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In Praise of the First Person

In Praise of the First Person | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

Why you should be encouraging your undergraduate and graduate students to write in the first person.

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Corruption in higher education: a wake-up call | Tony Bates

Corruption in higher education: a wake-up call | Tony Bates | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
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How Technology is Changing Academic Research | Innovation Insights | Wired.com

How Technology is Changing Academic Research | Innovation Insights | Wired.com | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Image: Arenamontanus/Flickr Maybe you?ve heard that technology is disrupting education. Even President Obama?s top economic advisor recently went on re
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Higher education in virtual worlds: the use of Second Life and OpenSim for educational practices - University of Bedfordshire Repository

Higher education in virtual worlds: the use of Second Life and OpenSim for educational practices - University of Bedfordshire Repository | The 21st Century | Scoop.it

"This thesis explores the features of Second Life and OpenSim that affect the choice of academics who are planning to use a virtual world in order to meet the learning needs of their students. For the conduct of this study, what was taken into account is a preexisting framework which proposes the evaluation of virtual worlds against four dimensions: their contexts, the immersion encountered within each, their cost, and their persistence. "

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Disruptive Pedagogies and Technologies in Universities

This paper is a reaction to the increasing high cost of higher education and the resulting inaccessibility for the millions of potential learners now seeking opportunities for quality higher education opportunities.

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Dialogue over dissemination: Unlocking the potential of knowledge exchange through creative collaboration.

Dialogue over dissemination: Unlocking the potential of knowledge exchange through creative collaboration. | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Knowledge exchange and impact activities often have to negotiate, incorporate and synthesise different kinds of expertise. Mona Sloane looks at how the Configuring Light Roundtables have sought to …
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3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education: an Australian and New Zealand scoping study

3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education: an Australian and New Zealand scoping study | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
3D immersive virtual worlds in higher education: an Australian and New Zealand scoping study Delgamo, Barney; Lee, Mark J. W.; Carlson, Lauren; Gregory, Sueand Tynan, Belinda(2010). 3D immersive virtu...
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Open Education 2030 » Higher Education

"Thanks to all the authors for the participation on the call for papers! Finally, we have received 49 vision papers on the future of Open Higher Education. Below you can find the link to the booklet we compiled with all the contributions to the call for papers  . It is almost 200  pages thick and rich in thought and quality! As you can see it’s also diverse in approximations and perspectives doing the debate on the future more engaging!"

 

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Why women leave academia and why universities should be worried

Why women leave academia and why universities should be worried | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
A recent report reveals that only 12% of third year female PhD students want a career in academia. Curt Rice looks at the reasons why and warns that universities' survival is at risk
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Shows revealing stats for male and female students and their lack of interest in careers in academia.

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Guardian Higher Education Panel: The Impact of New Technologies on Academic Research

Guardian Higher Education Panel: The Impact of New Technologies on Academic Research | The 21st Century | Scoop.it
Last Friday I broke my holiday up to take part as an invited panelist for a 3 hour Guardian Higher Education Panel about the impact of new technologies on academic research.
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