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| Borderless Report October 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Issue 7, 20 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||
| Conference: ‘Adapting to Disruptive Times’ - Still a few places left! | |||||||||||||||
The Observatory’s partner for this joint event is University of London International Programmes. The programme can be seen HERE and the registration form is available HERE. For a brief description of this conference, please see the article in our last newsletter HERE Rankings: Methodology, momentum and geopoliticsLists are reassuring. They are, by their nature, ordered and thereby able to convey a sense of authority. The authority of the world university rankings is bolstered by blanket media coverage, attention to methodological refinements, and the subsequent incorporation of the results into institutional marketing. International alumni relations: Considerations for 2012 and beyondGretchen Dobson, Tufts University I wrote Being Global: Making the Case for International Alumni Relations because there is a compelling argument that we should care about how international alumni are engaged. The beginning of the book presents international alumni relations as a simple math equation: graduates plus opportunities can equal positive results if stewarded in strategic ways. It also asks if we are willing to change the way we think of international alumni relations and to invest in a continual learning process. We must help ourselves and others understand the relevance of international alumni relations in light of future administrative and educational practices, demographic changes, economic trends and globalisation. This content is for OBHE subscribers only. Click HERE to log in. i-HE: Back to the futureTechnology can be a tricky thing to handle. You might know how to make iPads, but that does not necessarily mean that you know how to use them. Universities are another case: they are the primary source of technological innovation but less good at making the leap to apply it to what they do best – teaching. Interview on e-learning with Dr Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google IncThe on-campus model is great and won't disappear. E-learning can be used in a flipped classroom, where the e-learning is done outside the classroom and discussion is done in class, or it can be used for people who don't have access to on-campus teaching. The higher education sector in South Korea: What you see is not always what you getKorea has education fever but there is a price to pay for this epidemic: evidence of unresolved issues that challenge the sustainability of growth in the sector. While the Korean HE sector has experienced a tremendous rate of expansion over the last five decades, the overall quality of teaching, graduates and research has not improved at any comparable rate. Forthcoming reports from the ObservatoryNew books, reports and conferencesHE news from around the world |
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