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Review: The Edgeless University: Why Higher Education Must Embrace Technology

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Bradwell, P. (2009) The Edgeless University London UK: Demos This short publication from the British research group Demos opens with a major challenge: 'Until now, investment...

A test of leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education

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Spellings, M. (2006) A Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U.S. Higher Education Washington DC: US Department of Education I'm a little late referencing...

Reforming the higher education system in the USA

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Zemsky, R. (2009) Making Reform Work: The Case for Transforming American Higher Education Chapel Hill NC: Rutgers University Press Zemsky says that this is the...

Online learning as a strategic asset

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McCarthy, S. and Samors, R. (2009) Online Learning as a Strategic Asset, Vol. 1: A Resource for Campus Leaders Washington DC: Association of Public...

Why the University of Illinois Global Campus project failed

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Kolowich, S. (2009) What doomed Global Campus? Inside Higher Education, Sept 3 An interesting article that speculates on the reasons for the failure of the...

The Open University of Hong Kong: a flexible learning approach

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The Open University of Hong Kong (2009) Annual Report 2008-2009 Hong Kong: OUHK This report marks '20 years of innovative education', and illustrates the changes...

Schools get help in using Web 2.0 tools

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Stansbury, M. (2009) Schools get help in using Web 2.0 tools eSchool News, Sept 2 This article discusses two recent papers from the the Consortium...

Web 2.0 in Education: Policy, Practice and Progress

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Bosco, J. (2009) Web 2.0 in Education: Policy, Practice and Progress The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Washington, DC One of two papers recently published...

Succeeding in an outsourced and automated world

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In support of my blog posting: e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences Pink, D. (2008) Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success e-SchoolNews.tv Author Daniel Pink discusses...

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is an organization with a mission to 'Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center...