August, 2010
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Aug 10
The Art of Walking – Course of the Week
Have you ever needed a moment to take a stroll and sort out a problem or reflect on a decision? Sometimes when we have something that puzzles us it is good to take a step back and think. This week´s Course of the Week is a philosophy-based course that encourages and practices walking as a way to help open the mind and reflect, while experiencing the surrounding natural beauty. The Art of Walking is offered at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, USA.
Photo by Prakhar Amba
Ken Keffer, the professor and creator of this course, focuses mainly on Immanuel Kant’s philosophy. To prevent students from falling asleep and detaching from the conversation, he started taking them for walks. Through these walks he realized the students were more engaged and reflective. He noticed that they openly conversed on the subject material and the walking helped their thoughts flow.
Students are given required reading assignments as well as required walking assignments, which aim to help them reflect on what they have read at home and heard in class.
As Keffer explains, “Kant teaches intelligible and sensual design in inner and outer nature, his main theme is natural beauty. Our walks take us to that beauty—where we really meet ourselves.”
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Aug 10
Connecting Students and Universities
The education industry today depends more and more on the World Wide Web, from online courses to virtual encyclopedias and discussion forums, education and the internet go hand in hand. The increase in the number of people using the internet to find courses is so significant, that today the best option for schools to communicate with students is by joining the online world.
It is within this context that Educaedu has launched an online tool that facilitates communication between universities and the users of the web. The newly launched Centre/School Profile option allows educational institutions to create an account, upload content and manage their course offerings, which are published in the Educaedu portal. This permits the centres to have greater autonomy with the ability to modify and update the information about their programs as often as they like, which in turn keeps the site up-to-date and makes the connection with students even more direct. Any type of higher education centre can upload their courses, from private institutes to universities and technical colleges.
Students can browse through programs that they are interested in studying, and if they have any questions they can email the centre with a form that appears on every course.
The Centre/School Profile option is available on all of the Educaedu websites, including our English countries Australia, the UK, the US and Canada. For all other countries, click here.
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