Monday, April 21, 2025
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Book review by Sir John Daniel: Higher Education in the Digital Age

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Bowen, W. (2013) Higher Education in the Digital Age Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press $26.95 As part of a series of posts on technology and...

The beginning of the end of the lecture hall?

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The conference in Orlando University Business is a magazine that focuses on equipment and facilities, including IT and AV systems. UB thus has its pulse...

A report on e-learning from the University of Ottawa

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At the beginning of May I was in Ottawa, first to present to the University of Ottawa's Board of Governors about the current state...

A busy spring

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Go to Rome or sit at home and write blog posts? I've had harder questions to answer in my life. Of course, I could...

Queen’s University’s report on online learning

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  Senate Academic Planning Task Force (2013) Draft Report March 2013 Kingston ON: Queens University Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, was one of the first universities...

A MOOC platform open to all?

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Empson, R. (2013) edX Merges With Stanford’s Class2Go To Build An Open-Source Online Learning Platform Tech Crunch, April 3 Empson, R. (2012) Class2Go: Stanford’s New...

Innovative online bachelor’s degree from University of Washington

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Long, K. (2013) UW to offer first all-online degree-completion program The Seattle Times, March 28 Although many universities offer online courses at the bachelor's level,...

A bill of rights for online learners?

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Morris, S.M. and Stommel, J. (2013) A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age Hybrid Pedagogy, January 22 I've just caught...

Book review: OERs and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice

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Glennie, J. et al. (2012) Perspectives on Open and Distance Learning: OERs and Change in Higher Education: Reflections from Practice Vancouver BC/Paris: Commonwealth of...

Course design and materials development guide for open learning

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Drew, S. (2013) Course design and materials development guide Johannesburg South Africa: SAIDE Saide (the South African Institute for Distance Education) has published an excellent...