Another view on research for the Ontario Online Institute
Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, was one of the participants in the recent HEQCO meeting to discuss possible areas of research that...
Mr Bates goes to Ottawa: or increasing access to post-secondary education
The context
OK, I'm not James Stewart, and it wasn't Washington, and this posting's a little late, due to other things, but this is a...
What should the Canadian government do to increase access to post-secondary education?
This is really a posting for Canadian readers, but we're not too proud to take suggestions from anywhere!
I have the honour of being invited...
Canadian corporate innovation in e-learning
Galt, V. (2010) How to bake agility into corporate DNA Globe and Mail, May 20
In my blog on Six Priorities for Canadian e-learning in...
Canadian Internet Use, 2009
Statistics Canada (2010) Canadian Internet Use Survey Ottawa: Statistics Canada
From the report
In 2009, 80% of Canadians aged 16 and older, or 21.7 million people, used the Internet...
An essay on the impact of the digital age on scholarship and institutions
Katz, R. (2010) Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age Educause Review, Vol. 45. No. 2, pp. 44-56
It is always interesting...
Struggling with the costs of teaching in higher education
Writer's block
As I have mentioned before, I am currently writing an old-fashioned book (you know, the thing with paper sheets bound together) on the...
Canada’s digital divide and its implications for other countries
Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada's Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3
For those of you who don't read Toronto's national newspaper,...
New book on virtual campuses worldwide
Schreurs, B. (ed.) (2010) Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon Heverlee Belgium: Europace
This book is essential reading for any student wishing to do research on...
Contact North looks to the future
Introduction
Last week I spent two days at a strategic retreat for Contact North managers in Sudbury, Ontario. I had the privilege last summer of...