On the Agenda – Week 40, 2013
Take 1 – Open Education Resources
@guzmanadrian: After the hype is over, e-learning will be the norm, predicts Stephen Haggard
@opencontent: The “Open” Education Alliance
@Elinmccallum: Interesting publication on Assessment and Accreditation of Learners using Open Education Resources
Take 2 – UK Students
@jasonelsom: VIDEO: Student numbers in the UK rise despite higher fees
@ShellyAsquith: I wrote an article for the Guardian on art students, protest and international solidarity
@BBCeducation: Students face cost-of-living crisis
Take 3 – Research
@LSEpoliticsblog: Pupils who rank higher in a subject go on achieve more than similar pupils who had the same test score but lower rank
@MIT: Presenting a surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots
@vrzone: 19-year-old inventor finds way to clean up the world’s oceans in under 5 years time
…and this week on ScienceGuideEU
@ScienceGuideEU: After the MOOC hype of 2012, the EU is Opening up Education and urgently needs a lot of digitally confident teachers
@ScienceGuideEU: As the number of students in higher education is growing, so is the corruption in the education sector
Meest Gelezen
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‘Burgerschapsonderwijs moet ook verplicht worden in hbo en wo’
Raad van State: laat taaltoets nog niet gelden voor hbo-opleidingen