By edX. Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan announced today the creation of Edraak, an education initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development (QRF). Edraak, a partnership with non-profit online learning initiative edX, will be a MOOC portal for the Arab world and will bring quality education to millions of Arabic-speaking students around the globe.  Her Majesty Queen Rania witnessed the historic signing of the agreement by QRF CEO Haifa Dia Al-Attia and edX president Anant Agarwal at edX's Cambridge offices. 
"Using edX's technology and tapping the best talent from our region and the Arab diaspora, we're proud that we will be launching a MOOC platform for the Arab world," said Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah. "Engaging, fresh, relevant – and, most importantly, in Arabic – MOOCs on Edraak will open up a world of possibility for intellectually hungry Arab youth." Read more...

Have you considered running a Massive Open Online Course or as it’s commonly called, a MOOC? I’ve been involved in MOOCs since 2007.  I started with Muvenation, an 18-month MOOC for educators on how to create courses in Second Life. I then went on to join George Siemens and Stephen Downes for the Connectivism & Connective Knowledge or CCK08, the first official MOOC in the world. 
I started organizing my own MOOCs in 2013 with the first Moodle MOOC in the world in June 2013 on WizIQ and the second one in October 2013. I also helped facilitate the first ELT Vocabulary MOOC led by Jason R. Levine with Sylvia Guinan on WizIQ.  MOOCs are now organized by universities worldwide. The platforms may vary, but MOOCs are open to anyone who wants to learn for free. More...

Cher(s) Partenaire(s),  
Nous vous envoyons ce mail pour vous annoncer la fin de l’AFIJ.
En effet, faute de soutien de la part de l’Etat pour les années à venir, l’AFIJ, Association pour Faciliter l’Insertion professionnelle des Jeunes, créée il y a presque 20 ans, se voit obligé de mettre un terme à ses activités.
Tous les relais AFIJ de France, dont celui de Marseille, seront fermés d'ici fin novembre 2013.
Nous ne manquerons pas sur ces derniers jours de diffuser  la communication de vos différents évènements et de vos actions.
Nous avons été très heureuses  de collaborer avec vous, de partager vos  valeurs d’insertion professionnelle, et espérons travailler avec vous sur de nouveaux projets.
Merci infiniment à ceux  qui nous ont soutenus.
Bonne continuation à tous.
Bien à vous.

By Chen Weihua and Zhao Xinying. Thanks to the rising family incomes, China continues to send more students to universities and colleges in the United States than any other nation.
During the 2012/13 academic year, Chinese student enrollments increased by a hefty 21.4 percent annually to more than 235,000, according to the 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released on Monday.
According to the report from the Institute of International Education, the number of international students enrolled in US establishments of higher education in the academic year rose 7.2 percent to more than 819,000. More...

By Teona Baetu. Experts say it's a 'patchwork' of rules across country protecting youth transitioning to work. When Vancouver's Fairmount Waterfront Hotel advertised last month for an intern to bus tables, labour groups and media commentators questioned if unpaid internships are exploitative.
As the number of internships available in Canada rises, it's critical to look at how governments protect youth in the transition from school to work, says Andrew Langille, a Toronto lawyer specializing in youth and workplace law.
Langille says the gaps in the laws for interns are larger than just exclusions from minimum wage, and he says that legislation across the country needs to change or be be updated. More...