World Engineering Education Forum 2017 (WEEF 2017) 13 – 16 Nov 2017, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (http//:www.weef2017.org) WEEF 2017 is held in conjunction with: The 7th Regional Conference on Engineering Education & Research in Higher Education 2017 (RCEE & RHEd 2017) The 1st International STEAM Education Conference (STEAMEC 2017), The 4th Innovative Practices in Higher Education…
Reseña de la inauguración del Programa de Capacitación de Educador de Ingeneiría Internacional IGIP-InnovaHiEd en la UPRM. Article on the inauguration of the InnovaHiEd – IGIP Program for the International Engineering Educator at UPRM. Source: Debuta IGIP en el RUM
Execution IS the core of entrepreneurship. Source: Forget The Myths: Innovation Isn’t Created The Way Most People Think
“Universities should be able to break rules when they experiment with digital. Not all faculty members should be required to do research. There is far too little emphasis placed on teaching compared with research”. Source: Accelerating the Teaching Transformation – Educpros
The book “Teaching in a Digital Age” by A.W. (Tony) Bates (2016, 528 pages) is an excellent free resource available on-line from the Canadian B.C. Open Textbook Project. This book is intended for college and university instructors who want to know how digital technology can help them teach. http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2017/01/teaching-in-digital-age.html
Good interview with how to s. Source: How to win in the age of analytics | McKinsey & Company
Awesome!!! The LA Times profiles the evolution of student-centered curriculum development, and the positive impact it creates for students. Source: Student-designed courses thrive at Cal-Berkeley | Education Dive
Join us on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at 1pm ET for a webinar on Making and Makerspaces in Education: Resources for Innovative Learning. Source: January GUIRR Webinar: Making and Makerspaces in Education: Resources for Innovative Learning
Why I love engineering (and more from StanfordU)! Addressing the bilharzia (as it is named in Puerto Rico) disease. “Bioengineers combined live observation, mathematical insights, and robots to solve this important mystery”. Source: How one dangerous tropical parasite finds and infects its human hosts | School of Engineering
Interesting development! Source: Creating a ‘smart city’ from the ground up in India | McKinsey & Company