Monthly Archives: June 2013

Modernity and its outcasts – the role of higher education

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Right now there are about 42 million displaced people in the world.   One in every 170 persons in the world has been uprooted by war.  …  About one third of them are officially recognized refugees because they have crossed an … Continue reading →

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Coursera Condescension

Posted on June 12, 2013 by

Originally posted on Posthegemony:
Yesterday I watched the video of Daphne Koller, co-founder of Coursera, speaking at UBC a couple of weeks ago. After her presentation, three UBC professors who have taught or are currently teaching a Coursera MOOC contributed…

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