By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Visual self-directed informal learning in FutureLearn MOOC
Inge de Waard, Ignatia Webs, 2016/03/16
Inge de Warrd diagrams the results of her stidy of FuutureLearn open online course participants. "The key inhibitors or enablers of self-directed, informal learning are: motivation and learning goals," she writes. "Motivation (in most cases intrinsic motivation) keeps them wanting to learn more, which is not the same as following all the content of the MOOC, simply absorbing that content which is relevant to the learner. More...
UK: Plaques for ‘I am a Refugee’ new campaign
By Natalie Marsh. A campaign will launch in the UK to highlight contributions refugees have made to society and to challenge negative discussions around the influx of people seeking asylum in the country, using well known names such as Rita Ora who fled to the UK from Kosovo. More...
Student.com racks up more Silicon Valley funding
By Natalie Marsh. Following an investment of $60m just two months ago, global accommodation booking site, Student.com, has received another injection of Silicon Valley funds from capital venture firm Breyer Capital. More...
UAE: UK teacher shortage could stymie school growth
By Natalie Marsh. International schools in the UAE could be affected by a predicted teacher shortage in the UK despite the substantial growth trajectory the country’s international school market is currently enjoying, according to the International School Consultancy. More...
BRICS universities join grad programming
By Natalie Marsh. A network of universities has been formed with the aim of establishing joint graduate programmes across universities in BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. More...
EU students contribute £3.7bn to UK economy
By Natalie Marsh. Ahead of the EU referendum in June, Universities UK has released an analysis of data showing that EU students at universities in the UK contribute over £3.7bn to the economy. More...
Swiss education agency, Pro Linguis, goes into liquidation
By Natalie Marsh. Pro Linguis, one of the largest and oldest education agencies in Switzerland, has gone into liquidation. The study travel agency, which has been owned by Kaplan since 2008, was established in 1955 and has around 300 partner language schools. More...
80% of Chinese students will send 10+ applications to US HEIs, survey finds
By Natalie Marsh. For Chinese high school students looking to go to college in the US, the applications process is a volume game. A recent survey, carried out by InitialView, a Beijing-based video interviewing service for university applicants, shows that four out of five students will send applications to more than 10 different institutions. More...
Int’l students exempt from Tier 2 salary hikes
By Natalie Marsh. Recent increases to the salary threshold for experienced foreign workers in the UK will not affect international students, much to the relief of the education sector, after many representative bodies campaigned to keep students exempt from the new policy. More...
US: 21 arrested in pay-to-stay visa fraud
By Natalie Marsh. Twenty one people have been charged this week after helping over a thousand foreign nationals obtain fraudulent student visas and foreign worker visas through a fake university created by the US government. More...