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Où sont les spécialistes francophones des OERs/REO?

Veuillez pardonner que j'écrisse le pauvre français - l'anglais suivit. UNESCO et le Commonwealth of Learning organisent un Forum Politique Africain au sujet des ressources...

Are cyber charter schools giving online learning a bad name?

This is at the moment a peculiarly United States of America debate, but it is almost certain to spill over into other countries. This...

Qatar’s e-learning success

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Gulf Times (2012) ictQATAR e-learning initiative receives tremendous response, February 9 Another interesting development from an Arabic country. Qatar (population 1.76 million) has 8,000 participants taking web-based...

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...

E-learning comes to a university in the Cameroons

Fiser, A. (2012) Major step achieved to improve educational opportunities through e-learning at Yaoundé I University in Cameroon, United Nations University, January 24 United Nations University...

UK backs away from privatizing higher education – for now

Winnett, R. and Paton, G. (2012) American-backed private universities plan dropped, Daily Telegraph, January 23 Not because the Conservative government thinks it's a bad idea,...

CVU’s report on the state of online university education in Canada: first heal thyself

Canadian Virtual University (2012) Online University Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Athabasca University AB: Canadian Virtual University. The report was commissioned by the Canadian Federal...

More tablets for education in India

Russell, J. (2012) India’s tablet space heats up as $140 educational device set for launch TNW India, January 3 EE Times India (2012) Classpad - a...

e-learning outlook for 2012: will it be a rough ride?

© Firehorse Blog, 2012 Another year, and online learning, e-learning, learning technologies, educational technologies, digital learning, or whatever you call it or them, will continue...

Sky’s the limit: the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet

© Android Community, 2011 Marlow, I. (2012) The Next Billion Report on Business Toronto: Globe and Mail, January This has to be the best e-learning technology story...