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Hope and despair: managing technological change

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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?

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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)

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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...

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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