Call for papers: British Education Studies Association Conference Glasgow, June 26-27 June
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract as a contribution to this important conference. This year the conference takes place in the University of Glasgow, making it the first time the conference has been held in Scotland. The key theme of this year’s conference is: “The politics of education studies: pedagogy, curriculum, policy”
Some of the suggested topics for papers are the following:
• Alternative voices in Education Studies
• Innovations in Education Studies
• Education Studies: Contemporary debates
• Researching Education Studies: critical issues
• Student perspectives on Education Studies
Please note this list is not exhaustive. More...
Survey on online learning in the UK
By Graham Attwell. The Guardian newspaper has published the headline results of an interesting survey of people in the UK, undertaken in conjunction with the Open University. I’ll comment on a few of the findings.
48% of (presumably those with degrees) stated that they felt their degree has been beneficial in terms of getting a job in today’s economic climate. And that leaves a somewhat surprising 52% who felt their degree had not helped them get a job! Over 50% of 18-24 year olds feel obliged to get additional qualifications – once more possibly casting doubt of the value of an initial degree, especially given how expensive higher education is in the UK.
39% if those who have spent time developing their skills have done so online and one in five people have done or are currently doing an online course. However 45% said they would only consider doing an online course if it led to an official certificate and only 8% had heard of MOOCs. More...
Badge of honour
By Graham Attwell. Some ideas flourish and then die. Others start slowly and then take off. Although all the talk is about MOOCs my feeling is that the Mozilla Open Badges project may have a more profound influence in changing education than online courses. The following text is an excerpt from the quarterly online magazine, Holyrood Connect. More...
What is the discourse behind the Open Education Challenge
By Graham Attwell. I don’t know quite what to think about the Open Education Challenge. It is good that the European Commission is working to support start up companies in education and especially interesting to note the impressive list of people available to help mentor new start ups. However, 20 companies hardly represents a critical mass and secondly I am not sure that the trudging successful applicants for twelve weeks around “successive European cities: Barcelona, Paris, London, Berlin and Helsinki| is the best way to do things. More...
Shiny technology and social media
By Graham Attwell. Last weekend I went to the British Educational technology (BETT) show in London. If nothing else, the sheer numbers of exhibitors and visitors show how educational technology has become a big business. I am afraid such events are not my favourite. There was many, many shiny displays of stunning technology and I suspect, if I had had the patience to explore, many great ideas for new approaches to teaching and learning. However, I found the latter tended to get hidden behind the ever increasing size of the big screens. I was also struck by how much of the kit supplied could be developed or put together much cheaper by the determined hacker- teacher. Anyway a couple of hours wandering and I was exhibitioned out. So I turned my attention to the wide range of supporting events. I ended up an a couple of sessions in the Technology in Higher Education Summit. More...
L’alternanza, via d’eccellenza è d’avvene
À modu nostru, da Roland Frias. S’impegna assai l’Università di Corsica in u sviluppu di a furmazione in alternanza. Hè oghje una referenza nant’à u pianu naziunale. Prupone parcorsi à livellu DUT, DEUST, Licenza, Master 1 è 2, Diplomi Universitarii, secondu parechji settori d’attività è versu i quali i ghjovani ponu custruisce si un veru prughjettu persunale è prufessiunale, amparendu un mistieru, da a facultà à u mercatu di u travagliu, fendu cresce e so cumpetenze, cù d’altronde una certa autonumia finanziaria. Infatti, l’amparera permette à a ghjuventù d’apre si à un sapè fà è di praticà lu, in u rispettu di e tenniche di i prufessiunali. Ma si sà ch’elli sò impurtanti dinù l’insignamenti generali.
Per l’impresa, stu modu di studiu raprisenta un investimentu cù u scopu di furmà u so persunale di dumane. Dopu à l’acquistu di u diploma, i ghjovani chì anu sceltu l’amparera ci la facenu più prestu per truvà un impiegu, è a tassa d’inserzione va spessu aldilà di i 80 percentu. In Corsica, cù un mondu ecunomicu cumpostu per a maiò parte di piccule imprese, l’amparera ci mostra ch’ella hè un dispusitivu di furmazione adattatu propiu bè à l’attese di i prufessiunali è di i nostri territorii, in particulare, à livellu di i ritmi d’alternanza è di a pulivalenza di l’amparente. Ma, sti pochi tempi, in un cuntestu di crisa è di murusità di u mercatu di u travagliu, l’amparera pò avè un antru rollu maiò à prò di l’imprese.
