Serving remote and rural communities: lessons from 25 years of Contact North
Paul, R. (2012) Contact North: A Case Study in Public Policy Sudbury ON: Contact North
From the report:
In the April 22, 1986 Speech from the...
Maclean’s 2013 rankings of Canadian Universities: a critique
Dehaas, J. (2102) The 2013 Maclean’s University Rankings, Macleans.ca, November 1
I thought the clocks went back tomorrow - are we already in 2013? Well, here...
COHERE conference on blended learning
I was privileged to be the key speaker at a conference organized by Canada's Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research (COHERE) and the...
Spanish version of ‘Managing Technology in Higher Education’ now available
Bates, A. and Sangra, A. (2012) La gestión de la tecnología en la educación superior Barcelona ESP: Octaedro:ICE-UB
The Spanish version of 'Managing Technology in...
Some facts about Coursera
Coursera (2012) Coursera hits 1 million students across 196 countries Coursera Blog, August 9
As of August 9th, 2012:
16 participating universities (Stanford,Washington, UC San Francisco,...
Guest post: a review of the Ontario government’s discussion paper on transforming post-secondary education
Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario's Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge Toronto ON: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
in the ides of summer (June 27), the...
Is online learning really cracking open the public post-secondary system?
I suspect that I'm not the only one who has been 'disengaged' from the online world of online learning for the past few weeks,...
Strategies for innovation in post-secondary education
Kim, J. (2102) 5 ideas to support innovation in higher education, Inside Higher Education, February 6
Joshua Kim offers up five interesting strategies for encouraging...
Which university is No. 1 on iTunes U?
According to the BBC (and they can't be wrong, can they?) it's the U.K. Open University, with 40 million downloads so far:
Coughlan, S. (2012)...
Book review: Quality assurance in distance education and e-learning
Jung, I. and Latchem, C. (2012) Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning New York/London: Routledge
What the book is about
'There is relatively...