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Travel to university time a factor in student performance
My summer morning's work is settling into a routine. First I spend about half an hour learning Spanish on DuoLingo. Then I read the morning newsletters - OLDaily, WONKHE, The ... -
Learning Analytics and AI for Future-Focused Learning
I’ve tended to be skeptical about Learning Analytics, seeing it of limited relevance to pedagogy and more concerned with managing learners (reducing dropouts) than having anything to say about learning. ... -
Circular Economy and Lifelong Learning: Scenarios - Methodologies - In action
The momentum for the circular economy has never been stronger. Global issues, such as climate change and natural resource consumption levels, urgently require a change in our lifestyles and a ... -
Yo quiero estudiar espanol
Last year my new year resolution was to learn Spanish. It didn’t work out. I signed up for 10 private lessons in a local language school, doing one or two ... -
Learning Analytics Cymru
Jisc report that "Learning Analytics Cymru is generating interest across the world." The service, which has every higher education institution in Wales signed up and is supported by the Welsh ... -
Woodstock for Geeks
I love the description of big academic conferences as "Woodstock for Geeks." This is a brilliantly made cartoon by Mike Morrison, not only explaining the problem with poster sessions at ... -
Skills for Green Jobs
Addressing climate change and setting economies and societies more firmly onto a path towards a sustainable, low-carbon future is one of the defining challenges of our time. Such shift will ... -
Is manufacturing finished in the UK?
The Guardian newspaper highlights a report by Cambridge University for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), showing that Britain’s manufacturing sector is much larger than official figures ... -
Cities of Learning
Pontydysgu’s Spanish organisation is part of the EU CONNECT project. Funded under the Erasmus Plus programme, the CONNECT project aims to leverage the impact of Learning Cities through building urban ... -
Student Experience Roadmap - what it means for teacher development
Earlier this week the UK Jisc launched the Jisc NUS roadmap (pdf) designed to support students, course representatives, and union and guild representatives to work with their institution on improving student ...