Journal: Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1 now available
Is online distance education about to collapse like the Tower of Babel? So asks Jon Baggaley
Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1, May 2011
The academic...
What’s planned for “E-learning and DE Resources” for 2011
I hope you will have noticed that I have made very few posts over the last two weeks. There are several reasons for this:
I...
Will elite universities offer online undergraduate degrees?
Young, J. (2010) U. of California Considers Online Classes, or Even Degrees Chronicle of Higher Education, May 9
This is a strange article that discusses...
Special report on virtual schools
Van Dusen, C. (2009) eSN Special Report: Beyond the Virtual School eSchool News, Nov 1
Because of the volume of stuff that comes through my...
New book on ICTs in higher education
Guri-Rosenblit, S. (2009) Digital Technologies in Higher Education: Sweeping Expectations and Actual Effects Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers
From the publisher's synopsis:
The visible gap between...
Book review: Distance and blended learning in Asia
Latchem, C. and Jung, I. (2010) Distance and blended learning in Asia New York/London: Routledge
Overview
This is one of the best books I have read...
More information on The University of the People
McCrea, B. (2009) Breaking down the traditional barriers to education Campus Technology, Sept 23
An interview with Shai Reshef, the founder of the University of...
Motivation, group work and community in distance education – and more
The Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 23, No. 2 is now available online.
The four research articles in this issue address the themes of motivation,...
Distance and e-Learning in Transition
Bernath, U. et al. (2009) Distance and E-learning in Transition – Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges New York: ISTE and John Wiley
The book...
Has e-learning increased access to learning opportunities?
The aim of this blog
This is one of several blogs that explore the question: is e-learning failing in higher education? (See Is e-learning failing...