A personal view of e-learning in Saudi Arabia
A mosque in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. Arar is on the route for pilgrims from Iraq and Iran for the Haj in Mecca.
The purpose...
Barriers to change: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 3
The story so far
In an earlier post (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1), I argued that higher education institutions...
A vision for the future: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy:...
Identifying the problem with higher education in the 21st was the easy part (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1)....
Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1
Is e-learning failing in higher education?
In previous blogs, I have discussed whether e-learning is failing in higher education. To answer the question, I have...
Redesign of the web site
You will notice some design changes in the web site (many thanks to my Word Press expert, Robert Ouimet, of Bigsnit Media, for the...
Back to work
Flying through the Rockie Mountains at 10,500 feet near the Yellowhead Pass
After a three week break, during which I flew my small plane across...
Away for three weeks
I will be taking three weeks holiday from my blogging and news gathering about e-learning. I apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. I...
Are Learning Management Systems obsolete? Some questions
In an earlier blog about Blackboard buying out Angel Learning Systems, I dropped the throwaway comment:
'I suspect that by the time all the legal...
Networks, groups and academic knowledge
This is also posted as a comment to: Bates and Downes on new knowledge: Round 3
I don’t think Stephen and I are going to...
Bates and Downes on new knowledge: Round 3
I very much appreciate Stephen Downes' response to my posting, and I encourage you to read not only his posting, but several other comments...