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A chart produced by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation captures the complexity of the higher education landscape and why there can be no one-size-fits-all approach.
Via Christina Moore, Martha Figueroa 
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Discussion is key to our democracy! Learn why and how schools and teachers should help students have civic and political discussion with people who have different opinions from their own. In this video you will hear from district leaders, teachers, students, and leading researchers. Discussion is key to our democracy! Learn why & how schools and teachers should help students Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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A new YouGov survey in conjunction with Teneo Blue Rubicon and McDonald’s reveals that almost six in ten (58%) UK workers would choose to start work earlier than 9am if they could leave earlier than 5pm.
Via Denis Pennel
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"Most of all, the predominant issue preventing US community college students from gaining international literacy skills is not a lack of student interest but a lack of institutionalisation that truncates access to programmatic options."
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A recent discussion post reminded people that Cardiff University's Handbook for information literacy teaching was revised towards the en Via Annika McGinley
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Open Education Week’s goal is to raise awareness about free and open educational opportunities that exist for everyone, everywhere, right now.
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Give your eLearning courses a Millennial spin with these tips.
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"Most of us are very familiar with the left side of this graphic. We went to school, university, or some other formal education, and we are largely familiar with the rules of engagement. You listen to the teacher, stick it out, jump through the hoops and get your reward in the form of an accreditation. While many people flourish in this system, many others don’t. It remains the basis for most formal education around the world. Via Edumorfosis, Jim Lerman
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When Florida opened the door 17 years ago for two-year colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees, they expanded rapidly into a host of new areas: business, nursing, teaching, and more. St. Petersburg College alone created 25 bachelor’s programs. Thousands of students flocked to them, paying a fraction of what they would pay for an equivalent degree …
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Best content around Advocacy Future Ready selected by the EdTech Update community.
Via Dr. Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa)
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For the last 12 months, the global media has been focused on a lot of bad news. But there were other things happening out there too: conservation successes, huge wins for global health, more peace and tolerance, less war and violence, rising living standards, some big clean energy milestones, and a quiet turning of the tide in the fight against plastic. Stories of human progress, that didn’t make it into the evening broadcasts, or onto your social media feeds.
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The attack on for-profit colleges that characterized the Obama years was excessive and unfairly treated those institutions. They play an important role in American higher education.
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It’s crowded in the blogosphere to be sure, but there is always room for new voices if you're passionate about education. Via GwynethJones
GwynethJones's curator insight,
February 26, 2019 3:22 PM
Honored to be interviewed for @NEAToday Magazine. On pages 48-49 in the hard copy!
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For the first time, 90 percent of the U.S. population finished high school or higher levels of education in 2017.
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The five-day, 40-hour workweek is stretched to breaking point, and 2019 will be the year that it finally snaps.
Via Denis Pennel
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"Studies show that this market-based quality brouhaha, replete with league tables and rankings, bears no tangible transformative or empowering benefit for academics or students and neither does it bear a positive effect on the quality of teaching and learning...
"Grade inflation is one negative impact. Although caution should be taken in interpreting or generalising the impact of marketisation and rankings on grade inflation as the only factors at play, studies suggest that grade inflation has gone global in recent decades"
Dennis Swender's insight:
Marketization is also a recurring James A. Banks theme disturbing K-12 public school education.
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Momentum is building around offering industry credentials through the curriculum, but a lack of standardization and uptake present challenges. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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February 23, 2019 11:22 AM
At UTRGV, graduate students in the Master of Education in Educational Technology have the opportunity to earn a graduate certificate in E-Learning or Technology Leadership, or both as part of the degree. This approach adds value to the degree and emphasizes the attainment of specialized knowledge and skills. http://utrgv.edu/edtech
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An increased focus on measuring learning, along with putting more thought into redesigning learning spaces, are two trends with great significance for higher ed in the next couple of years, according to the Horizon Report. Via Elizabeth E Charles
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As much as Generation Z has embraced technology for social engagement, they very much still value an on-campus education experience. Via EDTECH@UTRGV
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New census data projects which states could gain or lose congressional seats in 2020 reapportionment
the Census Bureau released its population estimates for 2017 for every state, detailing how many residents each state has gained or lost since the 2010 census. The firm Election Data Services has used these estimates to project how many congressional seats each state might gain or lose in the 2020 round of reapportionment, which assigns each state its share of the House’s 435 districts based on its population.
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