Following-up from yesterday’s post on the characteristics of co-seminars, here’s a taste of what they look like. This joint co-seminar, organized between the University of Minnesota, FLACSO-México, FLACSO-Chile and the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja is an “open seminar” – that is, with permission from the students and collaborating institutions, all course content and most [...]

The University of Manitoba is hosting a free, virtual Future of Education Online Conference that will end June 8.  Live presentations will be archived, and discussion is encouraged via the “U of M” Learning Technologies Centre Moodle site: http://ltc.umanitoba.ca/moodle/course/view.php?id=12 From the organizers’ description of the conference: Tumultuous change is creating new opportunities for schools, colleges, universities, and corporations [...]

At yesterday’s Horizon Forum meeting, Chris Dede delivered a presentation via Skype on using multiple-user virtual environments in educational contexts. These environments, he argues, allows students to co-design and co-instruct their own educational experiences, allowing for guided social constructivism and learning that goes beyond what traditional schools try to accomplish through test-based assessments. Scott McLeod [...]

India eNews.com reports that Intel is to make India its global hub for innovation. Intel plans to invest US$1 billion to expand its research and development operations in the country as part of its “World Ahead Initiative.” According to Intel CEO Paul Otellini: ‘Over the next five years, the initiative aims at helping accelerate the [...]

Article link: Anti-outsourcing legislation unlikely as global outsourcing of IT jobs gains momentum The German Innovations Report published a summary of an analysis on IT outsourcing by the consulting company Frost & Sullivan. The trend of outsourcing IT jobs from developed countries to less developed states cannot be stopped through legislation. If a country were [...]