On the agenda – Week 49, 2012

Take 1 – Majority World
@DrEducationBlog: Brazil has 41m Facebook users age 16-34; still think education fairs and agents are relevant for recruitment
@OECD_Edu: China – what will remain when the dust around economic expansion has settled?
@SantiagoTimes: Amid scandal, Chile seeks to reform accreditation system
Take 2 – Online Learning
@WESfans: 2012, the year of the MOOC
@guardian: Teaching with Twitter: how the social network can contribute to learning
@boco_eng: Is distance education opposed to face-to-face learning?
Take 3 – Research
@SmithsonianMag: Blame Napoleon for our addiction to sugar
@CERN: Centenary of the birth of Wim Klein, CERN’s first ‘computer’, watch the video
@maxplanckpress: Childhood trauma leaves mark on DNA of some victims
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: mergers in shrinking Taiwanese higher education
@ScienceGuideEU: Income drop predictor of crime
