Inclusion is a major theme within the PASCAL world and a series within the Learning City Networks (LCN) program. Over the past year, activities as part of this Inclusion series have been held in the cities of Townsville, Glasgow, Bristol, Melbourne and now Brisbane. The topics have ranged across local government development, smart campuses to supporting young people and improving mental health through community learning.
One of the highlights of the PASCAL 2016 Conference in Glasgow will be the City Showcase presentations for 14 cities around the world. The presentations will include cities in Asia, Europe, and Oceania and will show a number of creative innovations in learning city development that will inform future directions for learning cities.
The Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), the largest research centre in the world specifically focused on higher education and its future development, launched in London on 2-3 February. Based at UCL’s Institute of Education, CGHE will enable academics from across the globe to collaborate on research which will inform and improve higher education policy and practice.
A few years ago, massively open online courses, or MOOCs, were widely heralded as a way to democratize college instruction and possibly lower its cost. What came of that idea? MIT Technology Review revisits stories that captured the rise of MOOCs and analyzed their effects:
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