The ‘India Employment Report 2024,’ issued by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Institute of Human Development (IHD), is the latest publication on the employment situation in India with a focus on youths and women. According to the report, there is an increase in the employment rate, but the prospects for well-educated young individuals remain bleak.
Author: Jörg Hafer
Designing Postdigital Futures – Who against and why? A comment on a comment
In the context of discussing alternative narratives for digital educational technology, the paper “Designing Postdigital Futures” raises important points but also leaves some questions unanswered. It criticizes the dominant “engineering logic” in educational technology without clearly defining its targets or proposing how an alternative design approach could solve the problem.
Happy Birthday ChatGPT – Occasional Thoughts on Text AI in Higher Education
On November 30, 2022, we experienced the “iPhone moment of AI.” Here is my attempt to provide brief answers to the key questions. What do university educators need? What should universities and education policy do? What will happen to higher education? Guidance on what? What about examinations? What about the negative impacts? Where does humanity fit in? Conclusion: We cannot expansively address the challenge of integrating AI into higher education without considering the context (goals, policies, culture of higher education).
India’s higher education accreditation system. Restructuring in Turbulent Times.
The Indian higher education landscape is changing very dynamically. Within the framework of the “National Education Policy 2020” (NEP), reforms are being launched that are reminiscent of the European Bologna reform. The goals are ambitious and it shows again and again how challenging the tasks set are. An example is the system of accreditation.
ChatGPT: Minerva’s owl can’t get off the branch anymore
My intermediate status of current developments around ChatGPT. The pressure to act is great, but at the same time rigid patterns of thought and action persist. Adaptation to the new circumstances takes place, but fundamental changes are less likely to.
Start of our lecture series on the SDGs: Connection of the use of goods and services with forest restoration – Ana María Aguirre Cañas
The first event of our lecture series took place on October 19th. The series opened with a Colombian speaker, Ana Maria Aguierre Callas (Head of the ColombiaCONNECT network). In her presentation, she reported on the ColombiaCONNECT network project, its activities and the challenges of promoting sustainability in complex contexts.