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Growth of distance education in Québec

Saucier, R. (2011) Portrait des inscriptions en formation à distance (secondaire, collègial et universitaire) au Québec depuis  1995-1996 Québec: CLIFAD I have commented several times...

Higher salaries and lower funds for universities in England

Morgan, J. (2011) HEFCE brings the pain: cuts this year and next Times Higher Education, February 3 Rowley, T. and Paton, G. Row over hile...

Texans shooting themselves in the head

Castro, A. (2011) Public education in Texas facing massive cuts Chron.com, January 19 This news report sets out the cuts coming to public education in...

e-Learning in Tanzania: the University of Dar es Salaam

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Agunda, J. and Kyama, R. (2010) e-learning at the University of Dar es Salaam e-Learning Africa 2011, No. 2, December 15 A report of how...

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...