University life today places increasing demands on the minds and bodies of students, and the ability to reflect on what is happening in mind and body can be key to responding to such demands with sensible choices: choices that prioritise…
Month: February 2015
Powerful ideas to consider
Currently on number 28, SEDA is publishing a series of 53 powerful ideas: Graham Gibbs’s ‘53 Powerful Ideas All Teachers Should Know About‘. Each post provides fascinating reading and prompts debate about innovation and good practice in higher education. The…
Online Learning At Scale
The RIDE Conference 2015 featured developments in online learning at scale and provided a reminder of the challenges of pure distance learning. The opening keynote from Professor Mike Sharples, Social Learning at a Massive Scale, offered an insight to how…
The focus for internationalisation in higher education in 2015
Internationalisation has been a key word in UK higher education for some years – and it is still important. Laura Howard, the president of the European Association for International Education, has written a blog post giving her views on the key focus…