12 tech trends higher education cannot afford to ignore Education Dive, July 31, 2013 By Davide Savenije Higher education faces an onslaught of disruptive forces right now—and no one should be suprised to hear that news. Burgeoning technologies such as MOOCs...
Taller sobre Políticas de Educación Superior
Taller sobre Políticas de Educación Superior dictada en el Magíster en Liderazgo y Gestión Educativa de la UDP, 15 de junio de 2013. Bajar la Presentación del curso aquí <PDF> Presentación Descripción Este programa de Magíster ofrece un aprendizaje...
Tratando de evaluar la efectividad de los MOOCs
New Research Effort Aims to Examine Effectiveness of MOOCs By Sara Grossman, June 10, 2013, 3:20 pm As more and more colleges experiment with massive open online courses, or MOOCs, a new project hopes to cut through the hype and gauge the...
España: La deuda de la U. Complutense paraliza los proyectos de los investigadores
La deuda de la Complutense paraliza los proyectos de los investigadores La universidad ha retenido fondos de los científicos Los proveedores ya no suministran material de laboratorio y sufren el bloqueo en revistas especializadas ALICIA RIVERA , El País, Madrid 9 JUN...
Docencia “externalizada” y “adoptada”: ¿Un tema para pensar en Chile y América Latina?
Outsourced Lectures Raise Concerns About Academic Freedom By Steve Kolowich, May 28, 2013 Students at Massachusetts Bay Community College this year got a rare opportunity to take a computer-science course designed and taught online by some of the top professors...
Escolarización no es educación
El colega Jeff Puryear nos informa que se ha dado a conocerel estudio titulado Schooling Is Not Education! Using Assessment to Change the Politics of Non-Learning, de Lant Pritchett and Rukmini Banerji, chairs, Charles Kenny, project director. A Report of the Center...
Qué podemos aprender del aprendizaje on line masivo
What Professors Can Learn From 'Hard Core' MOOC Students By Jeffrey R. Young, The Chronicle of Higher Education, may 20, 2013 If people who sit at their computers for tens of hours each week zapping virtual monsters are hard-core gamers, then massive...
Nuevo libro de interes sobre educación comparativa
PISA, Power, and Policy the emergence of global educational governance Edited by HEINZ-DIETER MEYER & AARON BENAVOT 2013 paperback 336 pages US$56.00 ISBN 978-1-873927-96-0 IN STOCK NOW FREE delivery on all orders All books are sent AIRMAIL worldwide Click here...
QS Ranking de Universidades 2013
QS University Rankings: Latin America Established in 2011, the QS University Rankings: Latin America ranks the region’s top 300 universities. The ranking methodology is based on seven key indicators, selected to reflect regional strengths and priorities. The...
International Higher Education, Summer Issue #72
Number 72: Summer 2013 Brain Drain or Brain Exchange? Internationalization: Trends and Critiques Rankings and Their Implications India Issues England's Present and Future Regions and Countries CIHE on the Web Read our blog on Inside Higher Ed.com Dear Colleagues:...
Elitismo Oxbridge: cómo podría reformarse
UK elitism cannot be fixed without Oxbridge admissions reform A merit-based admissions lottery and strict caps on how...
USA: Políticas universitarias frente a protestas
We Looked at Dozens of Colleges’ New Protest Policies. Here’s What We Found. By Declan Bradley and Garrett Shanley...
Aprender a convivir
Aprender a convivir 'Si bien las escuelas no pueden contrarrestar los muchos problemas, amenazas y riesgos que derivan...
La vida social de las redes académicas
Academic networking: a cynic’s game? Junior scholars are urged to do all they can to build bridges with the people who...