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Brandman University is taking a new approach to adult education, focusing on students' competencies so that they can apply their work experiences to speed their path to graduation.
Brandman already is working with companies, including Walmart and Discover, to offer employee-education programs. The Irvine, California-based nonprofit university's competency-based programs make it easier for working adults to earn college degrees and advance their careers.
At most conventional colleges, students must fulfill prerequisite courses to earn admission and a set of required courses to earn a degree. Under the Brandman approach, if an applicant has, say, a 20-year career in finance but no formal coursework in finance, the university's “adaptive learning engine” can detect her prior knowledge and tailor the curriculum to ensure that she focuses on new material. Brandman's first graduate completed a bachelor's of business administration degree in 18 months.
The technology that makes the Brandman model possible includes a cloud software platform developed by edtech startup N2N Services. On the platform, the university developed a game-based learning application that offers students a series of tests to demonstrate their competency. As students pass each test, they’re automatically moved to the next level of the program. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=blockchain
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Learning by Doing
Education, like life itself, should not be a spectator sport. Merely listening or even reading may create the illusion of learning, but without active engagement, retention of course material, or the ability to apply it, is laughably low. Students who engage in hands-on activities understand concepts more deeply and remember them more accurately.
Project-based, case-based, and team-based learning and problem-solving are activity-based approaches to teaching and learning, allowing students to become creators of knowledge rather than mere recipients of knowledge.
Students might annotate a text or play or work of art, map and analyze data, visually represent change over time, document a neighborhood or community. The web can then make student projects and research publicly accessible.
By learning by doing can take even richer forms. A solver community brings together students and faculty to “crowdsource” innovative solutions to the critical challenges of our time. Tackling a real-world challenge is a proven way to nurture a community of engage, creative learners. One of the broader goals is to transform a class of students into a knowledge network, an ongoing community that can continue to partner and share expertise and insights.
Then there are maker spaces. These are innovation greenhouses, incubators, or accelerators where innovators – whether faculty, students, staff, or others from outside the campus – can work individually or collaborative on projects in a supportive environment.
A new kind of student populates many campuses defined not by demographic characteristics, but by mindset and aspirations. Extraordinarily entrepreneurial, these students, in their spare time, create apps, found start-ups, and devise creative solutions to a host of pressing environmental, health, and technology problems. Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/ https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/10/03/design-the-learning-of-your-learners-students-ideas/
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Prof. Herwig Hofmann of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance has been making international headlines this week thanks to a verdict by the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case against Facebook. Around the globe news media reported on the CJEU’s verdict, which declared the US’s Safe Harbor agreement invalid. The agreement allows US companies to compile data from European users and move them to the US. The CJEU found, however, that not enough was being done to protect user data there, for example from surveillance by the NSA. Some 4,000 companies could reportedly be affected by this verdict, which has raised questions over the future of data transfer between the EU and the US.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Safe+Harbor
https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/privacy-in-the-digital-world-shouldnt-we-talk-about-it/
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According to Minerva Project, the primary purpose of a university isn’t to prepare students for a career. It’s to prepare them for life.
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Il se nomme TheDestroyer. A première vue, un francophone qui a décidé de lancer sa propre guerre à l’encontre de l’Education Nationale Française.
Pourquoi une telle cible ? La rédaction de zataz.com a pu entrer en contact avec l’internaute et tenter de comprendre ses motivations : “Je peux vous dire, possible étudiants dans une université française, vos données sont à l’air libre, accessible au premier crétin capable d’utiliser des logiciels de piratage“. Ses preuves ?
En quelques jours, l’hacktiviste, qui semble vouloir dénoncer un laxisme au sein des universités françaises dès qu’il s’agit d’informatique et de données privées, a piraté Lyon 1, Lyon 2, L’université du Havre, de Montpellier 1, Paris Diderot, Jussieu ou encore Poitiers. Il s’est invité directement dans les serveurs.
Article original appartenant à zataz.com : ZATAZ Magazine » Piratage de plusieurs universités françaises http://www.zataz.com/piratage-de-plusieurs-universites-francaises/#ixzz37MH4PG9X
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Iowa State University has revealed yesterday that five of its departmental servers on campus have been hacked, and that Social Security numbers of nearly 30,000 of its past and present students might have been stolen.
