Tag Archives: education

Teachers: can we be replaced by machines?

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

A Quote by Sugata Mitra, from his talk at TED,  Feb. 2007. Whenever you go to a teacher and show them some technology the teacher’s first reaction is, you cannot replace a teacher with a machine — it’s impossible. I … Continue reading →

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Top Universities Ranking

Posted on September 12, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

El Nuevo Día published the 2010 world Universities Ranking 2010 in this article of 9 Sept. 2010, in which it says the first Latin American University to make an appearance on the List is the UNAM, Univeridad Autónoma de México. … Continue reading →

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Toda redención es mutua

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Simposio  sobre la nueva web y la transformación de la educación superior Un Resumen A continuación algunos enlaces a resúmenes y posts que se han publicado sobre el Simposio del 3 de septiembre. En ese simposio, invitamos a Dolors Reig, … Continue reading →

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Myths of Teaching and Learning -2

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Another myth of Teaching and Learning, and actually one upon which we founded many of our curricula is embedded in the quasi-logic of the following: This course teaches topic X, which is so badly needed by our new XXI century … Continue reading →

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Myths of Learning and Teaching – 1

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Antonio Vantaggiato

Image via Wikipedia Thus begins a series of posts on themes related to myths and legends on education, elearning and similar beasts. It will be a series of posts because I like the idea of cutting down to pieces some … Continue reading →

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