By Stefanie Botelho. The university offers students interested in the gaming industry a game development track in computer science, as well as an animation and interactive media concentration in visual arts. While a similar program at another. More...
Par Fabien Soyez. Alors que l’Etat a demandé à 11 universités de puiser dans leurs fonds de roulement pour aider à financer les dotations 2015 des établissements de l’enseignement supérieur, le monde universitaire réclame un ministre à part entière. Dans un communiqué relayé par Le Monde, une dizaine de syndicats de l’enseignement supérieur, dont le Snesup-FSU, réclament « sans délai » un successeur à Geneviève Fioraso. Voir l'article...
Par Fériel Boudjelal. Le Bulletin officiel du 30 avril 2015 met en avant la nouvelle session de l’université d’été – Belc organisée par le Centre international d’études pédagogiques (CIEP) du 6 au 31 juillet 2015 à Nantes. Cette formation « s’adresse aux enseignants, aux formateurs et aux personnels d’encadrement spécialisés en français langue étrangère, français langue seconde et français sur objectifs spécifiques », note le B.O. Voir l'article...
By Dayna Catropa and Margaret Andrews. We originally thought that business schools might be the first to feel the heat of the changing market for higher education. Turns out that may not be true – it might be the undergraduate market, quickly followed by the rest of higher education.
Arizona State University (ASU) and edX, the partnership between MIT and Harvard, recently announced an initiative that will allow people to do their entire first year of an undergraduate program online. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. Before I get started with the crux of this post, I feel compelled to share a bit about the process that went into its construction. First, I thought about a conversation that I had with Simon Thomson from Leeds Beckett University about all things digital: literacy, confidence, identity, competency, and making. Then, I started mulling over the facets of leadership that complemented the topics from our conversation. Read more...
By Tracy Mitrano. On April 30 a year ago, Google announced:“Today, we’re taking additional steps to enhance the educational experience for Apps for Education customers:
By Matt Reed. The Girl is in the fifth grade, and her school covers grades five and six. Thursday night was the science fair. Parental duty called.
TG wanted to invent something, so she asked her grandparents what they needed. Grandma has a cat whose toys sometimes roll under the couch, and her knees make it difficult to get down there to retrieve them. Read more...
By Matt Reed. Can colleges charge a fee to accept transfer credits?
I had never heard of that until this week. Tressie McMillan Cottom -- if you’re on Twitter and not following her, you’re doing Twitter wrong -- did a tweet about a specific clause in the edX-ASU agreement that stopped me short. Read more...
By Matt Reed. You may find yourself approached by students who aren’t happy with their grades so far, and who are asking for extra credit assignments to bring their grades up. These may be the students who want to move from failing to passing, or they may be the B-plus students who want A’s. Read more...
By Matt Reed. The proposed cuts to Louisiana’s higher education sector are breathtaking, but not only for their size. According to yesterday’s IHE piece, they could be over 80 percent drops in a single year. Both parts of that description matter: “over 80 percent” and “in a single year.” They offer a sort of object lesson. Read more...
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