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...
Building a knowledge economy through Telecentres in Africa
CTA (2011) A knowledge economy begins at the grass roots eLearning Africa News Portal, December 15
This is an interesting article by staff from the Technical Centre...
Key points from OECD’s 2011 ‘Education at a Glance’
OECD (2011) Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators Paris: OECD
For those of you interested in educational statistics (and for masochists in general), here's your...
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...
Why the current professional development model is broken
Introduction
The faculty development workshops and conferences have ended, and most faculty and instructors have headed off for a well earned vacation. Many thousands will...
Demand for online learning likely to grow in British Columbia
Last week the BC Provincial government released two reports critical to the economic future of the province, and which have implicit implications for online...
20 million more graduates needed in the USA
Carnavale, A. and Rose, S. (2011) The Undereducated American Washington DC: Georgetown University Centre n Education and the Workforce
This short report by two prestigious...
Tuition costs vs middle class income in the USA
Censky, A, (2011) Surging college costs price out middle class CNN Money, June 13
Drawing on data from the IRS and the College Board, this...
Trends in Canadian higher education
AUCC (2011) Trends in Higher Education: Vol. 1, Enrolment Ottawa: AUCC
This publication of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is packed full...
Is e-learning the food-bank of education?
Bitti, M. T. (2011) Student loans a hard lesson National Post, June 4
This article provides some sobering statistics about student debt in Canada:
$26,680 Average...