Textbook Authors Sue over Cengage Unlimited Royalties
Michael Feldstein, e-Literate, 2018/05/16
Michael Feldstein writes, "the handwriting is on the wall. If textbook prices come down, then textbook royalties also have to come down." But by how much. More...
What if JavaScript wins?
Anil Dash, 2018/05/16
I'm not really a fan of Javascript though I've been working with it for many years (long enough to see it become ECMAScript and JavaScript). Still, I can see why it would become so popular: it works in web broswers, integrates seamlessly with the document object model, and therefore is widely used. Add server-side Javascripe and Node.js and NPM and you have a winner. More...
The Good Life and Open Online Learning
Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed, 2018/05/16
As I commented to the author of this article: First, don't say "Those of us who are actually involved..." It's fine to speak for yourself, but you should not position yourself as representative of the people who build, developed or taught MOOCs. More...
Six questions about openness in science
Richard Poynder, Open and Shut?, 2018/05/16
The questions cover a wide range of topics and insights. For example, why should science be open to the public, because after all, they neither understand nor are interested in the details. More...
Stop Trying to Fix Students and Start Trying to Fix the University
Nicola Rivers, Dave Webster, Fruits of the Pedagogic Life, 2018/05/16
There are two telling quotes in this article, and I'll address them in reverse order: first, "the factor that seems most effective in determining young people’s earning power is not having done an internship, or a sandwich year, but privilege," and second, "if they (universities) want students to work out ways to improve the world, they’ll need to start providing a model of such a world." This might be very hard - maybe even impossible - for universities. More...
E-learning: Why employees expect a Netflix experience
Steve Wainwright, Personnel Today, 2018/05/16
I can see why this will resonate with readers, and certainly we want something much better than pre-arranged courses and expensive fees. And if learning and watching videos were the same then the Netflix analogy would work. But learning - especially informal learning - isn't about selecting something to view from a recommender. More...
What Peace Means to Me
Stephen Downes, Half an Hour, 2018/05/16
Peace requires caring for and supporting each of the things that are taken from us in a time of war: a civil and social infrastructure we can trust to protect us, a respect for and celebration of each others' distinct identity, an ability for each of us to participate in governance and conflict resolution. More...
L’Agence Bio, Agence française pour le développement et la promotion de l’agriculture biologique, a présenté le 1er juin 2018, les chiffres 2017 du secteur. Plus...
À la suite de l’étude relative à l’impact de la digitalisation sur les compétences des salariés des entreprises de formation, l’Observatoire prospectif des métiers et des qualifications (OPMQ) de la branche des organismes de formation, publie sur un référentiel activités/compétences des métiers des entreprises de formation. Plus...
Le Ministère des Armées, via sa plate-forme achats finances Sud-Ouest, lance une procédure d'achats de formations au profit des stagiaires de l'Ecole des Troupes Aéroportées de Pau (ETAP) (département 64). Plus...
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