Being a mobility advisor, you deal with a lot of data. As such, a lot changed for you when the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect on 25 May 2018. However, what does this big change entail and what effect will it have on your role within your higher education institution? This blog post covers some basic questions you might have about GDPR and offers a simple explanation of what you can expect. More...
Those who love to learn absolutely love coming to the EAIE Conference. We have many professional development opportunities planned this year, with workshops designed and presented by experts in our field; posters on best practices, innovations, and country updates; and over 130 sessions on topics running the breadth of the international higher education field. More...
The EAIE is driven by a global team of dedicated experts in the field of international higher education who volunteer their time and expertise to lead the Association. This group is elected by our member community every two years. Beginning in April 2018, 116 candidates from 28 countries, campaigned for one of 77 positions. We are now excited to introduce the 2018–2020 EAIE Leadership. More...
The Academic Refuge project is raising such dilemmas in a new massive open online course (MOOC) Dangerous Questions-Why Academic Freedom Matters. Read more to find out whether some questions are too dangerous to ask. More...
Information about gender and sexual identity can be a useful starting point for learning, but usually facts are not enough to set new behaviour into motion. Today it seems that, the more shocking the news of gender misbehaviour in high places, the more it seems to be digested by much of the public as a part of an old normal, politically weaponised, becoming a new normal. More...
The May 2018 Journal of Studies in International Education is a special issue addressing the topic Internationalization and Research. Authors in the first article propose a common research model in the USA to foster comparative research considering how studying abroad influences degree completion. The second article offers a fascinating look into the evolution of research themes over the 20-year lifetime of this journal. More...
The number of international students attending higher institutions in Ireland has surged in recent years, with Saudi Arabia’s Scholarship Programme undoubtedly contributing to the upturn. The financial impact on the economy is clear to see, however, the impact on these students moving to a non-segregated society is less clear, especially the females. More...
Grub, Google and the Sewmantic Web
So could we ever have a real-time web search index? That is, a search index that is refresehed every day, so that when we search, it's right up to date? We could - but the answer isn't a massive centralized service like Google, it's a massively distributed service like Grub. More...
Smarter, Simpler, Social
This article captures many of the underlying theses of the blogging and syndicated content movement. In a nutshell, argue the authors, social software should be
This article also describes many of the features I think shouls characterize educational software. More...
Futurist Fears End of Innovation
Howard Rheingold warns listeners at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference that entrenched interests are beginning to try to put the brakes on innovation. "They would very much like to get us back to the days when there were three radio stations and one telephone company," he said. "We're going to have to fight to remain users and not be turned back into consumers." I think this is exactly right. More...
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