Stanford profs explore new business model(s) for open learning
Kolowich, S. (2012) Massive courses, sans Stanford, Inside Higher Education, January 24
This is an excellent article about two of the Stanford professors, and another...
CVU’s report on the state of online university education in Canada: first heal thyself
Canadian Virtual University (2012) Online University Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Athabasca University AB: Canadian Virtual University.
The report was commissioned by the Canadian Federal...
MITx – Continuing Education online?
Associated Press (2011) With an extra letter, MIT will offer certificates for coursework in popular online offerings Washington Post, December 18
Parry, M. (2011) MIT Will Offer...
A degree of open-ness: University of Texas offers online degree completion route
Hamilton, R. (2011) UT System Launches Online Route to Degree Completion The Texas Tribune, December 13
I complained in my retrospective of e-learning for 2011 that...
Australia’s national strategy for e-learning in vocational and educational training (VET)
Australia: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (2011) National VET e-Learning Strategy, 2012-2015 Canberra: Government of Australia
This document sets out a national strategy for...
Canada cuts funding for the University of the Arctic
I'm just catching up with some of the e-learning news I missed while away in Norway two weeks ago, and ironically I just came...
Thinking about innovation in higher education
Stokes, P. (2011) Want innovation? Remove the barriers Inside Higher Education, October 27
This article by Peter Stokes, an executive vice-president at Eduventures, has some...
Book review: Ross Paul’s ‘Leadership Under Fire’
15 Canadian university presidents en route for India, 2011
Paul, R. (2011) Leadership Under Fire: The Challenging Role of the Canadian University President Montreal &...
#Change 11: Week 6: Managing Technology: the discussion so far
Comments to date on Managing Technology to Transform Teaching
It's now Friday, five days into the week, and I've tracked the following comments or responses...
Book review: The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age
Davidson, C and Goldberg, D. (2010) The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age Chicago: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur...