2017 ICDE Leadership Summit Outcomes
The 2017 ICDE Leadership Summit that was hosted by UNIT, at LORIA in Nancy on the 22-23 May, 2017.
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ICDE Q&A with the Expert: Sir John Daniel, Past ICDE President and co-chair of the expert meeting that put together the 'Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice
ICDE asked a past president of ICDE and co-chair of the expert meeting that put together the 'Advisory Statement for Effective International Practice: Combating Corruption and Enhancing Integrity' a few questions.
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CHEA and IIEP-UNESCO Issue Advisory Statement on Combating Corruption in Higher Education
A call to action that highlights the problems posed by academic corruption in higher education and suggests ways that quality assurance bodies, government and higher education institutions around the world can combat corruption.
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ICDE Member UoC To Lead Major EU Project TeSLA, ICDE Connected Through The Advisory Board
The project is led by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and funded by the European Commission within the European framework programme Horizon 2020.
Read More26th ICDE World Conference news - Open learning must support global ethics and development
A “tricky world with pervasive war and tragedy” is nevertheless one that “could see the golden age of open learning”. This was the prophetic view of Barney Pityana, a keynote speaker at the Presidents’ Summit of the International Council for Open and Distance Education, or ICDE, held in South Africa last week.
Read More26th ICDE World Conference news - The ethical quandary over student learning analytics
Educators have no doubt over the efficacy and need for learning analytics, but the invasion of privacy that it entails makes it an ethically grey area – because more often than not, the data is collected without students’ knowledge or consent. This is overlooked supposedly because it is done in the interest of better education.
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