Envisioning Report on Future of Higher Education

The first Envisioning Report for Empowering Universities in the uptake of new modes of teaching and learning was formally launched at a Special EADTU-EU Summit on Open and Flexible Higher Education in Brussels in May 2017.  The report co-edited by Professor Mark Brown is an outcome of the EMPOWER initiative and offers a number of think pieces on the future of higher education. Click here to download a PDF version of the report.

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Copies of the report were also distributed to delegates attending the recent ICDE Leadership Summit in Nancy, France (May 22-23, 2017). You can read a brief summary of the highlights of this submit on the ICDE website and the slide-deck from Professor Mark Brown’s talk is available below.

DCU Hosts First Mahara Ireland User Group Meeting

On 27th April 2017, the first Mahara Ireland User Group meeting was held in the Institute of Education on the St Patrick’s campus at Dublin City University. Reflect2The whole-day event attracted around 25 participants from many different Irish institutions and was expertly facilitated by Lisa Donaldson who is managing DCU’s learning portfolio project known as Loop Reflect. The event’s dedicated hashtag (#maharairl) provides a rich account of the various lessons, implementation stories and related presentations shared over the course of the day.

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If you would like further information about future meetings of the new Irish Mahara community then please email, Lisa Donaldson <lisa.donaldson@dcu.ie>