On the agenda – Week 39, 2012

Take 1 -R&D
@MITnews: Measuring the universe’s ‘exit door’
@CSIS: Unusual Indian Ocean earthquakes hint at tectonic breakup
@Bristouni: Environmentalism is not about being rich or poor
Take 2 – MOOC
@TeachThought: 25 Tips For A Better MOOC Experience
@Chronicle: Faculty aren’t always included when considering MOOCs
@CFR_org: Are massive open online courses the future of higher education? Some reasons to be skeptical
Take 3 – Around the Globe
@StanfordLaw: Stanford heads to Afghanistan to build a law degree program
@TimesHigherEd: “Canada’s foreign recruitment drive may backfire“
@WESFans: Higher education makes big leaps in Saudi Arabia – New strategic plan to develop & expand higher education in the country.
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: Erasing Erasmus, will the EU Erasmus program solely add an extra bureaucratic layer?
@ScienceGuideEU: Van Rompuy world leader on twitter
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Valoriseren door een snelweg te blokkeren
‘Debat over internationalisering meer vanuit emotie dan feiten gevoerd’
