In France, until the current health crisis, teleworking was relatively little practiced compared to other Western countries. Yet, teleworking has been shown to have a positive impact not only on the performance of companies and organizations, but also on sustainability and well-being. Teleworking improves working comfort , as well as travel conditions and times. Teleworking is the victim of many prejudices and clichés . It would isolate demotivated […] … learn more→

Recently, both of us have been doing a lot of co-writing and co-editing, and it seems to us that quite a bit of discussion can be found on collaborative writing (for example this advice on collaborating and co-authoring, this checklist to enable effective management of co-authoring, and this review of the challenges and potential pitfalls of the trend […] … learn more→

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will admit that the concept of traditional education has drastically changed in the last few years. With the advent of technology and the internet, the idea of online education has penetrated every part of the world. Luckily, with the web being omnipresent, you have access to […] … learn more→

(cough) I know you’re there. Turn on the microphone. And the camera. We’ve got time before the meeting starts to have a bit of a chat. I’ve got good news, he’s not coming. (pause) There we are. Can you hear me? Yes? OK. … So who’s not coming? Him. You know – he who sits on […] … learn more→

It is estimated around half the world’s students’ schools remain shut down. All told, this has been a potentially damaging disruption to the education of a generation. But one of the few positive outcomes from this experience is an opportunity to rethink how digital technologies can be used to support teaching and learning in schools. Our collective […] … learn more→

Black History Month always produces a charged debate about who is and who is not privileged, whether that’s in the histories we teach, the stories we write or the people we hire. This year, critical race theory is being attacked by right-wing politicians in the UK and the US as anti-capitalist, radical propaganda. But critical […] … learn more→

It did not take long for business schools to be dubbed the “academies of the apocalypse” after the 2008 global financial crisis. In their famous 2009 paper, “The roots of the global financial crisis are in our business schools”, Robert Giacalone and Donald Wargo claimed that the crash resulted from the “cult of profit maximization […] … learn more→

This week’s announcement that scientists who publish in the Nature journals will be able to make their papers freely available online marks another significant step on the journey towards what we hope will be full open access. However, the move also underlines that the bulk of open access (OA) budgets continue to be spent on […] … learn more→

There is not much time left until the 2020 US Election, and the tension is rising. It is hard to predict the winner between the current President Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Many factors will play a role in deciding the next POTUS, and nobody should underestimate large media companies’ influence. How will Facebook and […] … learn more→

As the waves of the Covid-19 pandemic ebb and flow, it can be easy for university administrators to fixate on managing outbreaks on campus, training academics to use learning technologies and adjusting pedagogy and assessment for the online environment. But we must not neglect the impact that remote learning is having on students. With many […] … learn more→