A review of the HEQCO report on productivity and quality in online learning in...
The view from HEQCO, TorontoCarey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan...
What happened in online learning in the summer? – 3
An Ontario online university?
I have a strict rule when reporting news to make sure it's based on published secondary sources - in other words,...
Commonwealth of Learning celebrates 25 years of operation
CoL's lifelong learning for farmers projectKanwar, A. (2013) Celebrating COL's 25th Anniversary Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning
I had the privilege of attending COL’s Board of Governors Reception...
What happened in online learning over the summer? – 2
This is the second summary post of some newsworthy items that happened over mainly July and August.
MOOCs
Peters, M. (2013) Massive Open Online Courses and Beyond:...
What happened in online learning over the summer? – 1
I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break in the Northern Hemisphere. This has been the best summer since I moved to...
Co-ordinating online learning at the state and provincial level
Negrea, S. (2013) Colleges breaking new ground in distance learning University Business, August
This excellent article sets out how four states in the U.S.A. - Georgia,...
Is there a link between flexible access and ‘productivity’ in higher education?
This is the third in a series of posts about ways in which learning technologies and online learning could improve educational productivity in higher...
Los Angeles schools to issue iPads to all students
Weiss, T. (2013) Los Angeles plans to give 640,000 students free iPads, CITE World, July 25
I don't normally cover k-12 developments, but this one...
An explanation of how ACE accredits MOOCs
Book, P. (2103) ACE as Academic Credit Reviewer–Adjustment, Accommodation, and Acceptance WCET Learn, July 25
Over the next few weeks, WCET will publish a series of...
Mobile learning for women and girls in Africa
Zelezny-Green, R. (2013) Boosting mobile learning potential for women and girls in Africa: lingering considerations E-learning Africa News Portal, February 14
This is an interesting...