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Science educator Arvind Gupta uses simple toys to teach. Arvind Gupta is an Indian toy inventor and popularizer of science for kids. Creating simple toys out of trash and everyday goods, he illustrates principles of science and design in a memorably hands-on fashion. He works at the Children's Science Centre in Pune, India.

EUROPP' s central mission is to increase the public understanding of social science in the contexts of European governance and policy making, both at the European Union level and at the level of countries across Europe and within its neighbourhood.

Survey about Online Education in the USA ("leading barometer ") -nearly one third of students in higher education take at least one online course ( 6 Million) -wide variety in rate of growth of online programs in different universities and programs (for example: health science online programs are more developed than many other disciplines) -The 10% growth rate for online enrollments far exceeds 2% growth in the overall higher education student population -Academic leaders believe that the level of student satisfaction is equivalent for online and face-to-face courses -65% of universities think that online education is critical part of future plans there still exists a consistent minority of academic leaders that doubt the quality of online courses in contrast to face-to-face courses

"Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world" in short: the theory, which says that due to a massive increase in leisure time that is facilitated by ascending prosperity, people have a "cognitive surplus" at their disposal. until recently, it has mostly been used as a means to watch tv, but it should be employed differently.

"Available now: a guide to using Twitter in university research, teaching, and impact activities"