The Trump/DeVos vision of American education? Unshackle the rich and let them turn a profit at the expense of working-class students. More...
15 juin 2019
14 juin 2019
Bogota
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Stephen Downes[Edit][Delete]: Bogota, Google Video [Edit][Delete] September 15, 2006Today is a banner day. For the last four weeks, I have been working on a video recounting my experiences in Bogota. I managed to get it to upload onto Google Video today. It's not perfect - you'll spot some flaws pretty easily - and it would be nice to have edited it more, but they're right. A laptop isn't really a video editing tool. But it's what I've got. Also, this is my first video that I created and edited by myself (I used Adobe Premier Elements). I had to teach myself how to create it as I created it. Learning in action. But this is what I mean - the tools for content creation are in the hands of the people now. Anyhow, despite any flaws it may have, I'm very proud of it. I hope you enjoy it. Let it buffer for a bit; it's 30 minutes long. You can also read the transcript on my blog. [Tags: Web Logs, Experience, Portable Computers, Google] [Comment]. More...
14 juin 2019
Schools Weigh Control Versus 1st Amendment
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Sherry Saavedra[Edit][Delete]: Schools Weigh Control Versus 1st Amendment, San Diego Union-Tribune [Edit][Delete] June 8, 2006
As you have probably guess, I was not lucky in Innsbruck, and so did not have internet access from my hotel yesterday. I am now at the Microlearning conference here, which I will address tomorrow morning. More...
12 juin 2019
Key challenges for the re-elected Coalition government: our experts respond
Our experts take a closer look at what’s in store for health, taxes, the environment, education and infrastructure – five of the most closely watched policy areas in the election campaign. More...12 juin 2019
Canadian schools spend more as enrolment and test scores fall
Canada’s school boards spent a total of $53.2 billion — about $11,300 per student — educating students in kindergarten to Grade 12 public systems in 2015 and that amount has been growing by more than $1 billion every year for several years. More...12 juin 2019
Thoughts on the LA Times Story on USC and 2U
By Joshua Kim. How should our community make sense out of the recent LA Times story: Online Degrees Made USC the World’s Biggest Social Work School. Then Things Went Terribly Wrong?This is an unfolding story, and we should not rush to judgments before we get a better handle on what is going on with USC. More...
11 juin 2019
Mexico: Higher Education Under Populism
Despite opposition success in limiting the government’s proposed changes, the outlook for higher education remains bleak. More...
11 juin 2019
Budget Cuts in Brazil
By making what the minister considers a “very small cut”, it will be impossible for universities to conduct daily operations at even minimal standards of quality. More...
11 juin 2019
Mexican Higher Education: From Mass to Universal to Compulsory?
Earlier posts in this column have discussed the outlook for higher education in Latin America and last week, Rodriguez Gomez and Maldonado-Maldonado reviewed Mexico’s proposed policies,where last month federal and state legislatures passed Constitutional reforms with major implications for the educational system. More...
11 juin 2019
Walking Toward the Cliff
Measures recently enacted by the President of Brazil raise serious concerns about the future of higher education. More...
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