Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Karl Trübner (1846-1907), éditeur d’exception, et son épouse Klara sont enterrés au cimetière de la Robertsau à Strasbourg. Leur tombe n’est pas entretenue (album de 11 photos). La concession va-t-elle être reprise par la ville, comme celle de Recklinghausen, l’anatomopathologiste de l’université impériale. Plus...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Un projet culturel d’exception : Laboratoire d’Europe, Strasbourg 1880-1930 (jusqu’au 28 février 2018). Dans le cadre de cet ensemble d’expositions, à voir au Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain l’espace consacré à René Schickele. C’est un romancier, essayiste, poète alsacien de langue allemande, et journaliste, né à Obernai (Bas-Rhin) en 1883. Plus...
As we head towards the close of the year, many of us will be reflecting on the year just gone and looking ahead to what 2018 has in store. This year, perhaps more than any other in recent times, has been relentless for UK higher education. Hardly a week has gone by without UK universities featuring prominently in the news in some shape or form. More...
Recently I have been interviewed twice by EdSurge regarding education initiatives by the Big Five tech companies (Amazon and Apple, specifically). The first interview centered on iPads for all and Swift programming initiative at the Ohio State University. More...
In my recent post on Cengage Unlimited, I made a brief mention of the battle shaping up in the curricular materials world between “good enough” and “better enough.” I argued that Cengage is coming down on the “good enough” side by emphasizing all-you-can-eat pricing. More...
Organizations are demanding more of graduates including qualifications like hands-on experience and knowledge with industry-standard tools. In conjunction with industry’s demands, students are arriving at college campuses better versed in engineering principles and better skilled at using hardware and software tools in the lab. Consequently, academia is being pushed to change its traditional classroom setting to meet industry’s demands. Among those universities leading this transition is Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. More...
In almost all of the commentary from both educators and industry, the mention of AR and VR for 2018’s big trends were ubiquitous. So much so, we could only include just a few AR/VR pieces here in our inaugural “eSchool Media’s Annual Trends Report,” which compiles some of the most practical, forward-looking predictions from educators and industry on what will trend for the upcoming year in both K-12 and higher education. More...
According to a recent McGraw-Hill Education survey, just 40 percent of college seniors said they felt their college experience was helpful in preparing for a career. Alarmingly, that percentage plummeted to 19 percent for women answering the same question. More...
If “near-final” documents obtained by The Washington Post are true, education would see deep cuts to the tune of more than $10 billion under President Donald Trump’s education budget. The budget is set to be released as early as Tuesday. More...
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