Distance Education and Mobile Learning
The Australian-based Distance Education journal has just brought out a special edition on distance education and mobile learning.
The articles between them provide a good...
Rapid growth forecast in ICTs in BRIC countries + Indonesia
Boston Consulting Group (2010) The Internet’s New Billion: Digital Consumers in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Indonesia Boston MA: Boston Consulting Group. You can...
A challenge to new Canadian copyright law
Valiente, G. (2010) New copyright law hits opposition Canada.com, August 23
'Last week, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Canadian Federation...
Ontario students’ vision for the Ontario Online Institute
Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2010) The Ontario Online Institute: Students' Vision for Opening Ontario's Classrooms Toronto ON: OUSA
OUSA have produced a superb document outlining...
The state of mobile phone learning in Africa
Talent Ng’andwe (2010) Mobile Phone Learning on the Move in Africa, e-Learning Africa News Portal, June 28
From the article:
By 2009, about one third of...
Should Africa continue to invest in ICT?
This was the topic of a debate at the e-Learning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka in May.
A report on the debate can found at:...
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’s a credit worth?
Kelderman, E. (2010) Credit hours should be worth the cost, House Panel members say Chronicle of Higher Education, June 16
I see US legislators are...
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...