By Michael Feldstein. Following the IHE piece on Essex County College’s struggles to get good outcomes from their personalized learning program in developmental math, and following my blog post on the topic, Phil and I had an interesting exchange about the topic in email with ECC’s Vice President for Planning, Research, and Assessment Doug Walercz. More...
By Phil Hill. For a large portion of our readers who deal mostly with US higher education, it could be easy to dismiss Moodle as an LMS and an idea past its prime. Market data from Edutechnica shows that since 2013 the number of adopting US institutions has hit a plateau, but the total number of students served (number of institutions using Moodle as primary LMS scaled by enrollment) has actually decreased. More...
By Phil Hill. What interesting timing. Just as I published my interview with Martin Dougiamas, I was notified that Totara LMS, a Moodle derivative aimed at the corporate learning market, has forked from Moodle and is changing its relationship with the Moodle Community. More...
Verlässliche Karriereplanung statt ein Zeitvertrag nach dem anderen: Die Regierung will Kurzzeitverträge für junge Wissenschaftler abschaffen. Schlupflöcher bleiben. Mehr.... Ein Finne bewundert die deutsche Effizienz. Bis er an der Uni die Quellen seiner Arbeit auf CD abgeben muss und einfachste Klausuren unter maximalem Zeitdruck schreibt. Mehr.... Wer in der Wissenschaft Karriere machen will, dem drohen viel Arbeit, wenig Geld und eine unsichere Zukunft. Wir wollen von Doktoranden und Postdocs wissen: Wie sieht die Situation wirklich aus. Mehr...
Von Bernd Kramer. Extrem kurze Befristungen bei Arbeitsverträgen an deutschen Hochschulen sollen bald der Vergangenheit angehören. Das Bundeskabinett verabschiedete am Mittwoch nach langem Streit einen Gesetzentwurf, der Zehntausenden jüngeren Dozenten und Forschern an den Unis verlässlichere Karrierewege ermöglichen soll. Die Hochschulexperten der großen Koalition hatten sich Ende Juni auf die Reform geeinigt. Mehr...
By Hedda. There is currently a process of establishing a Standing group with ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) on the ‘Politics of Higher Education, Research and Innovation’.
The Standing Group will facilitate research and debates on the politics of higher education, research and innovation around the world. It will do so by bringing together scholars at all stages of their careers from a variety of disciplines, including political science, international relations, European and area studies, research policy, higher education studies, law, and sociology of science and technology. See more...
By Jason Lemon. The growing trash heaps and angry protests in Lebanon over a government that is failing to provide one of the most basic services have drawn attention to the political deadlock among a government that is largely divided along religious lines. More...
By Ida Sophie Winter. Scene: On Rue Khalid Ibn Oualid, a North African street known for prostitutes, gambling and a French-owned bookstore that cross-pollinates between European and African culture.
Enter a sweating group of older expatriates—mostly French and white—caught under the blushing blaze of Tangier. More...
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