By Stephen Downes - Half an Hour. I think it is worth looking at the end of Jon Dron's long post to get to the heart of what he finds so wrong about my work. I reserve the right to look at the rest of his work in reverse order as well.
Let's move carefully, one sentence at a time. He writes:
My worry is that if, instead of seeing connectivism as a family of ideas, theories and approaches that offer value in helping us to see outside the box of traditional educational methods, we see it as a single cohesive theory of learning, then that theory had better be fairly unassailable or someone coming to it afresh will likely observe its flaws and move on to the next. So we are presented with two choices: either connectivism is a "broad family of ideas" or it is a "single cohesive theory of learning."
If it is a single theory, then it had better be "fairly unassailable," otherwise, it will simply be replaced by the next theory that comes along. More...

By Hedda. This final post in our thematic week is a brief background and introduction to one of the key project outputs, the newly published book: “The Re-Institutionalization of Higher Education in the Western Balkans. The interplay between European ideas, domestic policies, and institutional practices”. The review is written by Jelena Brankovic (Ghent University)
During last three decades, European higher education systems and institutions have witnessed dramatically changing socio-economic, technological and political environments, general public sector reforms aimed at modernizing public sector governance and management, and increasing demands for positive social and economic impacts of their education and research activities. See more...

By Hedda. Episode 45 of our podcast series features Martina Vukasovic (CHEGG, Ghent University). In the podcast, we discuss the recently finished NORGLOBAL funded project about higher education transformation in the Western Balkans. We highlight the key project results, including what she thought to be the most surprising research results. Further, we discuss challenges when working with capacity building and reflect on the plans for the future. See more...

By Hedda. We are also delighted to now shar with you the remaining of the presentations from the final conference “European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans” that took place in Oslo on 27th of February 2014 at the University of Oslo. The conference gathered project members as well as invited people from the region and beyond.
Third session: Focus on public-private dynamics in higher education. See more...

By Hedda. We are also delighted to share with you presentations from the final conference “European Integration in Higher Education and Research in the Western Balkans” that took place in Oslo on 27th of February 2014 at the University of Oslo. The conference gathered project members as well as invited people from the region and beyond. See more...