The field of pure nature cure, health and holistic education are very important for human well being. To achieve the real health and happiness, education is the key. The genesis of this online course on Basics of Nature Cure lies in overcoming of some ailments which the author of this article suffered such as diabetes, ankylosing spondylitis, chronic rhin itis etc. These all done just by modifying the lifestyle and the philosophy. This article describes the course and its delivery process using Social Media and other technology platforms.

The objective of this article is present the scenario of higher education offered at as distance learning mode in Brazil better known and to demonstrate that the student academic performance has no significant differences comparing to face-to-face qualifications, which demonstrates the effective incorporation of new technologies and methodologies. It was analysed the only large-scale parameter whose data are public and can be compared vis-a-vis, by the years 2015 and 2016. It also aim to draw attention to distance education as a way that can be expanded to establish multilateral research networks, exchanges and partnerships that work on the complementarities and different challenges of The BRICS Network University, established in 2015.

If you have ever applied for a bank loan, credit card, filed income tax return, passport, driving licence etc, the list is endless, you have been sharing your personal information –either offline or online -with public or private entities. With ever increasing use of technology in our daily lives and advances in digital platforms, while on one hand has brought advantages, on the other it has its dark side too. Data theft, cyberbullying, and unauthorised business use of personal and private data are some of the concerns we face when use digital platforms for storing, transferring and exchanging data and information. In 2015, criminals stole 21.5 million records from the US Office of Personnel Management that contained the highly sensitive personal data of federal employees and their family members.

The South Asia is at the focus of Post 2015 developmental agenda primarily because of the largest concentration of poor population. Though the region is growing at the rate of 6 % during past 20 years the inequalities are on rise. It is a major impediment in the realization of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). The glaring socioeconomically inequalities in the region call for major educational interventions in the region. Open and Distance Learning systems (ODL) have emerged as a viable option due to its potential to smooth out inequalities. However the growth of these systems has been largely uneven in the region. Whereas some of the countries have been able to develop world class capabilities to design and deliver such programmes, the smaller countries have little policy level sensitization on these matters. The Quality, Scope and Diversity of these programmes make them ideal option for Educational Diplomacy. Regional Cooperation based on ODL can help the South Asia to achieve SDGs. Such soft diplomatic initiatives will build “People to People Contacts”, create workforce to Strengthen Trade, develop Mutual Appreciation and Trust in South Asian Communities. Further it will counter the hard diplomatic interventions of developed countries and balance the geopolitical environment of the South Asian region. This article evolves a perspective for networking of ODL institutions for meeting the emerging developmental needs and describes the issues which come across such a networking

This article is the result of the experience as a teacher and historian, and especially of the doctoral thesis, defended in the year 2017, through the Graduate Program in Education and Contemporaneity at the State University of Bahia, construction of a 3D modeling solution for the São João da Bahia Theater, considered as a pole and reflection of the praxis of the Savior of the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries. The conception was developed from the problem of the inexistence of a modeling in the socio-constructivist perspective for the São João da Bahia Theater. In this way, the research aimed at possibilities for the subject, understood here as intellectual in the Gramscian perspective, to be a historian of oneself (subject subject), to build new knowledge (metacognition) through meaningful learning, mediated by the practice of visitation and interaction with the museum proposed.

The purpose of this article is to provide the instructor and learner perspectives of an online learning technologies course that used Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles to support the teaching of UDL. Course design was based on current standards and literature related to online course design including ADDIE, Quality Matters Standards, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). The qualitative study was conducted during Spring 2018 at the conclusion of an online course titled, Universal Learning for Online Course Designat a Southwestern University in the US. The instructor provided a design narrative and four graduate students who participated in the course provided learner narratives that were reviewed and analyzed by two external researchers. The findings from this study support continued improvement of course design for the next iteration of the UDL Course, as well as providing ideas for other educators interested in implementing UDL concepts in their courses.

Based on the 15 years long analysis on the investigation about the relationship between Research and Knowledge in History and the Development of Digital Technology for the teaching and research in this knowledge area, comes up an interpretation of the new contributions that the digital technologies are bringing for the knowledge in History, from the innovations on the content and the interpretations, up to the several innovations on the way that the knowledge in History starts to interact with the several subjects potentially interested parties: researchers, teachers, students, citizens of several origins and interests. The technologies of the information are starting, it seems to, a new stage of the dialogue among this knowledge field and others, but also with the potentially interested subjects, which start to get closer and with more critical potential of the knowledge in History.

Brazil tertiary education has evolved substantially in the last 20 years. The policies set up by the Brazilian government aimed at different targets. There were actions to expand the enrollments in the country’s public universities, mainly through a program called Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais (REUNI). The government also invested in increasing the enrollments in private universities and colleges through the government students’ loans program, called Programa de Financiamento Estudantil (FIES), and through a grant program, called Programa Universidade para Todos (PROUNI). And finally, the policymakers also encouraged the development of online distance learning programs as a way to compensate for the lack of higher education opportunities in the areas located far away from Brazil’s most developed cities. The FIES and PROUNI were implemented as social justice policies to create opportunities for students from lower-income families to pursue a higher education degree. However, There are claims that the social justice subsidy model adopted by the Brazilian government isn’t sustainable. On the other side of the world, countries from Asia-Pacific are exploring different strategies to increase both enrollments and quality in tertiary education based on Confucian principles. This Confucian Model led scholars to believe that the Asia-Pacific countries were ready to compete against the tertiary education offered in the western hemisphere. Therefore, firstly, the author’s analysis focuses on the pivotal decisions that shaped Brazil’s higher education system. In sequence, the author examines some key learning points from the Asia-Pacific countries that adopted a tertiary education strategy based on the Confucian Model. The author proposes that to ensure the Brazilian social justice policies efficacy the country’s policymakers should consider developing a more comprehensive rationality involving a long -term thinking strategy for its primary, secondary and tertiary education, mixing government funds and social engagement, in a course of action that can boost academic quality and enrollments. In summary, the author presents recommendations to policymakers, scholars, and HEI administrators regarding the development of Brazilian social justice policies for tertiary education.

As the main content, the design quality of diversified Open English Educational Resources in Open Distance Learning will directly affect the learner learning interest, learning motivation and learning validity. Its practical optimization design is the important way to arouse the distance learner learning efficiency. This article brought directly out of the CDIO Initiative. Based on the characteristics of the engineering, we analyzed and researched the computer English teaching architecture (Conceive); Designed the computer English learning content (Design), Used the diversified Open English Educational Resources in Open Distance Learning and the excellent global IC3 learning platform to teach (Implement), in support of Elearning English environment, we used the Blended-learning to improve computer English listening, speaking, reading, writing ability, in the same time, we can also guide the students to complete the study, testing, and computer skills (Operate).

The rethinking of leadership at all levels is required to reach the goals of learning and education in 2030 when learners will take the lead in orchestrating the process and manner of their own learning and in choosing their personal learning journeys. The style and focus of leadership must change in order to prepare learners for a dynamic world that is socially connected by digital technology. To prepare for this change, leaders at all levels can foster sustainable open education activities and initiatives through both top-down and bottom-up transparent approaches. They can pave the way for creating openness by inspiring and empowering people to be lifelong learners. Leaders and managers can enable the cultural change brought by digital transformation within their organizations. The cultivation of the culture of quality is critical, and it must be in everyone’s interest; however, it must be empowered and encouraged by leaders. Hence, there is a need for people who have the knowledge, abilities, competences, and attitudes to lead this process and to analyze and evaluate digital work environments.