The best little e-learning journal in the world?
For those of you who, like me, were busy over the summer, the latest edition of IRRODL (Vol. 10, No. 3) was published in...
Can you teach ‘real’ engineering at a distance?
This blog is prompted by an e-mail from Rich Zuc, who wanted to know why there were no undergraduate degrees in engineering offered at...
The U.K. Open University in Africa
From: In Partnership, 2009 (Open University International Partnerships)
The Open University currently works in two ways in Africa. First, it works across national boundaries. The...
A doctorate in education by distance learning
From: In Partnership, May 2009.
The UK Open University’s professional doctorate in education programme is celebrating the registration of its 200th student this year. For...
Distance Education and Open Learning conference in South Africa
NADEOSA (the National Association of Distance Education and Open Learning in South Africa) announces that its annual conference that will take place on 17th...
The Distance Education tipping point
Jaschik, S. (2009) The Distance Ed. Tipping Point Inside Higher Education, May 26
What happen's when your distance education enrolments exceed 50% of all enrolments?...
The Eight Classic Distance Education Texts
The Shanghai Television University - one of the largest distance teaching institutions in China - has selected eight classic distance edcuation texts for translation...
Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research
Tallent-Runnels, M. et al. (2006) Review of Educational Research, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 93-135
Abstract: This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and...
Rise in (2-year USA college) distance enrolments (yet again)
Jaschik, S. (2009) Rise in Distance Enrollments Inside Higher Education, April 6
Extracts:
'A national survey of colleges by the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliate of...
Evidence that online courses improve completion rates for distance learners
Giguère, L. (2009) The Impact of 'Virtualization' on Independent Study Course Completion Rates: The British Columbia Open University Experiment Journal of Distance Education, Vol....