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Cultural competence has become a 'buzz' word in the world of public health and health care. Academic institutions, health care and service providers, and governmental agencies across the country are focusing on developing "cultural competence" as a way to address health disparities and create health equity.

"...an alternative means of categorising MOOCs, based on their key characteristics."

This site informs us about the practices of work and school exchanges and educational diversity programs to learn about creativity in a multicultural environment. The creative cognitive approach is also elaborated upon as well as other strategies to produce or enhance creativity. Scientific evidence and approaches are focused on in this article.

The Office of Multicultural Affairs is committed to enabling all students, both at CCS and in the greater Detroit community, to be successful in the arts through the promotion of inclusion, diversity, and support. Multicultural Affairs helps to create a culturally rich learning environment where students can excel as active learners and artists.

Great sequence of lessons for teachers to consider in introducing blogging with students 

The honeymoon with MOOCs is over. The reality check has finally arrived which was inevitable. MOOCs will not solve all the woes of higher education. It is unfortunate it had to be a class on how to design an online course; it was the Fundamentals of Online Education: Planning and Application [FOE] offered through Coursera that brought things to a screeching halt. But this experience can provide an opportunity for institutions to re-focus-identify the role and purpose of MOOCs and move forward with a thoughtful, purposeful strategy.

The Core Rules of Netiquette are excerpted from the book Netiquette by Virginia Shea. Click on each rule for elaboration.