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EUNIS workshop on Higher Education IT benchmarking: Nov 13, Barcelona
Dear Colleagues, We have the pleasure to invite you to the 2015 Workshop on Higher Education IT benchmarking, organised by the EUNIS BencHEIT Task Force! This year it will be on Friday the 13th of November, at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (http://www.upf.edu/en/) The workshop will be an opportunity for networking, discussion and sharing experiences. BencHEIT…
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MOOC on MOOCs
The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) launched the new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for Development portal. MOOCs when combined with Open and Distance Learning methods present unprecedented opportunities in sustainable development. COL emphasizes MOOC platforms that provide a good learning experience at low bandwidth and offline where necessary. Read more here
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Digital Transformation in Higher Education – The game is on
Like most industries, the higher education sector has been exploiting information technology in different ways for years. While we have seen a number of interesting changes, such as the increased use of learning management systems and the broader application of computing facilities in many research disciplines, the impact of information technology has still been very…
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Reflections on learning & teaching sessions at EUNIS 2015
Reflections on learning & teaching sessions at EUNIS 2015 This year’s EUNIS Congress star blogger is Salman Usman of Kingston University, London, UK. Salman has provided an excellent series of blog posts sharing his thoughts on the conference in general and especially the learning and teaching strand. You can find all of Salman’s posts on the UCISA…
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Report: Distance education in European higher education – the potential
The IDEAL project has been designed to get a better understanding of the distance education offered by higher education institutions in European countries, and to examine how higher education institutions can contribute to adult learning by way of distance education. The present report is the third in a series published within the framework of the…
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Open Education Europa: Design Patterns for Open Online Teaching and Learning
The rapid rise of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has renewed interest in the broader spectrum of open online teaching and learning. This “renaissance” has highlighted the challenges and potential associated to the design of such educational environments. Arguably, the accelerated expansion of open online education creates risks for pedagogical quality and the learner experience.…
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Reimagining contemporary learning spaces. Interview with Gill Ferrell
Dr Gill Ferrell has extensive senior management experience in HE and has led and advised on the implementation of IT to support all areas of teaching, research and administration. Her expertise includes areas such as technology-enhanced learning, curriculum design, assessment and feedback and the design of learning spaces as well as good practice guidance in…
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EUNIS 2016, Thessaloniki, Greece, 8-10 June: the website already launched
Dear Colleague, As you may already know, Aristotle University has the honor of hosting the EUNIS Congress next year in Thessaloniki. This is: • the first time the EUNIS Congress will be hosted in Greece, • the first time the EUNIS Congress will be hosted in the Balkan Peninsula, • the Southernmost in Europe the…
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Candidates to the 2015 EUNIS Board of Directors
Elections to the EUNIS Board of Directors will be held at the General Assembly during the EUNIS 2015 Congress (13:30, 11 June 2015, Abertay, Dundee, Scotland). The 2015 candidates to the Board of Directors are: Bas Cordewener (1957) works at Jisc in the UK as International Facilitator. The main part of his time Bas acts as Coordinator…
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UNIVERSITIC: IT Survey in Spanish and Latin America Universities
The knowledge society that Europe designed in Lisbon is based on a modern higher education system with innovative methods and resources. Universities that were pioneering in introducing computation and Internet for research have been walking fast to adopt information technology (IT) in three levels: teaching, management and government. In Spain, this evolution has sometimes lacked…
