Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Forget about hunting down just the right educational games for your students. Let them use the ones they already love — Minecraft, World of Warcraft and Call of Duty — and then untangle how those can be fit into the learning goals you have for them. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Institutions must understand the unique characteristics and motivations of adjunct faculty teaching online to more effectively support a diverse faculty population. More...
By Hans de Wit and Liz Reisberg. From 4-6 March a unique summit took place in Cartagena, Colombia. Thirty scholars and experts from six countries in Latin America and the United States discussed the future of higher education in the region. Read more...
By Mark Ashwill. There’s a lot of talk these days about internationalisation and the value of international competence. To this I would add another essential yet neglected element: a mindset that transcends competencies and skill sets, that is able to overcome nationalism and develop a global competence, allowing people to become global citizens. Read more...
By Jennifer Lewington. International research collaboration is one of the ambitions of a new centre that houses the largest academic and research unit of its kind in Canada, the Centre for the Study of Canadian and International Higher Education, announced last month. More...
By Sara Custer. Budget freezes were announced for the second phase of Brazil’s science mobility programme, Ciencias sem Fronteiras, last autumn, but higher education leaders say they are confident the scheme will continue to be beneficial to international education in the country. More...
By Natalie Marsh. The Fulbright Program is actively seeking a more diverse cohort of students, as numbers reveal that in this academic year, almost two third of participants are white. More...
By Natalie Marsh. Highlighting promotional packages and communicating the appeal of cities outside London can help when marketing UK ELT to Mexican students, a British Council report recommends. More...
By Natalie Marsh. Study Group’s partnership with the University of Maine System, a network of public universities in Maine in the US, will end in July, after just three years. More...
By Vito Pilieci. There will be as many as 182,000 high-paying technology jobs up for grabs in Canada by 2019, but the country’s school systems aren’t producing enough high technology expertise to fill those positions, according to a new research paper.
The solution? Putting computer science courses on par with literacy and arithmetic, and teaching those courses beginning in kindergarten. More...
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