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© The Tree Maker, 2011
I'm currently on holiday so shouldn't even be logging on, but I want to capture an important development that needs...
A busy summer
You probably haven't noticed while you were on the beach or touring foreign parts this summer that I have posted very few posts in...
Should Apple pander to (higher) education?
Joshua Kim in his always interesting blog for Inside Higher Education wrote:
We'd be overjoyed If Apple created teaching apps, or even a full online...
Blackboard Collaborate 11: a step forward in synchronous learning (or plus ça change….)
Audio-graphics, 1983
I first got involved in audio-graphics in 1980 (yes, that's right, 31 years ago - I'm very old, and so is audio-conferencing). Paul...
Why the current professional development model is broken
Introduction
The faculty development workshops and conferences have ended, and most faculty and instructors have headed off for a well earned vacation. Many thousands will...
Marshall McLuhan and his relevance to teaching with technology
Today (July 21) is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Marshall McLuhan. Although I was not consciously aware of it at the time,...
Thoughts on the history and future of distance education
Capella University is a for-profit online university based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It offers a graduate course on the Delivery of Distance Education as part...
5. Models for selecting media and technology: 5. Media or technology?
This is the fifth post in a series on selecting and using technology for teaching and learning. The first four were Models for selecting and...
Models for selecting and using technology: 4. Synchronous or asynchronous?
This is the fourth post in a series on selecting and using technology for teaching and learning. The first three were Models for selecting and...
How Britain is moving to the privatization of higher education
Shepherd, J. (2011) Private university BPP launches bid to run 10 publicly funded counterparts Guardian Newspaper, June 21
BPP, a subsidiary of the Apollo Group, which...