The good news is that while that data was contained on three of the compromised servers, there is no evidence that it has actually been accesses and/or exfiltrated.
The University's IT staff believes that the servers were targeted not for the information they contained, but for their computing power - the attackers have apparently been using them to mine Bitcoins.
Employees of Missouribased Saint Louis University fell victim to a phishing email that resulted in them providing account information, subsequently putting thousands at risk. How many victims? More than 3,200 individuals were impacted. What type of personal information? Names, Social Security numbers, direct deposit information and personal health information, including diagnoses, procedures and medical chart information.
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Yet more passwords need changing, as America's prestigious Stanford University joins the long line of recent data breach victims. Although specific details remain scarce, an announcement from the u...
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The hacking attempts, many thought to be from China, are forcing universities to spend more to prevent and detect intrusions. ===> Bill Mellon of the University of Wisconsin said the school has seen as many as 100,000 hacking attempts a day from China. <===
TeamSHATTER reports on data breaches in the higher education vertical throughout the United States.
The past year has seen a substantial uptick in the amount of total records breached. In 2012, there was a dramatic increase in the total number of reported records affected (1,977,412), but a relatively low amount of institutions (51) that reported breaches. In fact, the past year has seen the most reported compromised records in the higher education sector since 2006, based on data since tracking began in 2005.
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Oxford University has taken the radical step of temporarily blocking access to Google Docs after a dramatic increase in phishing attacks trying to harvest academic email credentials using bogus forms hosted on the service.
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Le LIST GIE est un outil de gouvernance indispensable pour valider le positionnement stratégique du nouveau CRP qui commencera à fonctionner à partir du 1er janvier 2015. Dans la définition du concept stratégique reprenant les objectifs et les missions du futur centre de recherche, le LIST GIE a également pour mission d’accompagner ses membres dans le processus de regroupement géographique des équipes et le mettre en œuvre à moyen terme. Le LIST GIE va aussi amplifier la coordination stratégique avec l’ensemble des CRP, concernant notamment les domaines d’activités scientifiques et technologiques, et mettre en place des plates-formes technologiques communes entre CRP et l’Université du Luxembourg.
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Que doivent savoir les étudiants du 21e siècle ? A défaut d’avoir les ressources en interne, les universités peuvent nouer des partenariats. C’est ce que fait, par exemple, Paris 3 – Sorbonne nouvelle avec Talent Campus, un organisme de formation né dans le cadre des Investissements d’avenir et qui s’attache à développer les compétences sociales : esprit d’équipe, confiance en soi, leadership ou encore créativité. Savoir apprendre, savoir-faire, savoir-être : voilà les trois facettes de ce que j’appelle un « enseignement total », expression qui fait référence au concept d’ « éducation totale » développé par Nathalie Mons, Marie Duru-Bellat et Yannick Savina.
Cet enseignement dépasse le cadre des disciplines académiques pour se connecter et interagir davantage avec les autres acteurs de la société, notamment les entreprises. Ce modèle aujourd’hui est plutôt celui des pays du Nord et de la Grande-Bretagne.
La France, où traditionnellement les savoirs académiques priment, doit pleinement s’engager dans cette voie si elle veut former des citoyens éclairés, capables de vivre et de créer de la valeur dans notre société de la connaissance. Et c’est la mission de l’université du 21e siècle de montrer le chemin.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren: https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/what-are-the-skills-needed-from-students-in-the-future/ https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/07/19/learning-path-for-professional-21st-century-learning-by-ict-practice/ https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2015/12/19/teaching-was-yesterday-today-is-coaching-the-learners-students-for-learning-to-learn/ https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/02/18/the-new-possibilities-to-learn-and-teach-with-ict/ https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/luxembourg-education-interviews-1-the-luxembourg-edu-system/
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U-Multirank 2016 Edition | Now Online This year’s rankings feature more universities, more countries and more courses than ever before and allow fair comparisons of many subject areas for the first time. Click on any of the tabs above to compare universities your way, today!
