University-based Innovation and Social Equity “Putting the moccasins back on the feet of our youth”
2018

by LW | Jan 1, 2018 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning

Tim Killeen 2018 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the last 800 years in Cambridge, new...

Universities as Curators of Knowledge
2018

by LW | Jan 1, 2018 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning

Lino Guzzella and Gerd Folkers, ETH Zurich 2018 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the...

The Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative as a Test bench of the Future of Universities
2018

by LW | Jan 1, 2018 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Teaching & Learning, Uncategorized

Yves Flückiger and Pablo Achard 2018 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the last 800...

The Geneva-Tsinghua Initiative as a Test bench of the Future of Universities
2018

by LW | Jan 1, 2018 | Chapters and other contributions, Governance and leadership, Teaching & Learning

Yves Flückiger and Pablo Achard 2018 The research universities represented by the Glion Colloquium have been responsible for many of the greatest discoveries and intellectual breakthroughs in history. I am proud to lead one of these universities. For the last 800...

Impact of technology on learning and scholarship
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning

Arnoud de Meyer, Singapore Management University 2016 Recently I took on the challenge of teaching a course to Undergraduatestudents at Singapore Management University. It had been more than20 years since I had taught any Undergraduates, having spent most of my career...

From moocs to moors – a movement towards humboldt 2-0
2016

by GK | Jan 1, 2016 | Chapters and other contributions, Missions & Responsibilities, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning

Yves Flückiger, University of Geneva 2016 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have attracted a lot of attention in the academic world in general and presidents’ officesmore particularly. But some worry that this model of teaching is a step back to a vertical and...