Academic publishing in search of new viable models
Academic publishing in search of new viable models
Impacted by financial crisis of the university system in general and by downturn in academic publishing in particular, academic presses are forced to look for new economic models that would not depend on the number[…]
UNESCO Chair International Seminar 2012
‘Transformative Changes in Education: System-Wide Approach’ The 2012 International Seminar of the UOC UNESCO Chair in e-Learning was focused on the much needed reforms of the education system. While paying attention to each level of[…]
Yong Zhao: World Class Education: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students
Notes from ‘Yong Zhao: World Class Education: Educating Creative and Entrepreneurial Students‘ by Gerard Pagès i Camps Yong Zhao is currently Presidential Chair and Associate Dean for Global Education, College of Education at the University of Oregon.[…]
Kurt Fischer: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education
Notes from ‘Kurt Fischer: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education‘ by Gerard Pagès i Camps Kurt Fischer leads an international movement to connect biology and cognitive science to education, and is founding editor of the journal Mind,[…]
Azra Naseem: Changing Pedagogy Through Faculty Professional Development in Blended Learning
Notes from ‘Azra Naseem: Changing Pedagogy Through Faculty Professional Development in Blended Learning‘ by Gerard Pagès i Camps Azra Naseem is a faculty member at the Aga Khan University (AKU) Pakistan. She also holds a management portfolio[…]
Manuel Castells: Creative education for the Information Age: Mission Impossible?
Notes from ‘Manuel Castells: Creative education for the Information Age: Mission Impossible?‘ by Gerard Pagès i Camps ‘I’m going to talk about the Obstacles and let we will find the solutions’ Manuel Castells who understood very[…]
“Maybe it’s a good thing education has not been an issue in this election”, Gene Carter. via @CNNSchools
While the whole world is closely following up the election of the 45th president of USA, American educators and parents keep their eyes on two states: Georgia and Washington which vote today on the issue[…]
A new development for the OLPC
The initiative One Laptop Per Child, which has distributed until now 3 million laptops to kids in 40 different countries worldwide, has undertaken a very encouraging experience. A few months ago they gave tablets to[…]
Gender equality: from the grassroots of society to the political agenda
On October 1st, the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning participated in the final Roundtable of the research project “Professional trajectories of women in ICT: employment dynamics and policy responses in Spain & the UK”, that has[…]
MERLOT-JOLT Special Issue: Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
MERLOT has approved the Call for Papers for the JOLT (Journal of Online Learning and Teaching) special issue on MOOCs. Call for Papers – Special Issue Proposal Submission Deadline: November 15, 2012 Full Paper Submission[…]