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trends in online learning, note section on moocs

"The old classroom model simply doesn't fit our changing needs," Khan wrote. "It's a fundamentally passive way of learning, while the world requires more and more active processing of information."

Myths about OERs can stop people from using them and causing real educational change. The goal of this publication is to dispel those myths.

Wes Fernandes/Nature Three arguments are often made in favour of interdisciplinary research. First, complex modern problems such as climate change and resource security are not amenable to single-discipline investigation; they often require many types of expertise across the biological, physical and social disciplines.