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Higher Education and Teaching

Selected Works

2012

Higher Education

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Full-Text Articles in Education

Higher Education In India : The Glory Of Past,The Challenges Of Today And The Road For Tomorrow, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr Apr 2012

Higher Education In India : The Glory Of Past,The Challenges Of Today And The Road For Tomorrow, Ratnesh Dwivedi Mr

Ratnesh Dwivedi

Universal education of all children in literacy has been a recent development, not occurring in many countries until after 1850 CE. Even today, in some parts of the world, literacy rates are below 60 per cent (for example, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh). Schools, colleges and universities have not been the only methods of formal education and training. Many professions have additional training requirements, and in Europe, from the Middle Ages until recent times, the skills of a trade were not generally learnt in a classroom, but rather by serving an apprenticeship. Each generation, since the beginning of human existence, has …


Status Update: Actively Engaging Our Friends, Shannon Kelly, Alan Ruby Mar 2012

Status Update: Actively Engaging Our Friends, Shannon Kelly, Alan Ruby

Shannon C Kelly

Social media do not wait for the communications office to open - but do offer informed universities unique brand-building opportunities.


Knowledge And Innovation Exploration, Shannon Kelly Dec 2011

Knowledge And Innovation Exploration, Shannon Kelly

Shannon C Kelly

This website was designed as central hub for various resources on social media and higher education. The resources include blogs, thought leaders to follow on Twitter and other website.


Social @ Edu, Shannon Kelly Dec 2011

Social @ Edu, Shannon Kelly

Shannon C Kelly

A blog designed to present new eyes and a new perspective on higher education and social media. One of the two has a reputation for being slow to change, where decision is made by committee and a life of thought and reflection is highly regarded. The other in this dynamic duo has a reputation for lightning speed changes, where decision feels rarely in the hands of the user and a life of expression is highly regarded. In our minds, this begs a few questions. How do these two worlds blend? What are the current trends & challenges in this integration? …