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Historical compilation of 7 world universities rankings: huge drop for US, rise for French
After reading an article from HESA where the author explains (referring to Times Higher Education’s annual Reputation Rankings) that “only the position of the top 6 or so is genuinely secure. Below about tenth position, everyone else is packed so closely together that changes in rank order are basically guaranteed”, we wanted to see how…
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The Best MOOCs
If you had to select the best Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) platforms, how would you do it? You could compile the individual course ratings offered on each system (see coursetalk.org) or you could do what several people do when choosing a program; look at university rankings to give you an indication of the quality…
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World University rankings by Country – part 2
This is the second part of our world university rankings posts. See the first post that lists the top 100 universities (based on 9 world university rankings). Based on almost the same logic used in our first post, we took the top 300 universities and compiled the 9 world rankings. Note that, for some universities,…
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9 World University rankings – Side by side – part 1
See part 2 of this post The different world university rankings are somewhat controversial. Their methodology are often dissected to show flaws and universities often dislike them because of the influence they have come to wield. Not one ranking has been hailed as “the” definitive ranking and this is why we have so many. If…
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LMS used in Canada
This small analysis, visualises the current learning management system (LMS) used in higher education institution across Canada. Play with the filters and let me know what you think.
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World Map of Learning Management Systems
World Map of LMS Based on more than 5100 Higher Educational Institutions worldwide listed in the ListEdTech.com DB, I have compiled a map that represents the most deployed LMS by country. If you look at sheer numbers of countries, Moodle is the clear winner with 116 of the 138 represented (Blackboard has 15, Claroline 5…
