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Survey on CRIS in Europe – first dissemination
Knowing how institutions in Europe are using their CRISs and IRs was the main goal of a survey jointly carried out by euroCRIS and EUNIS, the European University Information Systems Organization. At the EuroCRIS meeting in Barcelona a first overview of the results coming from the survey was presented. The poster with these results can…
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euroCRIS: Strategic Membership Meeting, 9-11 Nov, Barcelona
International Collaboration on Research Information Management and CERIF The goals of the event are not only the exchange of information and ideas but more so, the exploration of possible concrete joint actions and projects towards the realisation of an improvement of the research information landscape, based on international standards. The meeting covers the aspects of:…
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EUNIS workshop on Higher Education IT benchmarking: Nov 13, Barcelona
2015 Workshop on Higher Education IT benchmarking, organised by the EUNIS BencHEITÂ Task Force: the 13th of November 2015, at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona. The workshop will be an opportunity for networking, discussion and sharing experiences. BencHEIT is the first initiative that aims at creating a survey that can be meaningful and useful in the…
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News from the West of the MOOCs!
Educause is starting next week. I will be there and, like any serious participant, I have started to prepare my schedule. Well, as you know, I am interested by anything about MOOCs but using this word, as a keyword did not return one single suggestion! Does it mean that the movement has gone? No more…
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Submit a paper to TNC16 – Building the Internet of People
EUNIS has for a long time had a strategic partnership with GEANT. Each year the two organisations interchange presenters at each others annual conferences. The call for papers to TNC has now opened and can be found at the TNC website. Submit a proposal (single presentation or full session) for TNC16. The theme of TNC16…
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The death of the amphitheater
Asserting that it could be replaced by videos distributed via the Web seems to have condemned lecturing from the chair together with the amphitheater. Being pushed in the forefront by the MOOC movement, videos would close all lecture halls, students would become active in their learning. In short it would revolutionize teaching and send the…
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Education & Training 2020 – EC strategic framework
The European Commission has announced a sharpened set of priorities for European Education and Training 2020 (ET2020). The new six priorities are the following: 1. Relevant and high-quality skills and competences for employability, innovation, active citizenship; 2. Inclusive education, equality, non-discrimination, civic competences; 3. Open and innovative education and training, including by fully embracing the…
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We have so much in common!
A long time since my last post! June was a time of traveling, not only EUNIS congress but also many others in my own country as well as in Europe. Then vacation time! Dundee was a wonderful conference well organized, wonderful time and full of friendship. I love EUNIS congresses and I did not miss…
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CHEITA Complexity Index
The Coalition of Higher Education Information Technology Associations (CHEITA) comprises representatives from associations throughout the world that promote the use of information technology in higher education. CHEITA was established in 2011 to share best practice across member associations and, by extension, the individual institutions that make up those associations. EUNIS has taken an active part…
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Join the European survey on digital and on-line learning till Sep, 28
You may know that EUNIS participates actively in the Working Group on digital and on-line learning of the Directorate Education and Culture in Brussels. Our representative has been asked to disseminate the following demand among our members to respond to a survey on digital and on-line learning. We, at EUNIS, would appreciate your participation to…
