E-Learning-Inclusivo (Mashup)

"What you buy doesn’t always reflect what you value.
The latest Campus Computing Survey, taken by senior-level technology officers from 417 two- and four-year US public and private colleges, revealed several gaps between priorities and spending.
Just like results from the 2014 survey, helping faculty ..."

"Report says the grade point average system provides students with a more precise grade, which will benefit employers looking to recruit ..."

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"A comprehensive new study led by George Siemens, executive director of the UT Arlington LINK Lab, examines the role that technology plays in higher education and offers steps that universities of tomorrow can take to support student learning ..."

"Assignments are a terribly important part of the teaching and learning equation. They aren’t just random activities that faculty ask students to complete for points and grades; they are the vehicles through which students learn course content ..."

"Two radically contrasting emerging models of higher education in the US offer academics a very different deal, says Steven Ward ..."

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"Unemployment numbers should improve even more, thanks to this simple, fast way to get people trained and working ..."

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If you look at most university websites you get the clear impression that their target group is between the ages of 18 and 23. That of course is the traditional target group but is far from reality at many institutions as the demand for higher education among the population over 23 grows rapidly. Many universities have been working with extension programmes and professional development for many years but still there are seldom photos of older students studying at home or in the workplace. Somehow the traditional university profile is the preferred one and the one most institutions identify most closely with. The younger students are of course the ones who fill the campus and use the often expensive and impressive buildings and classrooms. Furthermore they commit themselves to at least three years of full-time on campus studies which also forms the basis of the university's funding. Basically campus degree programmes and research are what the institutions are designed for. Everything else is an optional extra (though I'm fully aware there are glowing exceptions, but all too few).

Being read to, besides being redundant, is demeaning and frustrating. I need a professor not as a middle-man for information, but as a motivating and encouraging figurehead of the classroom....

"Explore the digital demand on campus—and beyond—and what it means for the future of student learning and engagement ..."

Pearson Learning has published a short report on open badges, focusing on how such badges are challenging the status quo of formal qualifications and how higher education institutions are responding. ©

"Since 2005, the year she met Spiegelman, Chute has interviewed cartoonists for outlets like the Village Voice and the Believer in parallel with her academic work. Her new book, Outside the Box (University of Chicago Press, ..."