Particularly in Higher Education in India, I have long been bothered by a systemic gap in Teacher Education. The gap lies in the preparation of teachers for HE. Today the minimum entry criteria for an Assistant Professor in HE is the National Eligibility Test (NET) or the State Level Eligibility Test (SET/SLET) [UGC Regulations 2009, and the most [...]
Archive for December, 2011
The Travails of Teacher Education
Posted in Chaos, Education Policy, Indian Education, tagged higher education, India, policy, teachr education on December 27, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Assocham Conference, New Delhi
Posted in 3.0, Education Policy, Indian Education, Innovations on December 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Associated Chambers of Commerce held a one day conference called the Assocham National Conference on E-Education & Distance Education – Innovative & Creative models in Higher Education on Dec 8, 2011. This conference was a small gathering of people from different parts of the education sector. I tweeted some of the proceedings with the hashtag [...]
EDGEX 2012 Conference New Delhi
Posted in 3.0, EDGEX, Education Policy, elearning 2.0, Indian Education, Innovations, Learning Theory, Network Analysis, PLE, Simulations, tagged EDGEX2012 on December 7, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It gives me great pleasure to announce a unique conference on educational research and innovation called EDGEX, to be held at the Habitat Centre, New Delhi from March 12-14, 2012. The two main themes of the conference are: Learning X.O - marking the significant and ongoing developments in learning and teaching, particularly in informal learning, connectivism [...]




