Techno-News Blog. Schools and universities are beginning to understand that their security networks are too vulnerable to protect sensitive information. Keeping key documents and student information safe should be a priority for the administration at all universities. More...
L’offre de formation continue en matière de développement durable est encore mal connue : quels types de formations écologiques sont actuellement proposés, et à quels publics ? Comment les organismes prennent-ils en charge ces domaines de connaissances, émergents et pointus techniquement ?Techno-News Blog. With education technologies increasingly using analytics to measure and assess student learning, there is a lot of data flying around on higher education campuses. How are institutions establishing principles and polices around the responsible use of that data? So far, few have published clear definitions of learning data or guidelines for how students’ data can be used or shared. More...
Selon les données relatives aux vœux d’orientation confirmés sur la plate-forme Parcoursup en 2018, un élève de Terminale scolarisé en France émet en moyenne 7,4 vœux. De fortes disparités sont cependant observées selon la série de baccalauréat préparée. Parcoursup n’impose plus au candidat de hiérarchiser ses vœux ni de faire un vœu obligatoire en licence pour certaines séries de bac. En analysant la composition de la liste individuelle des vœux, la Licence demeure le vœu le plus fréquent. Toutefois, par rapport à la campagne APB 2017, on observe un report des vœux de Licence, principalement vers les B.T.S. qui gagnent significativement en attractivité. La plupart des candidats ne choisissent qu’un seul type de formation (36 %) ou le complètent par un deuxième choix (33 %), notamment lorsque le premier concerne une filière sélective. Parmi les formations en Licence, celle de Droit est la plus demandée (plus de 200 000 vœux), loin devant les STAPS et l’Économie-Gestion. La PACES regroupe près de 180 000 vœux. Plus...
U. of California International-Studies Program Offers Free Peer-Reviewed Articles Online
"We believe that once we have established a reputation, we will make this competitive with print journals." So says David K. Leonard, dean of International and Area Studies at the University of California. The interface (a link is provided in the article) is clean and intuitive. More...
2002 RTO Case Study Project: Against the Odds!
This case study describes how two small companies in Australia were able to deliver flexible learning without making a large investment. What is significant about the case is the description of how the companies interacted with prodcusts and services offered by Australia's Flexible Learning Framework, thus getting around many of the significant investments the companies would have to make were they launching such a program on their own. More...
The EDNA Metadata Standard
This is a non-technical introduction to EDNA - EDucation Network Australia. Described as a set of guidelines for using metadata elements situated within the Dublin Core, EDNA forms the foundation for a learning library containing more than 16,000 evaluated reources. More...
Governor Wants a Land Where Robots Roam
The use of robots on city streets is regulated in Japan, and probably wisely so. But developers would like a regulation-free zone to allow robots to mingle with a human population. More...
Institutional OAI Archive Growth
Open access e-print archives are growing steadily, but they need to grow even more quickly, according to this author. More...
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) has just updated its web page. The key change is a simplified (and integrated) documentation of metadata terms. More...
