Techno-News Blog. One hundred years ago, today’s classroom would have been unimaginable. From white boards to laptops to learning management systems that enable learners to learn anywhere and anytime, there is not much about today’s classroom technologies that reflects those present in a classroom from 1918. More...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Anniversaire de mai 1968 : 50 ans, un demi-siècle.
Je termine alors mon doctorat de sociologie sur le recours ouvrier dans l’industrie textile du nord de la France. Mai 1968, je participe aux assemblées générales étudiantes et à toutes les manifestations qui ont lieu à Lille. Plus...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Le cinéma naît dans des lieux où règne une promiscuité vécue comme dangereuse : manèges-cinéma, bistrots, salles mal famées surnommées Flohkinnes (cinémas à poux). Plus...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Denise Naville (1896-1969). Album de 28 photos, prises au Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, dans le cadre de l’ensemble exceptionnel d’expositions, Laboratoire d’Europe, Strasbourg 1880-1930. Plus...
By . Despite rumours, I was not around in 1918, but this article is a very nice reminder of what was happening 100 years ago with educational technologies. The five technologies are:
An Oxford don wants Britons to stop feeling guilty about colonialism. But evidence suggests it already inspires more pride than shame. More...
There is something ironic about an Oxford theologian being portrayed as persecuted for arguing that Britain should be proud of its imperial past, when 59% of the population agree with him. But it’s no laughing matter. More...
Louis Braille, who was born on January 4, 1809, invented a tactile reading and writing system which transformed the lives of countless people with severe vision impairments or blindness. Braille was blind himself, and first came up with the idea for a form of writing you can read by touch while he was still at school. More...January 1 can be a day of regret and reflection – did I really need that fifth glass of bubbly last night? – mixed with hope and optimism for the future, as we make plans to renew gym memberships or finally sort out our tax files. This January ritual of looking forward and backward is fitting for the first day of a month named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and endings. More...The origins of our days of the week lie with the Romans. The Romans named their days of the week after the planets, which in turn were named after the Roman gods:
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