What is on the agenda for higher education stakeholders all over
the world? Every week ScienceGuide presents you with a selection of
the most important topics and items trending in social media.
Take 1 - Teaching
@Neelie Kroes: A big eLearning wake-up call here
for skeptics and European universities alike.
@The Local: Foreign students 'should learn German'.
@Edutopia: How Project-Based Learning Builds
21st-Century Skills.
Take 2 - Internationalization
@CIHE: Delegation of 30 Canadian university
presidents woos Brazil for exchange students from Sciences Without
Borders program.
@International Unit: In the UK 'wanderlust', not
finance is the key factor for studying abroad.
@Jørgen
Heramb: At G8 sessions on higher education, the role of money
proves divisive.
Take 3 - R&D
@CERN:
Fundamental research impact on your life. Ideas developed at CERN
find practical applications, starting with the Web.
@Linköping University: Is open source good business?
@Max Planck Society: First successful electronic
eye implant.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Online learning - prodigy or
problem child.
@ScienceGuideEU: Reforming "Erasmus for all"
mostly benefits its managers, not students.