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Friday, January 21, 2011

Academic Impressions: Higher ED Impact: Weekly Scan: News & Key Takeaways January 14 - 20, 2011

Building a Culture of Student Philanthropy
San Diego, CA
February 1 - 3, 2011
http://www.academicimpressions.com/events/event_listing.php?i=1042&q=7337h427988xO


The Chronicle of Higher Education: How Much Do College Students Learn, and Study?
Consistent with the findings of the National Survey of Student Engagement, a new study questions the rigor of most students' course schedules, looking particularly at the amount of reading and writing required. More...
http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Undergraduates-Actually/125979/


Opinion: Rethinking the Shift of "e-Learning"
One expert worries that discussions of new learning technologies that focus only on delivery of content oversimplify how education is changing; the critical shift, he argues, is not the shift from classroom to blended and online learning, but the shift from autonomous to collaborative learning. More...
http://campustechnology.com/articles/2011/01/19/the-myth-of-elearning.aspx

Engaging Students in Undergraduate Research
This editorial looks at the success of a research-writing initiative at the University of Guelph (Guelph, ON) that teaches students how to communicate about science. More...
http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/EditorialOpinion/article/745743

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