Monthly Archives: April 2014

Klimaåret 2014

English Fossilenergi-perioden kan raskt avvikles. Tre effektive tiltak: 1. All statlig subsidiering og spesielle statsgarantier for kull- og oljeindustrien avvikles over hele verden. Det Internasjonale pengefondet (IMF) støttes på dette punkt. IMF ser store økonomiske og miljømessige fordeler med avvikling av slike … Continue reading

Posted in Norsk | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

Climategate-historien og den virkelige skandalen

English I november 2009 ble serverne ved University of East Anglia i Storbritannia ulovlig hacket og e-poster ble stjålet. Et utvalg av private e-poster mellom klimaforskere ble publisert på internett. Klimafornektere over hele verden kastet seg over disse, og mente de … Continue reading

Posted in Norsk | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The Climate-gate story – the real scandal

Norsk “In November 2009, the servers at the University of East Anglia in Britain were illegally hacked and emails were stolen. When a selection of emails between climate scientists were published on the internet, a few suggestive quotes were seized upon by … Continue reading

Posted in Denialism, Environment, Fossil fuels | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Facing the standards and quality requirements of European higher education

By  Sven Åke Bjørke    April 2014 The traditional “anarchist” professor tends to resist standardisation systems like for instance The European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) Higher education in Europe 500 years ago was amazingly enough quite homogeneous. A scholar or a … Continue reading

Posted in Online education | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Selecting and describing target groups in online, tertiary education

By  Sven Åke Bjørke  April 2014 Online delivery of education – students on campus, students online – aren’t they all the same? Do we have to adapt and customize? Do we have to know each student personally? Why? Aren’t they … Continue reading

Posted in Online education | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments