Could we get another Talleyrand or Metternich through an online course? Diplomatic protocol, negotiations and other practical topics in diplomatic training – is it a “learning by doing” exercise or can you teach these efficiently in an online learning environment?
By Tereza Horejsova on 29 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
By Jovan Kurbalija on 29 Apr 2013 | From the E-diplomacy channel
Today, the word ‘byzantine’ is used to describe devious actions: intrigue, plotting, and bribing. [1] Historical records show that Byzantine politics were morally neither worse nor better than politics in previous or later years.
By Aldo Matteucci on 28 Apr 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel
Alain TESTART has written a brilliant analysis of “transfers” in socio-anthropological terms.[1] He observes that there are three...
By Aldo Matteucci on 27 Apr 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel
I’ve been reading a prominent French social anthropologist, Alain TESTART.
By Hannah on 24 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been around in various forms since 2008. However, The New York Times dubbed 2012 as ‘The Year of...
By Tereza Horejsova on 21 Apr 2013 | From the Diplomacy channel
“A most unfortunate misunderstanding in US social media”, as the Czech ambassador to the US called the confusion of many American social media users that the two suspects of the Boston marathon bombings come from the Czech republic, a country whose name happens to remind some people of Chechnya...
By Jovan Kurbalija on 20 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
Last Wednesday (17 April 2013) we discussed the key dilemmas of online learning. This lively event involved more than 70 people and 3 panels with 2 panellists debating the following questions:
By Aldo Matteucci on 19 Apr 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel
With the emergence of the nation state national borders became a Western obsession. Every bit of the globe was carved up, with ruler and pencil if need be (see Africa in 1884).
By Aldo Matteucci on 18 Apr 2013 | From the Looking Sideways channel
Balochistan, in the north of West Pakistan (Quetta is capital), does not get much international press coverage. The Carnegie Endowment for Peace has just published a lengthy report on the politics of the region http://bit.ly/11iW904
By Ginger on 17 Apr 2013 | From the Home channel
I enjoyed Pete's post: Social Media and online learning - is it such an obvious marriage? as much as I enjoyed the original debate, Social media can enrich online learning as part of...