Sunday, December 22, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Consolidation in the e-learning market? Why it ain’t going to be easy

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A couple of items crossed my desk recently that suggests that the e-learning market is ripe for mergers and acquisitions. See for instance: Kim, J....

How does the University of Phoenix measure up?

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University of Phoenix (2010) 2010 Annual Academic Report University of Phoenix AZ: University of Phoenix This is third academic annual report from the University of...

Skills development, credit transfer, quality assurance and the cost of technology in developing countries

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These are all topics covered in the October issue of the Commonwealth of Learning's October edition of its Connections  journal. The Commonwealth of Learning is...

How the Federal government can improve university teaching at (almost) no cost

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The challenge In our study of 11 institutions trying to implement technology for teaching, Albert Sangra and I found over and over again that most...

Towards a national framework for degrees?

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Lederman, D. (2010) Borrowing from Bologna? Inside Higher Education, September 13 This is a report of an interesting initiative by the Lumina Foundation in the...

Ontario students’ vision for the Ontario Online Institute

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Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2010) The Ontario Online Institute: Students' Vision for Opening Ontario's Classrooms Toronto ON: OUSA OUSA have produced a superb document outlining...

Another perspective on quality

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I have referred in another post to a paper by Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, who was one of the participants...

What’s a credit worth?

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Kelderman, E. (2010) Credit hours should be worth the cost, House Panel members say Chronicle of Higher Education, June 16 I see US legislators are...

A marketer’s view of higher education in the USA

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For those of you not familiar with Seth Godin's excellent blog on marketing, take a look at his latest blog: The coming melt-down in higher...

Distance education for teacher training in Africa

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Clayton R. Wright, formerly Director of Instructional Media and Development at Grant MacEwan University, Alberta, is currently working in Sierra Leone. He kindly agreed...