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Five Master programmes at the University of Luxembourg’s Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance have been accredited by the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA), an international expert for quality assurance and development in higher education and research.
The FIBAA accreditation is the first study programmes certification at the University of Luxembourg and represents an important step in receiving international recognition for the University’s programmes and a seal of approval for high-quality teaching.
Following the visit of an external panel of international experts, FIBAA accredited at the end of 2015 and for a period of five years:
the Master in Economics and Finance;
the Master of Science in Banking and Finance;
the Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation;
the Master in Wealth Management;
the Master in Accounting and Audit.
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http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=Universit%C3%A9+du+Luxembourg
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Universities: Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2014 results.
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The latest Erasmus statistics released by the European Commission today reveal that nearly 270 000 students - a new record - benefitted from EU grants to study or train abroad in 2012-2013. While studying at another university continues to be the most popular choice, one in five students (55 000) opted for Erasmus job placements in companies. The three most popular destinations for Erasmus students in 2012-2013 were Spain, Germany and France. Countries sending the highest number of students as a proportion of their graduate population were Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Finland, Latvia and Spain.
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"Active learning" boosts grades, reduces failure rates in undergraduate STEM classes, concludes major review
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Roughly 15,000 students in Sachem School District in Long Island may have had personal data compromised when information was posted to a local online forum. How many victims? Roughly 15,000. What type of personal information? Posted on the forum was a list of 15,000 names with student ID numbers and school lunch designations, student records on 360 students who graduated Sachem High School East in 2008, and a report relating to approximately 130 students who attended Sachem High School North who were receiving instructional services in an alternate setting in the 2010-2011 year, the district confirmed.
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The names, addresses, employee identification numbers (UD IDs), and social security numbers of 72,000 current and former employees, including student employees, have been stolen from the systems of the University of Delaware.
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Stanford University has announced that its computer system was hacked and officials are urging users of the school network to change their passwords. A hacker who goes by the moniker Ag3nt47 has claimed responsibility. Stanford University has announced that its computer system was hacked, and ===> officials are urging users of the schoolnetwork to change their passwords. <=== School officials are working with law enforcement to determine specifics of the attack. They have yet to figure out how significant it was.
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Hackers accessed the credit card information of tens of thousands customers of the University of Michigans Union Ticket Office, the latest organization that has fallen victim to a breach affecting a thirdparty vendor. Hackers accessed the credit card information of tens of thousands customers of the University of Michigan's Union Ticket Office, the latest organization that has fallen victim to a breach affecting a third-party vendor. How many victims? More than 33,000.
What type of personal information? Names, street addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, credit card numbers and expiration dates.
What happened? The database supplied by third-party ticketing solution provider Vendini was compromised by hackers who may have stolen the personal information of any U of M customer in the last two years. What was the response? University officials have contacted all individuals affected by the breach.
Details: How the hackers were able to compromise the Vendini systems is currently unknown. According toa statement released by the company, the stolen information does not include credit card security access codes, account user names or passwords.
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Four leading UK universities for Computer Science are taking part in a code-breaking competition as part of Cyber Security Challenge UK 2013
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Brandman University is taking a new approach to adult education, focusing on students' competencies so that they can apply their work experiences to speed their path to graduation.
Brandman already is working with companies, including Walmart and Discover, to offer employee-education programs. The Irvine, California-based nonprofit university's competency-based programs make it easier for working adults to earn college degrees and advance their careers.
At most conventional colleges, students must fulfill prerequisite courses to earn admission and a set of required courses to earn a degree. Under the Brandman approach, if an applicant has, say, a 20-year career in finance but no formal coursework in finance, the university's “adaptive learning engine” can detect her prior knowledge and tailor the curriculum to ensure that she focuses on new material. Brandman's first graduate completed a bachelor's of business administration degree in 18 months.
The technology that makes the Brandman model possible includes a cloud software platform developed by edtech startup N2N Services. On the platform, the university developed a game-based learning application that offers students a series of tests to demonstrate their competency. As students pass each test, they’re automatically moved to the next level of the program.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=blockchain