Category Archives: Education

Open space: EPAs (economic partnership agreement)

The fundamental principle for EPAs is a free market. This may work for European countries as they are at the same level of development, economical infrastructure is in place. However it does not work for the ACP (Africa, Caribbean, Pacific) countries. It is not an even playing ground; odds are heavily stacked against ACPs not least because of the negotiation process required to trade in the EU (for example intellectual property rights – some countries may not be able to negotiate this). Bilateral trade agreements have a major drawback: they take no account of development needs. Trade negotiations may seem dull but when it comes to rich countries ripping off poorer countries the fair trade movement can understand this and empathise with this so should be a part of that process. (Mike Gidney).
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Dolors Reig on Open Education (Podcamp Barcelona)

Dolors (@dreig) is brilliant – a psychology teacher by trade, she is in to communities, e-learning, web 2.0, web 3.0 – and she is a pioneer for open education and this is what she has come to talk to us about at Podcamp BCN. First up – a little recommended reading; she talks about ‘Free [...]
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Podcamp BCN: Educational Podcasting

Our new friend Stefaan Lesage on Educational podcasting (www.devia.be) Kids are using PSP/podcasts all the time – so why not use them for educational purposes? At Podcamp Barcelona, Stefaan outlined the advantages of podcasts: with ear phones on you can get much closer to your customer (and shut out everything else). They’re mobile, you are [...]
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