshop on “Transnational Knowledge Relations and Researcher Mobility for Building Knowledge-Based Societies and Economies in the Gulf”. See more...
By Sara Custer. The fast-pace of technology development is putting pressure on companies to be more adaptable, creative and flexible in order to compete on a global level. However, not enough is being done by industries and governments to create a workforce well placed to serve the needs of the evolving labour market, according to education company EF. More...
By Katie Duncan. US-based online study abroad platform, Go Overseas has launched a Language Schools programme, a new section of its website containing programme information and student reviews on schools across the world which also allows users to book courses directly. More...
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