How Open Data, data literacy and Linked Data will revolutionise higher education
By Derek McAuley, Hanif Rahemtulla, James Goulding and Catherine Souch - “Open Data” refers to the philosophical and methodological approach to democratising data, enabling individuals, communities and...
View ArticleInnovation in higher education
By Geoff Mulgan and Mary Abdo - For universities around the world these are both exhilarating and troubling times. Enrolment in tertiary education has risen beyond any expectations, to some 150m[1]...
View ArticleA private education in times of austerity?
By Carl Lygo – We are seeing a tremendous demand for quality university education worldwide but a serious lack of global supply, just as new technologies are improving access to such quality...
View ArticleSeven predictions for technology-enabled higher education
By Sarah Porter - The world has seen some unimaginable changes in the last fifty years – and technology of various kinds has been at the heart of much of this change. Technology is a tremendous...
View Article(R)evolution in higher education
By Louis Coiffait – Are universities currently experiencing an unprecedented volume, velocity and variety of change? And if so how are they reacting now and how should they react in the future? What...
View ArticleLearning for the future
By Phil Race - It has long been recognised that learning happens by doing rather than by just being in the presence of someone more learned. For centuries, higher education educators’ roles centred on...
View ArticleThe students of tomorrow
By Rikiichi Koizumi - The growth of ICT such as the Internet has been accelerating the globalisation of societies in recent years. In cyberspace, there are no national, temporal or geographical...
View ArticleFrom connectivity to next-generation learning
By Chun-ming Leung - We can apply elements of network theory to identify increasing connectivity as a driving force behind recent developments in higher education. This will also help us to understand...
View ArticleFirst class: how assessment can enhance student learning
By Sally Brown - Too many universities pay insufficient attention to assessment: usually the mechanics are adequately managed, but the purposes and practices are less well thought-through, relying on...
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