By Scott Jaschik. On the same day Charles Murray was shouted down at Middlebury, Franklin & Marshall hosted a speaker opposed by some Muslim students and others. They protested, but didn't disrupt. And he spoke. Read more...
13 mars 2017
13 mars 2017
Reimagining education: MIT holds its first Festival of Learning
Techno-News Blog. On Feb 1-2, over 200 students and faculty gathered in MIT’s Building 10 to discuss and share recent advances in education technology. More...13 mars 2017
Ransomware: Should you pay up?
Techno-News Blog. The use of ransomware has spiked in recent years: Roughly A high percentage of spam emails in 2016 contained ransomware, according to a recent IBM Security study. More...9 mars 2017
Vivons en paix avec nos stéréotypes !
Un discours décapant qui nous confronte à notre propre vision des stéréotypes : pour progresser, il faut faire un travail individuel et collectif de déconstruction des stéréotypes. Et pour « créer » de la diversité, il faut agir sur les process (recrutement, promotion, …), mais surtout sur les comportements en entreprise. Voir l'article...
6 mars 2017
Is higher education for the public good?
By Jenni Case. There is no South African academic who has not been intensely engaged over the events of the past year – the protests around #RhodesMustFall through to #FeesMustFall – in trying to think about and understand these unprecedented and fast changing events – they have affected and challenged us all deeply. Read more...
6 mars 2017
Universities must find a way to challenge populism
By Paul Rigg. The forum, with the theme “'Imagining the Future of Education”, sought to address how education systems can transform themselves to anticipate the future, what tools and innovations will be the real change-makers, and the role that higher education should play in shaping the future. Read more...
6 mars 2017
Revolutionising the global knowledge society
By Patrick Blessinger. A revolution can be defined as a fundamental change to the status quo that occurs in a relatively short timeframe. Revolutions of all types (political, economic, social, technological) have occurred numerous times throughout human history. Read more...
6 mars 2017
Redefining the role of the university in the Trump era
By Bruno Vompean and Grace Karram. The last few weeks have been tremulous for Canada. The new leadership in the United States is changing all rules and no one knows for certain how far the changes will go. In the world of higher education, universities are trying to determine what the impact will be. Read more...
6 mars 2017
La Cravate solidaire tord le cou aux préjugés
26 février 2017
Student activism: An exploration of pre-service teacher engagement (AUR 59 01)
By Ian Dobson. This study explored the topic of university student activism. The main research question posed was: what are some of the elements that enable or constrain students’ activism? The Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice states that while activism is not well defined, it ‘is action on behalf of a cause, action that goes beyond what is conventional or routine’ (Martin, 2007, p. 19). More...
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