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Community Update
Summer vacation at the EDEN officeWe inform you that between 1 and 21 August, the EDEN Secretariat will be closed, however the Secretariat e-mail will be continuously attended. We wish all of you a nice and relaxing summer! |
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European Commission's Corner
European universities need to think global, says CommissionThe international higher education landscape is changing dramatically in shape and size, with greater competition from countries such as China and India. This calls for an overhaul in the way Europe's 4 000 universities operate - not only internationally, but also in how they deliver education to European students in their home countries. Read more about the newly released Commission strategy: European Higher Education in the world. |
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Erasmus programme in 2011-12: the figures explainedThe European Commission has published new figures on the number of students, teachers and other staff in higher education who benefitted from the Erasmus programme in the 2011-12 academic year. 252 827 European students and 46 527 staff in higher education received Erasmus funding to go abroad for studies, job placements, teaching or training. Read more... |
Projects, practices, showcases
Guidance for inclusion: practices and needs in European UniversitiesThe Report “Guidance for inclusion: practices and needs in European Universities” presents the results of the research work carried out in STAY IN. The overall aim was to review the ‘landscape’ of student guidance and counselling, taking into account the policies, programmes and practices that have developed in the field, and using the lessons learned to feed into the design of the STAY IN services. Read report... |
Highlights from EDEN Members and Partners
The 1st Moscow International Salon of Education (MSE)Moscow, Russia (31 October - 3 November, 2013) EDEN member institution, Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics (MESI), is inviting you to take part in The 1st Moscow International Salon of Education (MSE) which will be held in Moscow, Russia, from 31 October to 3 November 2013 by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Government of Moscow and the Moscow Department of Education. The business program of the Salon includes among others “Education 3.0” International Exhibition and the Conference “Digital educational environment: technologies, concepts, resources and services” which will be co-organized by MESI.
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News from Open Universidade de CataluniaTwo IMS-GLC award-winning UOC appsTwo mobile applications developed by the UOC's Office of Learning Technologies have won awards in an international competition organized by the IMS Global Learning Consortium, an institution that works to develop technologies that improve open and online learning around the world. From among all the tools presented, the IMS's jury selected the eight best two of which are from the UOC: CloudTime and Tandem. CloudTime is a tool developed to support engineering subjects that lets faculty create virtual cloud-based machines for students to use for practicals involving programming, operating systems and other tasks. There is a video about the tool .Tandem is one of the SpeakApps tools. It is a mini content manager that lets students work on a range of contents in parallel and remotely. There is a video about the tool .New issue of UOC’s magazine eLearn Center Research Paper SeriesThe publication contains the results of the research programme “Time factor in e-learning” of the eLearn Center, the research, innovation and training center of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Read more... RUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal publishes a new issue
The Universities and Knowledge Society Journal (RUSC) is an open-access e-journal jointly published by the Open University of Catalonia (UOC, Spain) and the University of New England (UNE, Australia) that comes out twice a year, in January and July. This issue has a special section focusing on the outlook and challenges for education and technology in Mexico and Latin America. RUSC’s vol. 10, num.2 is now available: http:/ |
Publications and Events
Value of education rises in crisis but investment in this area is falling, says OECDThe jobs gap between well-educated young people and those who left school early has continued to widen during the crisis. A good education is the best insurance against a lack of work experience, according to the latest edition of the OECD’s annual Education at a Glance. Read more... |
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Rankings and Accountability in Higher Education - Uses and misuses
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On the way to 2020: national and international data for vocational education and training and lifelong learning policies
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LX Design: Using Evidence to Ignite Learner Experience
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