Tag: education

  • HEA conference, day two, Panel

    Quality was the agenda for the Panel session.  What sort?  Quality based on diversity, of students and institutions was Aaron Porter's answer.  But, he warned, if students are going to be paying more for that experience, there needs to be a better experience.  They can't be expected to be given the same at a higher…

  • HEA conference, day two

    Attended session by Sue Watling on 'Gutenberg to Google: access denied'.  Interesting points on disability and access to digital data — she compared access to physical access, lowered kerbs, etc.  One basic point was that the shift to a Windows GUI was a setback to access because of the visual cues it introduced to the…

  • Meta-analysis of early childhood interventions

    In my last but one post I mentioned the importance of meta-reviews.  Just came across a preview of a great one on the Columbia University Teachers College site, here (excellent site by the way — well worth signing up for). Camilli, G., Vargas, S., Ryan, S. Barnett, W.S. (2010, forthcoming) Meta-analysis of the effects of early education…