Month: April 2013
Brussels Welcomed Launch of First Pan-European MOOCs Initiative
Partners in 11 countries have joined forces to launch the first pan-European ‘MOOCs’ (Massive Open Online Courses) initiative, with the support of the European Commission. Around 40 courses, covering a wide variety of subjects, will[…]
About Girls, Skills and Jobs, and MOOCs
Today around 7 million people work in the ICT sector. However, out of the ICT workforce only 30% are women. Women are under–represented at all levels in the ICT sector, especially in decision-making positions. The[…]
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Beta Launched
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is an ambitious project with the aim to bring together and make freely available to the world the incredibly rich resources from America’s libraries, archives and museums. The[…]
American Colleges Face a New Shake-Up: Competency-Based System
The President’s State of the Union address on Feb.12, 2013 made a strong call for workforce tailored higher education reform in the areas of cost and access. This reform would imply extensive changes to the[…]
MOOC plot thickens: Three’s Company
Stanford University is teaming up with edX to work together to develop edX’s software platform, which will soon be freely available to developers across the world (a key part of its software is already freely[…]
Programa de Becas UNESCO-L´ORÉAL para mujeres en el campo de las Ciencias de la Vida
Una vez más, como en años anteriores, se pone en marcha la iniciativa conjunta entre la UNESCO y la Fundación Empresarial L’ ORÉAL con el fin de promover la presencia de la mujer en el[…]