Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...
When online learning fails
Figlio, D., Rush, N. and Yin, L. (2010) Is it Live or is it Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on...
E-learning simply explained: a video
The United Nations University has released what it calls a 'sticky concepts' video on e-learning.
From the UNU:
If you are a newbie in the field...
New book on e-learning from the Anadolu Open University, Turkey
Demiray, U. et al. (2010) e-Learning Practices: Cases on challenges facing e-learning and national development Eskisehir, Turkey: Anadolu University
E-Learning offers many opportunities for individuals...
Integrating e-learning in African universities
Last week I participated in a three day workshop in Bonn, Germany, for senior African higher education leaders on Integrating e-Learning: Key Challenge for...
Is e-learning failing in higher education?
In an earlier posting, the State of e-Learning, 2008, I suggested that e-learning was failing to meet expectations in higher education. In that posting,...
Review of ‘The State of e-Learning in Canada’: or life in a parallel universe
You may be under the illusion that to reach a parallel universe you have to go on a star trek or do quantum physics....
The Eight Classic e-Learning publications?
In another post I reported on a list of eight 'classic' publications on distance education, chosen by Shanghai TV University.
This has prompted me to...
4th International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL-2009)
4th International Conference on e-Learning at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 16-17 July 2009
The International Conference on e-Learning (ICEL-2009) invites researchers, practitioners and...
Creating a National E-Learning Strategy in the Open Learning Environment: A New Zealand Case...
Higgins, A. (2002) Creating a National E-Learning Strategy in the Open Learning Environment: A New
Zealand Case Study. Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning, available at: http://www.col.org/pcf2/papers%5Chiggins_1.pdf