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...
Audio-conferences on distance education en français
For French speakers: Réseau d'enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD) is offering six audioconferences on distance education over the winter covering the following...
Free online conference on international distance education opportunities
The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education next presentation in their series of free CIDER sessions features a presentation and discussion with Dr. Jon...
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...
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...
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,...
The impact of information and communications technologies on the university
For francophones, a book by Julie Boissonneault, a professor at Laurentian University, Sudbury, Canada
Boissonneault, J. (2009) Enjeux de la Médiatisation à l'Université Sudbury ON:...
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...