In realità, è si tratta d’un accertamentu spartutu da parechji specialisti : per via d’una pupulazione chì s’invechja, si diccinuleghja u mondu ecunomicu isulanu in u listessu tempu chì e statistiche di e creazione d’imprese cunnoscenu una calata malgradu una certa dinamica di l’autoimpresa. Sapendu chì st’evuluzione inchietante si spiega da e difficultà di trasmissione o di cedenza ch’elli anu tanti capi d’impresa, di pettu à una mancanza di suluzione di ripresa adattate. Dapoi parechji anni, hè cambiata assai a fiura di a furmazione per mezu di l’amparera. Ghjera à principiu cunsiderata cum’è una via di pocu valore per i ghjovani in situazione di fiascu sculare.
Ma oghje ùn hè più cusì l’affare, hè ricunnisciuta cum’è una furmazione diplumante. Si deve piglià in contu e perfurmanze di l’alternanza chì assicureghjanu di a so efficacità, postu chì 9 amparenti nant’à 10 riescenu à u diploma priparatu è trovenu un impiegu dopu à u cuntrattu. In a struttura d’accolta, u studiente-salariatu, sott’à a rispunsabilità d’un tutore, scopre a prufessione è si forma à u mistieru bramatu. À l’Università, per esempiu, seguita l’insignamenti adattati à u so ritimu di vita prufessiunale. Hà dinù a pussibilità d’esse aiutatu da u CFA Universitariu : cumpensu doppiu alloghju, indennità di trasportu è numinazione d’un tutore pedagogicu… Sustenuta da a Cullettività Territuriale di Corsica è l’Unione Europea, l’alternanza hè una vera via d’eccellenza è d’avvene. Basta à francà u passu…
La formation continue universitaire - "Se former tout au long de la vie"
"Se former tout au long de la vie"En lien étroit avec toutes les structures internes de l’université, les services de formation continue universitaire sont, pour les adultes en reprise d'études ou de formation, un lieu privilégié d'accueil et de conseil permettant de construire un projet dans une stratégie de réussite. Pour les entreprises, ils présentent un potentiel de formation inégalable, d’une diversité disciplinaire exemplaire et offrent de grandes capacités d'innovation et d'adaptation aux besoins.
La formation des individus, en fonction de leur projet personnel et professionnel, relève de plusieurs stratégies:
* dans un objectif de certification universitaire ou non, pour une insertion dans un groupe de formation constitué autour du même projet ou construction d’un parcours personnalisé,
* avec une organisation spatio-temporelle « bloquée » (par exemple un semestre ou une année à temps plein), ou à temps partiel et faisant ou non appel à un enseignement médiatisé à distance (pour tout ou partie de la formation)
* en valorisant l’expérience acquise, pour l’accès aux diplômes universitaires (VA, décret de 1985) ou pour l’obtention de ceux-ci (VAE, loi de 2002)...
S'inscrire dans un projet de formation tout au long de la vie nécessite de répondre à certaines questions:
* quelles sont les compétences que j'ai acquises dans le cadre de mon parcours professionnel et personnel?
* quel est mon projet professionnel/personnel?
* par quelles étapes dois-je passer pour faire aboutir ce projet?
* etc.
Les services de formation continue des universités sont à même de vous conseiller pour répondre à ces questions et vous accompagner dans votre projet.
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"Más rud é foghlaim ar feadh an tsaoil"Go dlúth le gach ollscoil struchtúir, seirbhísí inmheánacha, tá ionaid oideachas leanúnach do dhaoine fásta ag filleadh ar an oideachas nó oiliúint, áit phribhléid de fáilte roimh agus comhairle do thógáil tionscadal i straitéis rath. Níos mó...
