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Best Maker Schools in Higher Education 2021
The maker movement has come to higher education. For years now, empowered by the internet, inventors, artisans, tinkerers and hackers of all descriptions have come together to share ideas and techniques and show off their creations.
Make: publisher of Make: magazine and books, and the journal Newsweek teamed up for the first time in 2021 to find the best maker institutions in Higher Education. Their search included universities, community and junior colleges, vocational and trade schools with curricula that encourage learning by doing; are supported by educators committed to collaborative problem-solving; have well-developed makerspaces, labs, and studios; and which support diverse, interactive communities that engage in knowledge and skill sharing. Their goal was to highlight innovative programmes that demonstrate the ingenuity and community engagement that are hallmarks of the maker movement.
The, non-ranked, listing includes 200 great maker schools — universities with vast resources, lesser-known institutions with amazing programmes, and standout community colleges, vocational and trade schools. Large or small, all have invested in innovative maker-focused programs and on-campus makerspaces, the places that makers themselves want to attend to deepen their skills and broaden their scope.
The list was generated by recommendation through a survey in collaboration with an international community of educators, administrators, students and maker leaders. They hope it will help guide students, parents, educators, and employers to recognise excellence in maker education around the world.
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Season's Greetings!
The team at NIDA would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a healthy and peaceful 2022
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Creating digital content and delivering digital learning in African universities
The potential for digital learning is significant. It offers the possibility to open-up access, make higher education systems more resilient, and to provide new modes of learning. Profiling 27 innovators in 15 universities across Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, this report offers a snapshot of the innovation happening on campuses and in homes across the continent. It shows that change is possible and that talented and passionate academics are forging forwards.
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Scientists Return to School
In the International Day of Literacy, Native Scientist expands its portfolio of programmes with a new science enrichment programme that tackles inequalities in access to science education, increases science literacy and empower students to pursue higher education.
The programme is called “@ Cientista Regressa à Escola” (www.cientistaregressaescola.pt), which translates to “Scientists Return to School”. Founded by Joana Bordalo, Joana Moscoso and Matilde Gonçalves, the programme was conceived to bridge the gap between the scientific community and the educational sector in Portugal by bringing together scientists and pupils from the same hometown.
The programme is based on a concept of circular education, allowing the return of science students and professionals to their elementary school to deliver an unique and meaningful science workshop for Year 4 (9-year-olds) students.
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Science Literacy for a Green Future
The 2021 World Conference on Science Literacy (WCSL), initiated and sponsored by China Association for Science and Technology, will be held in Beijing from November 29, 2021, to December 3, 2021. The event aims to promote science literacy, drive the building of a community of shared future, and realize the United Nation's sustainable development targets for 2030.
With support from UNESCO, International Science Council, World Federation of Engineering Organizations, and the World Academy of Sciences
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FameLab 2021 TALKING SCIENCE Announces Top 10 Finalists
The names of the ten researchers and young professionals selected to compete for the title of world’s best science communicator in the FameLab International 2021 Online Final have been announced.
Watch the FameLab International 2021 Online Final live on the FameLab YouTube channel on 25 November at 16.00 GMT.
The ten international finalists are:- Bozhidar Stefanov – assistant professor in chemistry at TU Sofia, Bulgaria
- Alex Cloherty – PhD researcher in autophagy at Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
- Hugo Cui – PhD researcher in statistical physics of machine learning at EPFL, Switzerland
- Jerzy Łątka – researcher at the Faculty of Architecture Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Letago Kgomoeswana – master’s student in climatology at North-West University, South Africa
- Samantha Nixon – postdoctoral researcher in biomedical science at The University of Queensland, Australia
- Eman Amer – dentist at the Ministry of Health, Egypt
- Jesús Victorino Santos – genetics researcher at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid / CNIC, Spain
- Danny Daniels – chief executive officer of Lombris, Mexico
- Sirawit Ittisoponpisan – lecturer in bioinformatics at Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
Join in the conversation on Facebook and Twitter #FameLabInternational2021 and/or watch the semi-finals from:
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Disinformation Step by Step: MOOC
A 4-week programme. Starts: 15 November 2021
This MOOC is open, free and massive. Dedicated to all members of the Media and Information Literacy community: educators, students, journalists, librarians, youth workers, decision makers in the field.
The main objectives are to:
- understand what Media and Information Literacy (EMI) includes
- understand its complementary relationship with the teaching of the Critical Mind
- know the fabric of information and disinformation (in particular visual) in the digital age
- become familiar with and master the verification of information
- understand the nature and issues of refutation as a tool against disinformation
- be able to set up your own EMI project to fight disinformation.
The MOOC includes 6 modules: critical thinking, MIL, disinformation, verification, refutation ... and building MIL projects. It will be moderated for the full month by people from different cultures, including a dimension towards Africa and the Francophonie.
Available in three languages: French, Spanish and English.
Produced by the YouVerify project, funded by European Union. Additional MOOCs can be found from eco-learning.eu
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Climate action to protect and promote health: sharing knowledge among regions to focus on solutions
The Royal Society will be running an official COP26 side event in Glasgow with the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Inter-Academy Partnership and the Academy of Science of South Africa on Wednesday 10 November, 11:30 – 12:45 GMT.
Covering perspectives from Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe on how climate change affects human health, and the health co-benefits and trade-offs of climate adaptation and mitigation policies.
The event (and all other COP26 side events) will be livestreamed publicly on the UNFCCC COP26 website
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HundrED 2021 Innovation Summit, 3-5 November 2021
HundrED.org, the not-for-profit organisation that seeks and shares inspiring innovations in K12education opens their three days Summit 2021 TODAY.
Streaming the Summit is available on both the HundrED YouTube Channel and the HundrED Website.
HundrED.org's goal is to help improve education and inspire a movement by encouraging pedagogically sound, ambitious innovations to spread across the world.
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FameLab TALKING SCIENCE International 2021
FameLab, the annual science communication competition that runs in many countries worldwide, quickly became established as a diamond model for successfully identifying, training and mentoring scientists and engineers to share their enthusiasm for their subjects with the public.
Designed to engage and entertain by breaking down science, technology and engineering concepts, wherever they are in the world, the competition remains the same. Contestants have just three minutes to present a concept from their field of study to a panel of judges. Make it enlightening, make it entertaining and make it gripping.
The search for the winner of FameLab 2021 takes place in November. Starting on 11 and 12 November at 4pm GMT the semi-finalist contestants will beam in from 23 countries around the world.
Keep up to date from:
www.youtube.com/user/famelab
and
www.britishcouncil.org/education/he-science/famelab