By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Language ArtsTechnology in School Who Says I Don't Like to Read? Sparking a Love of Digital Books Across Detroit
Deborah L. Winston, EdSurge, 2017/02/23
This article describes the deployment of MyOn in the Detroit public school system. MyOn provides access to a library of 13,000 titles for young readers. It works "by initially prompting students to take an interest inventory to decide what types of books they are interested in reading, and a placement test to determine reading ability." More...
27 avril 2017
Isn’t It Pragmatic?
Michael Roth explores how and why Indian students are embracing liberal arts education. More...
20 avril 2017
Language ArtsTechnology in School Who Says I Don't Like to Read? Sparking a Love of Digital Books Across Detroit
Nietzsche For Tots
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Nietzsche For Tots
Justin W., Daily Nous, 2017/02/23
What I like about the current age is that people have started thinking about different ways of representing (and different audiences) for all sorts of information. Today we have by way of example Nietzsche in Shapes and Colors, "a board book aimed at introducing Nietzschean themes to children by way of simple phrases and beautiful illustrations, including naturalism." More...
18 avril 2017
Study Group opens 11th US pathway
By Natalie Marsh. Study Group has signed a partnership with liberal arts college Oglethorpe University in the US to establish a pathway programme to help expand the university’s international intake, it has announced. More...
17 avril 2017
Le printemps des SHS
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. 20 mars 2017. Printemps des SHS. Une belle dynamique. « Cette journée explore les grands ressorts de cette dynamique. Elle est aussi l’occasion d’inaugurer de belles réalisations : la plateforme Fund-it d’information sur les appels d’offres internationaux et le portail de l’ANR dédié aux appels d’offre nationaux [portail bientôt disponible]. Voir l'article...
14 avril 2017
Le doctorant en sciences humaines et l’ingénieur
Pour les diplômés de la « fac » en sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) intégrer les grandes entreprises et en particulier les postes clés, est loin d’être facile. D’après une étude du Centre d’études et de recherches sur les qualifications publiée en 2010 (Céreq, 2010), 40 % des diplômés depuis trois ans en lettres et sciences humaines (LSH) au niveau licence ne sont qu’employés dans le secteur privé. De même, moins de la moitié des docteurs en LSH deviennent cadres, contre 89 % des docteurs en sciences dures. More...The changing face of social sciences and the liberal arts
By Francis Kokutse. The days of stand-alone disciplines in academia are over, as liberal arts subjects are being integrated into other areas of study in higher education institutions in order to focus on development issues, according to Tayo Adesina of the University of Ibadan’s history department. More...
13 avril 2017
Why This Traditional Academic Welcomes MissionU
By Joshua Kim. Why experimentation and competition is good for our liberal arts institutions. More...
11 avril 2017
Top Art Schools Venturing Online
By Emily Tate. Elite U.S. and international programs are starting to offer online courses so they are more accessible and affordable -- and to attract new students to their campuses. More...
10 avril 2017
Humane Studies
The eminent New Yorker writer Joseph Mitchell profiled the greatest anthropologist in the world -- and his fans somehow forgot about it for decades. Scott McLemee reports from the scene of the excavation. Read more...
