The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) has just released its MOOCs Report 2012-14, in which it reveals that more than 780,000 users around the globe signed up to one of its courses in the first years of life of the programme. More...
The LangOER project will organise the seminar “Open Learning in Minority Languages: Chances and Perspectives” on 7-8 October 2015 in Leeuwarden (the Netherlands). More...
The book, free to download, provides an overview of the results of iTEC (Innovative Technology for an Engaging Classroom), a 4-year European project on designing the future classroom. More...
The ETF (European Training Foundation) is looking for proposals to design, deliver, evaluate and disseminate projects related to Continuing Professional Development for teachers and trainers in Vocational Education and Training in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey. More...
The interaction equivalency theorem provides guidelines: Meaningful learning can be supported as long as one of three types of interactions (learner-content, learner-teacher and learner-learner) is present at a high level. This study sought to apply this theorem to the corporate sector, and to expand it to include other indicators of course effectiveness: satisfaction, knowledge transfer, business results and return on expectations. More...
Von Sandro Benini. Europas hohe Jugendarbeitslosigkeit ist eines der grossen Übel unserer Zeit. Vor allem im Süden des Kontinents droht es einer ganzen Generation das Leben zu vermiesen. Seine toxische Wirkung wird noch jahrzehntelang anhalten, selbst wenn sich die Lage irgendwann wieder bessern sollte. Aber das ist keineswegs sicher. Read more...
By Winnie Agbonlahor. Senior government officials from more than 40 countries are expected to come together at the OECD-Singapore Conference on Higher Education Futures in October.
Around 500 people, including senior civil servants, higher education administrators, academics and practitioners, will attend the conference, which takes place in Singapore on 14 and 15 October. There will also be satellite events on 13 and 16 October and post-conference activities on 16 October. Read more...
Universities in Bahrain are looking to significantly boost interest from prospective international students through accreditation from the British Accreditation Council (BAC).
Despite having an area of just 741 square km, Bahrain is home to a number of institutions that welcome students from overseas. There are four main public universities, including Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain Polytechnic, College of Health and Sciences and the University of Bahrain. Read more...
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