Weblogs and Passion
Weblogs and weblog tools, writes the author, were created out of the passion of their designers. True. Thus, he writes, "weblogs will become important to knowledge management and knowledge sharing in organizations and why the big software players haven't been a significant factor yet." False. More...
Incunabula
There's not a lot of in-depth content in this weblog entry, but it will (probably) add a new word to your vocabulary and it roughly expresses a view of e-learning similar to mine, so there you go (also, it's a slow news day - people seem to have other things on their minds, me included). More...
It is expected that in less than a month a committee appointed by Education Cabinet Secretary Amina Mohamed will recommend the dissolution of Module II programmes in local public universities, taking on board recommendations from the inter-ministerial task force she appointed two weeks ago that has been looking into delivery of services in institutions of higher learning, writes Muiru Ngugi for Daily Natio. More...
Quebec province’s university network is getting a CA$1.5 billion (US$1.2 billion) funding boost over the next six years plus the power to set their own tuition fee rates for foreign students, and in the future, rectors and senior staff will no longer get some of the existing free perks, as Quebec tightens the screws on abusive spending, writes Philip Authier for the Montreal Gazette. More...
A lobby group campaigning for better education in the Netherlands is taking Maastricht and Twente universities to court for offering too many degree courses in English, reports Dutch News. More...
A growing number of academics are working with the social media platform Facebook to build new products, but few want to talk about it. At the end of 2016, 16 universities entered into an agreement with Facebook to help the company quickly develop new technologies, writes Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed. More...
A growing number of academics are working with the social media platform Facebook to build new products, but few want to talk about it. At the end of 2016, 16 universities entered into an agreement with Facebook to help the company quickly develop new technologies, writes Lindsay McKenzie for Inside Higher Ed. More...
The campuses that served as incubators for the civil rights movement in the mid-20th century are experiencing something of a renaissance, with freshman enrolment up at 40% of the historically black colleges and universities, writes Maya Rhodan for Time. More...
At least six British universities offered Irish students bursaries to help them travel home to cast their vote in the 25 May referendum on the Eighth Amendment, which effectively bans abortion in Ireland, meaning that thousands of women have to travel to Britain every year to get an abortion, writes Maddy Mussen for The Tab. More...
Amid unemployment concerns, the University Grants Commission is set to instruct every higher education institution to ensure that at least 50% of those graduating get access to a job, self-employment or get to pursue higher education further, and that two-thirds of the students are engaged in ‘socially productive activities’ while studying, writes Anubhuti Vishnoi for The Economic Times. More...
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