Category: Higher education

19/07/2016

'This makes clear that one consequence (and one suspects one purpose) of TEF is to facilitate the division into institutional…

17/07/2016

"The entire system of learning at Oxford, so far as I can recall, consisted of the combination of mnemonics, composition…

12/07/2016

I came across this report from Blackboard Learn via Stephen Downes. The report is based on research Blackboard did in the US. I…

11/07/2016

A physicist who chose physics over Wall Street in 1990 was making a sacrifice that a physicist in 1960 wasn't.…

10/07/2016

Seen it before, but always makes me smile. And think. The ratio of expertise or expense between what you currently…

09/07/2016

There is an interview in EdSurge with Dan Schwartz, the Dean of the Stanford School of Education. He talks about many interesting…

27/06/2016

Coursera pilots a new course format ‘Starting today, we will begin piloting a few courses in which all content is available…

26/06/2016

“I actually believe that we need domain specific online learning environments that cater to the pedagogies appropriate to different disciplines.” Mark…

18/06/2016

Quotes from the THE on the topic of QAA and Oxford. ‘Oxford students have long been known to be among the…

18/06/2016

"There is a naive view that giving more education to young people will help them get employed. This is a…