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2 mars 2015

Whose to Lose?: Citizens, institutions and the ownership of higher education funding in a devolved UK

On Thursday, 26^th February 2015, the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) will publish Whose to Lose?: Citizens, institutions and the ownership of higher education funding in a devolved UK. It covers all four parts of the UK, with a particular focus on Wales, and is written by Lucy Hunter Blackburn, the former Head of Higher Education for the Scottish Government.
The paper is being submitted to the Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales in time for the end of their consultation period on Friday, 27^th February 2015. More...

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2 mars 2015

What do we mean by quality when teaching in a digital age?

By Tony Bates. Most governments act to protect consumers in the education market by ensuring that institutions are properly accredited and the qualifications they award are valid and are recognised as of being of ‘quality.’ However, the manner in which institutions and degrees are accredited varies a great deal. The main difference is between the USA and virtually any other country. More...

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2 mars 2015

If Academe is Part of the Problem of Inequality and Oligarchy, What Is the Solution? #FuturesEd

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By Cathy Davidson. A recent sociodemographic study of how the top 10 universities supply the professorate way beyond their numbers to every other university documents how much the attitudes of elitism academics so often critique pervade its own practices. "The Academy's Dirty Secret" documents the academy's systematic contribution to what Guinier calls "the tyranny of meritocracy." Read more...

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2 mars 2015

Why Are We Still Learning Alone? Why Connection Is More Important Than Ever #FuturesEd

By Cathy Davidson. In his classic study Bowling Alone (2000), Robert Putnam argues that we have lost our connection to friends, family, neighbors, and our democratic structures. He warns that our "social capital" has plummted, leaving us emotionally and socially impoverished. We're working harder, going to more meetings, but spending less time with friends, neighbors, and others. His powerful image of this is that more Americans bowl now more than ever--but not in leagues. We're bowling alone. Read more...

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2 mars 2015

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By Michael Feldstein. A little while back, e-Literate suddenly got hit by a spammer who was registering for email subscriptions to the site at a rate of dozens of new email addresses every hour. After trying a number of less extreme measures, I ended up removing the subscription widget from the site. Unfortunately, as a few of you have since pointed out to me, by removing the option to subscribe by email, I also inadvertently removed the option to unsubscribe. More...

By Phil Hill. Last week I covered the announcement from Instructure that they had raised another $40 million in venture funding and were expanding into the corporate learning market. Today I was able to see a demo of their new corporate LMS, Bridge. More...

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