Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community
The bulk of this article is a 'greatest hits' of UK Ed Tech news from the last quarter, but the interesting bit is the intro discussing the University of Manchester's announcement it will offer work placement to all students, contrasted with previous announcements about online learning. The two actually go together, but it's not clear this is understood. Neil Mosley writes, "if universities really want to signal that they are supporting people with career-focused study motivations, they could do a lot worse than seek to develop more flexible and accessible forms of study, such as online learning…and maybe talk about it once in a while."

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