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Making Sense of Euro MOOCs 17 Jul 2013 | 06:34 pm
Note: please link here for the Inside Higher Ed version of this article should you with to print it or share it more broadly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our European MOOCs in Global Context Workshop (19-20 J...
European MOOCs in Global Context Workshop (19-20 June 2013 @ UW-Madison) 18 Jun 2013 | 09:20 am
Schedule Summary When: 19-20 June 2013 Wednesday 19 June, 5:00-6:30 pm — Introductions and Keynote kickoff with George Siemens (open reception to follow 6:30-7:30 pm on 3rd floor Rooftop Terrace (Com...
Can Canada Attract American Students? 10 Jun 2013 | 11:35 pm
Alex Usher posted a pithy entry this morning titled ‘The Latest Bandwagon – American Students‘ that is worth a read. In fact, it is a short one so I’m going to reprint the whole thing below, and then...
Cities, MOOCs and Global Networks 22 May 2013 | 02:43 am
The last several days of higher ed media coverage have been rich with discussions about the tangle of global networks being formed. A case in point is this announcement, by Imperial College London an...
On Amsterdam’s Plans to Establish a Third University 26 Apr 2013 | 05:48 pm
Editor’s note: this guest entry in GlobalHigherEd has been kindly developed by Jurjen van Rees. His entry is a backgrounder to the development of a fascinating new initiative – Amsterdam Metropolitan ...
On the Expanding Global Landscape of MOOC Platforms 24 Apr 2013 | 09:22 am
In Brussels, yesterday, Androulla Vassiliou (European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth) announced that the “first pan-European” MOOC platform will be launched on 25 April...
Global Challenges and Op-Ed Militarism, American Style: What are the Rules of Engagement? 15 Apr 2013 | 08:32 am
Jeremi Suri, a former colleague whom I have always respected, came out with an op-ed in the New York Times a few days ago. Suri’s piece, titled ‘Bomb North Korea, Before It’s Too Late,’ has generated ...
The International Initiatives of Universities – A Taxonomy of Modes of Engagement and Institutional Logics 25 Mar 2013 | 05:17 am
Editor’s note: the guest entry below was kindly developed by Richard J. Edelstein and John Aubrey Douglass, Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE) – University of California, Berkeley. Richard...
Globalizing MOOCs 17 Mar 2013 | 10:24 pm
Link here for an Inside Higher Ed version of the same article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ After nearly 12 years living in the United States, I continue to be perplexed by this country. As I noted when acting as a r...
On the illogics of the Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings (2013) 5 Mar 2013 | 03:08 am
Note: you can link here for the Inside Higher Ed version of the same entry. ~~~~~~~~ Amidst all the hype and media coverage related to the just released Times Higher Education World Reputation Ranking...
