Saturday, January 18, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

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!...

What Presidents think of technology investment for teaching and learning

Green, K., Jaschik, S., and Lederman, D. (2011) Presidential Perspectives Inside Higher Education, March 4 Not much, it appears. Inside Higher Ed sought the frank and...

Hard data on online learning in Ontario

Ontario's Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is to be congratulated for undertaking a comprehensive survey of online offerings in its post-secondary institutions. The...

Institutional measurement: completion or attainment?

Moltz, D. (2011) Is completion the right goal? Inside Higher Education, February 16 This article discusses a paper by Arthur M. Hauptman, who challenges the...

European report on best practices in lifelong learning strategies using ICTs

This project, called Hextlearn, funded by the European Commission, came to an end in October 2010. There are four main outcomes: a report on Good...

An independent view of Capella University

Kim, J. (2011) What I learned about Capella U, Inside Higher Education, February 1 Kim, J. (2011) My hopes for Capella U, Inside Higher Education,...

How does the University of Phoenix measure up?

University of Phoenix (2010) 2010 Annual Academic Report University of Phoenix AZ: University of Phoenix This is third academic annual report from the University of...

Interpreting international comparisons in academic achievement

OECD (2010) OECD Program for International Assessment Paris: OECD The media, worldwide, have been having a field day interpreting the latest OECD PISA results, which...

Analytics: the next buzz word in e-learning?

MIT Sloan Management Review (2010) Analytics: the New Path to Value Cambridge MA: MIT/IBM At the moment, this is a publication likely to be of...

Why technology does not lead to lower cost in higher education

Archibald, R. and Feldman, D.  (2001) Why Does College Cost So Much? New York: Oxford University Press Fish, S. (2010) There is no college cost...