The International Council for Open and Distance Education and the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities are holding a joint conference this weekend.
The programme is here http://www.ou.nl/eCache/DEF/1/99/498.html - as you can see there's quite a heavy O U involvement.
Showing posts with label globalisation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label globalisation. Show all posts
Thursday, 4 June 2009
Monday, 27 April 2009
English Worldwide
This report by the British Council http://www.britishcouncil.org/learning-research-english-next.pdf has interesting stuff on the market for English language material worldwide, as well as useful material on the globalisation of universities - see pages 90-92.
For students in Continental Europe, there's clear evidence that English is on the ascent (unlike English elsewhere, which is facing challenges from Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic).
For students in Continental Europe, there's clear evidence that English is on the ascent (unlike English elsewhere, which is facing challenges from Mandarin, Hindi, Spanish and Arabic).
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