By Phil Hill. Today we are thrilled to release the initial episodes in our new e-Literate TV series on “personalized learning”. In this series, we examine how that term, which is heavily marketed but poorly defined, is implemented on the ground at a variety of colleges and universities. What does it really mean in practice? What problem is intended to solve? And how well is it working. More...
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. The Refugee Education Challenge (by OpenIdeo a social innovation platform, and supported by the Amplify project) is a clear, worthwhile initiative that can be answered by individual EdTech producers as well as companies or groups (corporate, academic, ngo). The challenge is simple in description, yet very complex in planning as refugees face multiple challenges at the same time, look at the ideas here. Read more...By Inge Ignatia de Waard. Last week EdX and the Arizona State University sent out a press release. In short they both started the Global Freshman Academy, linking university credits with MOOCs on a major MOOC platform. First reaction: THIS IS GREAT. Second reaction: let me look at the video… *watching* … well, not fully convinced about this initiative. Read more...By Inge Ignatia de Waard. This morning I was cognitively mesmerized by the seminar on 'capturing an online student feedback history to enable ipsative assessment and sustained motivation' presented by Gwyneth Hughes. Liveblogging from CALRG seminar, so typos and incomplete sentences possible. A WONDERFUL seminar, really worth it, so buy the book Ipsative assessment: motivation through marking progress! Or read Hughes papers. Read more...
Er schmiss das College, rappte über seinen Studienabbruch, hatte aber seitdem den Hut auf. Heute gilt HipHop-Produzent Kanye West als Anwalt der Bildung. Eine Kunsthochschule verlieh dem Musiker nun den Ehrendoktor. Mehr...
By Natalie Marsh. Malta’s ELT sector has seen a rise in student weeks as demand grows among students outside of traditional European markets, according to the Federation of English Language Teacher Organisations Malta. More...
By Natalie Marsh. Fourteen per cent of US high schools are actively recruiting international students, according to a report by the National Association of College Admissions Counselling, with the majority of those using private education agencies to bring in their international cohort. More...
By Natalie Marsh. International House World Organisation plans to become the “industry leader” in student well-being and safety, it has said, after its annual directors’ conference last month. More...
By Natalie Marsh. Nord Anglia Education, one of the largest international school providers, will acquire six schools from Meritas later on this year, it has been announced. Of the schools to be acquired, three are based in the US and one in Mexico as well as one based in Switzerland and another in China. More...
By Natalie Marsh. The number of adult students coming to Ireland to study English dropped significantly in 2014, according to a new report by Marketing English in Ireland. A strong performance in the junior market, however, helped soften the blow. More...
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