Ontario students respond to Minister’s discussion paper
OUSA (2012) Educated Reform: Striving for Higher Quality of Education at Ontario's Universities Toronto ON: Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity,...
Guest post: a review of the Ontario government’s discussion paper on transforming post-secondary education
Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario's Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge Toronto ON: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
in the ides of summer (June 27), the...
Is online learning really cracking open the public post-secondary system?
I suspect that I'm not the only one who has been 'disengaged' from the online world of online learning for the past few weeks,...
Report shows hybrid learning has same outcomes as classroom
Bowen, W. et al. (2012) Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from Randomized Trials New York NY: Ithaka S+R
Another report that essentially finds no...
A new blended model for a for-profit/not-for-profit college aimed at Latinos in the USA
Fain, P. (2012) New college, new model, Inside Higher Education, May 7
This is a nugget for those interested in new business models for universities.
Ameritas,...
Study on barriers to online learning in traditional universities and colleges – not
Bacow, L. et al. (2012) Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher Education New York: Ithaka
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this...
One-on-one online tutoring at $28 an hour
eSchool News (2012) Online tutoring, speech therapy among new eLearning solutions, eSchool News, march 23
The Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is now offering online tutoring for math and science for any...
Who has the richest professors? Canada!?
Jaschik, S. (2012) Faculty Pay, Around the World, Inside Higher Education, March 22
Philip Altbach, Liz Reisberg, Maria Yudkevich, Gregory Androushchak, Iván Pacheco (in press) Paying...
A report on online learning and educational productivity: disappointed!!!!
Kevin Kline and Michael Palin in A Fish Called Wanda
Bakia, M., Shear, L. Toyama, Y. and Lasseter, A. (2012) Understanding the implications of online...
Strategies for innovation in post-secondary education
Kim, J. (2102) 5 ideas to support innovation in higher education, Inside Higher Education, February 6
Joshua Kim offers up five interesting strategies for encouraging...