Wednesday, December 25, 2024
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Thin client cloud computing for South African schools

Wyse Technology (2010) Cloud Computing: Computer Labs Used for 2.5 Million Students in 2500 Schools e-Learning Africa 2011 Newsletter, No. 2, December 15 This article...

OERs for agriculture in Africa

Mallinson, B. (2010) AgShare Open Educational Resources (OER) Collaboration SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 6 AgShare is an 18-month planning and piloting project in which...

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...

e-learning retrospective: 2) how good were my predictions?

On December 30, 2009, I posted my predictions for 2010: 1. Follow the money: 'In many countries, 2010 will be a difficult year financially....So we’ll have...

Online learning in Britain: what the hell is going on?

White, D. et al. (2010) Study of UK Online Learning Oxford: Department of Continuing Education/HEFCE. This is a report funded by the Higher Education Funding...

UK public universities become privatized while the banks are state-funded

You have probably seen the images of Prince Charles and Camilla's car being attacked by a mob during protests at the British government's decision...

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...

Webinar: the state of k-12 online education in Canada

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The CNIE (Canadian Network for Innovation in Education) would like to invite you to the next presentation in their series of free online CIDER...

Signs of revolution in Britain and what it might mean for us in North...

It's worth watching carefully what is happening in Britain with university education. As part of its austerity program, the British Conservative-Liberal-Democrat coalition govt is...

Financial challenges of college students in the USA

Lumina Foundation (2010) Focus, Fall Indianapolis: The Lumina Foundation for Education Although not directly about online learning, this document provides data and scenarios of the...