Academia and Anti-intellectualism
Academic argument is an exercise in higher order thinking skills and is enjoyable to those who engage in it. However, academic argument follows a fairly strict set of rules.
- 02/07/2018
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Learning in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
If we look behind us, we can see three industrial revolutions that have occurred over the last 150 years with another right on the horizon as you can see in the figure below from Heather McGowan's The Hard Truth About Lost Jobs: It's Not About Immigration.
- 26/06/2018
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When did Information Transmission become the Primary Goal of Education?
A century and a half ago a Western education was not considered complete without a trip to the capitals of Europe. Now, if a parent in the UK takes their children out of school to visit a European capital they face a stiff fine for breaking the law. How did this happen?
- 19/06/2018
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Guaranteed Educational Outcomes
Is there a mismatch between what employers expect and higher education produces? The video game industry was worth $99.6 billion in 2016. That's a lot of money. A recent study of UK video game programs found that only 12% of graduates from specialist UK courses are employed in the games sector six months after graduating. More students are studying specialist video game courses in the UK than there are jobs in the industry. Despite this surplus of graduates, 71% of video games employers with more than 100 employees say that it is difficult to find graduates with the required skills straight out of higher education.
- 19/06/2018
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Learning Analytics – No need for Standardized Testing in Higher Education
For a number of years there have been rumours that standardized testing should be introduced into higher education. Standardization makes subjects taught at different institutions directly comparable.
- 18/06/2018
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