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Hello readers,
Like every Tuesday, we curated a selection of exciting stories on education and innovation. Enjoy your reading.
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Huawei is launching a global research strategy aiming to gain ground on US dominance in technology research. Over the next five to 10 years, the company will give $300 million a year to university labs “with no conditions attached.”
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Few teachers have in mind that their teaching materials can be known, shared and used by other teachers around the world, giving credit to the original author. In this article, you will learn the process of creation, licensing, and dissemination of open educational resources.
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Apolitical education may seem like a good idea on the surface, but it can leave the students ill-prepared to understand and navigate their political reality.
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Universities in China, the US, the UK, and others, are now supporting eSports in the same way they do with traditional varsity sports such as football or basketball. To boost the practice of eSports as a varsity sport, Tec de Monterrey will open the first facility dedicated to varsity eSports in Mexico.
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How mindfulness privatized a social problem
"Mindfulness has become the perfect coping mechanism for neoliberal capitalism: it privatizes stress and encourages people to locate the root of mental ailments in their own work ethic." (New Statesman)
I was a fast-food worker. Let me tell you about burnout.
A lot of people blithely advise the poor to work their way toward dignity and self-respect. Free-market capitalism assumes that unhappy workers will leave their job for a better one. (Vox)
Opinion: Universities’ critical thinking is in a critical state
Calls for critical thinking from their students are rarely reflected in institutional leaders, says Alex Wright. (Times Higher Education)
China’s government has given location-tracking watches to 17,000 children
This is likely just the beginning. (MIT Technology Review)
Have We Hit Peak Podcast?
Steve Pratt, a veteran CBC producer, actively discourages his clients from starting interview shows. “People assume that’s all a podcast is: two people talking unedited for two hours, three hours.” (The New York Times)
Parents, Sometimes You're The Problem When It Comes To Tech Use
Parents of young kids pick up their phones an average of almost 70 times a day. (NPR)
Is the Internet Making Writing Better?
Gretchen McCulloch says that all our texting and tweeting is making us better at expressing ourselves in writing. (The New Yorker)
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“It’s a scam,”
Said Andy Borst, director of undergraduate admissions at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Borst refers to how dozens of wealthy Chicago families have been exploiting a legal loophole to win their children college financial aid and scholarships. First, parents turn over guardianship of their teenagers to a friend or relative. The student then declares financial independence to qualify for tuition aid and scholarships. "They are taking away opportunities from families that really need it."
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