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Helene Blowers |: Informal Learning – Taking it to the Badge level
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Informal Learning – Taking it to the Badge level. I’ve been intrigued and loosely following the developments of the informal learning community since the MacArthur Foundation announced its support. For Digital Media and LearningCompetition for Lifelong Learning Badges. YALSA received an award from the initiative to “develop a virtual badge program that helps library staff gain skills related to the Competencies for Serving Youth in Libraries. I’ll be very interested in the end results. Informal Learning ...
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Ashish Nanda’s global blueprint for IIM-Ahmedabad | Higher Education News and Views
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Higher Education News and Views. Developments in the higher education sector in India and across the globe. Ashish Nanda’s global blueprint for IIM-Ahmedabad. Leave a comment ». Naik and a few others had done exactly that a few months back, when Nanda was in Ahmedabad to attend the 30th reunion of his IIM batch. Nanda returned, flattered and unsure. “How nice of them to consider me,” he told Shubha, his wife. “I will send in my thanks and regrets.”. Nohria cites the experience of an executive program the...
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IIT-Madras students work on satellite to pre-empt quakes | Higher Education News and Views
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Higher Education News and Views. Developments in the higher education sector in India and across the globe. IIT-Madras students work on satellite to pre-empt quakes. Leave a comment ». Source: The Economic Times (Online Edition), January 20, 2014. Written by Jamshed Siddiqui. January 20, 2014 at 6:31 am. Posted in Aerospace Engineering. Engineering Education in India. Laquo; Indian B-schools think global, Train sights on foreign students. Ashish Nanda’s global blueprint for IIM-Ahmedabad. Higher Educatio...
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Indian B-schools think global, Train sights on foreign students | Higher Education News and Views
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Higher Education News and Views. Developments in the higher education sector in India and across the globe. Indian B-schools think global, Train sights on foreign students. Leave a comment ». 8220;Unless there are formal guidelines in place, we do not see foreign students’ intake going up for the next five years,” he says. But if India has to be seen as an education destination, there has to be a pull. Source: The Economic Times, January 10, 2014. Written by Jamshed Siddiqui. January 10, 2014 at 9:58 pm.
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A F F L A T U S: 'Parva' by S.L.Bhyrappa
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It was thought that the gods blew on creative people, who would then inhale the god's breath and have an idea. This is the premise of "inspiration": inhaling divine breath and ideas. Sunday, December 30, 2012. Parva' by S.L.Bhyrappa. His mind plays with a train of thoughts following this news. that he is actually the eldest of the 'pandavas' and is of royal blood. The bitter memories come back to him of his childhood and education where many a times he was mocked at and was denied by great teache...Augus...
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Pulling the Plug | Student Affairs BreakDrink.com
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Jamie & Ed On Duty. What is Social Media? Twitter as a Professional Development Tool. How To Get Started On Twitter. Campus Use for Twitter. November 18, 2013. This is a difficult blog post, because it may be the last one written on BreakDrink. BreakDrink stated just over 4 years ago with the goal of providing news and online professional development for student affairs professionals. It was still early days of social media so we seemed to be pioneers of sorts. 8211; For being our first guest. NACA for t...
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LONG BLACK VEIL: Photo Story - Getting to My Village
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And life within it. Monday, February 04, 2013. Photo Story - Getting to My Village. My Mint travel piece. On reaching the village, has disappeared off the internets. Here's the full unedited version. Cast aside notions of fair, rosy. With full red lips. In my neck of the woods we are pahari. Mountain] folk, and we are a wrinkled, hardy people with tanned leather for skin and crows' feet around smiling. Daadi Puphi - My father's aunt. Our' side of the Chenab. This is about halfway up to my village. There ...
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A Touch of Tabasco: Rape Isn't a Sport
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A Touch of Tabasco. Turning the mundane into a fiasco. Sunday, April 28, 2013. Rape Isn't a Sport. To people who use "rape" to describe a cricket performance:. There is nothing even remotely funny about rape. If you think it is a clever word to describe the utter decimation of a cricket team by another, think again. You are on Facebook. You are actively vocal about your opinions thanks to its Status Update feature. That makes you tech-savvy and educated. Wait, did I say educated? Are you that insensitive?
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Jayanta's Blog: India needs to be cautious while following the American model of higher education and research
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Sunday, October 28, 2012. India needs to be cautious while following the American model of higher education and research. It's almost unanimously accepted that quality of Indian education and research. There is no doubt that developing countries like India can learn and more to gain from the American model of higher education and research, e.g. transparency in funding. Since early 18th century when France led the world, till today, history and sociopolitical events indicate that. 8217;, where monetary in...
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