City Hall Rally Protests Policy of Firing Uncertified Teachers
There is really a lot going here that doesn't add up. According to this article, New York has fired about 10,000 teachers over the last five years (though the a Department of Education spokesperson says the number was only 3,000). The teachers, previously uncertified, had failed teacher certification exams. More...
With E-mail Dying, RSS Offers Alternative
Written mostly from the point of view of the content provider, this column argues that as email dies (and it is, without a doubt, very ill indeed), providers should look at RSS as an alternative distribution channel. More...
Principles and Strategies for the Reform of Scholarly Communication
This document outlines a publication system "in crisis" due to rising prices and narrowing profit margins for publishers, then outlines a set of "principles supported" by the Association of College and Research Libraries, including "the broadest possible access to published research and other scholarly writings," "fair and reasonable prices for scholarly information," and several more. More...
Video Games in the Classroom?
A good, intelligent discussion of the (potential) use of games in education. The participants avoid stepping on cliches and approach the topic with sound fundamentals. Many useful nuggets. Like this: "Games can teach facts well and certainly could be used for this without much change in schools. But the real potential of games is to get people to think, value, and act in new ways. A game like Civilization can get the player to see that history could have happened in different ways..." Some of the questions show that people still don't get it, though. More...
Sipping Merlot's RSS Feeds
The story of the day is MERLOT's launch of its RSS feeds - 20 in all, featuring new and reviewed resources in nine different subject areas. But the highlight of the day is Alan Levine's scathing criticism of the feeds. More...
Voucher Worries Lead to Inquiry
Another problem for the voucher system (as if it needed more problems): money that disappears into the void. More...
A l’occasion des Journées européennes du patrimoine (JEP), le ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation ouvre les portes du site "Descartes" au public, dévoile son histoire et présente tout au long de la visite des panneaux illustrant le thème de cette année : l'art du partage. Plus...Accédez aux coordonnées des universités françaises : adresses, références des sites web dédiés et comptes réseaux sociaux. La carte géographique et dynamique des universités vous permet également de les géolocaliser. Plus...
Après avoir choisi une formation ou un organisme, l'employeur doit étudier la proposition commerciale du prestataire au regard de ses besoins et de ses possibilités de financement. La procédure d'achat est spécifique et réglementée : la conclusion d'une convention de formation entre l'employeur et le prestataire. Plus...
Pour mettre en oeuvre son plan de formation, l'employeur peut soit organiser la formation en interne, soit faire appel à un prestataire externe. Il est libre d'acheter les prestations qu'il veut, mais pour bénéficier d'une prise en charge de son OPCA au titre de sa cotisation fiscale, l'action de formation doit répondre à des critères fixés règlementairement (voir Plan de formation). Pour identifier les organismes de formations et/ou les formations pouvant répondre à ses attentes, l'employeur peut s'appuyer sur des outils en ligne, son OPCA, qui peut établir des catalogues des formations qu'il finance ou contacter la Ligne Horizon. Plus...
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