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Learning to Teach Online: a Professional Development resource

The University of New South Wales, Australia, hosts a site with short five minute videos of interviews with experienced online instructors, giving advice on...

Recommendations for a new Ontario Online Institute

  The final recommendations for an Ontario Online Institute are now published. Tucked away on the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities 'In the...

Developing vision for teaching with technology

In this blog, I will suggest a methodology for encouraging more innovative uses of technology for teaching and learning. The problem (as I see it) In...

DE in Community Colleges in the USA: 2010 in review

Lokken, F. (2011) Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges: 2010 Distance Education Survey Results Washington DC: Instructional Technology Council. This carefully conducted...

Book: Managing Technology in Higher Education now available

Bates, A. and Sangrà, A. (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co. Now out!...

Questions about online learning in Ontario

In an earlier post, I reported that Maxim Jean-Louis has been appointed special adviser to the Minister to set out ‘Objective and Guiding Principles...

New issue of IRRODL focuses on learning designs

Sorry to be a little late in catching up with this, but the latest edition of the International Review of Research in Open and...

Some basic assumptions about e-learning challenged

Guri-Rosenblit, S. and Gros, B. (2011) E-Learning: Confusing Terminology, Research Gaps and Inherent Challenges Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 25, No.1 Following its admirable policy...

Social media in higher education and barriers to change

Prof Hacker (2011) Revolution or Evolution? Social Technologies and Change in Higher Education Chronicle of Higher Education, January 25 A guest post from Derek Bruff,...

Book: Online learning and assessment in higher education

Benson, R. and Brack, C. (2010) Online Learning and Assessment in Higher Education Cawston UK: Woodhead Publishing This book can be ordered by fax or...