Global Dialogues talks MOOCs with Tsinghua University

On Friday 18th October 2013 we spent a good part of the day with Tsinghua University in Beijing. This is a top Chinese university and they were very interested to hear from us about teaching, learning and research in MOOCs. Luckily, I’ve been involved with all three. This event was organized by Chinese Higher Education […]

From the Great Wall to the Great Global Dialogues Conference

After much anticipation the day for the conference has finally arrived. Yesterday evening, we were brought by car to the National Association for Education Administration offices in Daxing, about 33 km from the Landmark Hotel in Beijing. It actually took about 1hr 3o mins because the traffic was so busy. It is a Government organization […]

The Great Wall

Today I was taken on a tour of the Great Wall. We travelled to Yanquing, Changping & Chaoyang. Stephen Gomez (HEA/Plymouth and soon Pearsons) and I travelled by a tour bus along to the Ming Tombs. At the Ming tombs our guide, Christine showed us a number of antiques and explained that the emperors tomb […]

Global Dialogues and MOOCs

I am absolutely thrilled to be going to Beijing next week. I have been invited to go with four others from the UK to talk at a conference about Digital Technology and the impact on Higher Education. We have got the complete itinerary through today and this event looks like it’s going to be a […]