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...
Main findings from the 2010 Campus Computing Project
Green, K. C. (2010) Managing Online Education, Encino CA: The Campus Computing Project,/WCET
Kolowich, S. (2010) Internal barriers to online expansion, Inside Higher Education, November...
How the Federal government can improve university teaching at (almost) no cost
The challenge
In our study of 11 institutions trying to implement technology for teaching, Albert Sangra and I found over and over again that most...
Using technology to save time and money
Ehrmann, S. (2010) Taking the Long View: Ten Recommendations about Time, Money, Technology, and Learning Change, September-October
An excellent article about how to bring about...
Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...
Book review: Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Christensen Hughes, J. and Mighty, J. (eds.) (2010) Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Montreal QC and Kingston ON: McGill-Queen's...