A vision for the future: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy:...
Identifying the problem with higher education in the 21st was the easy part (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1)....
Book review: Distance and blended learning in Asia
Latchem, C. and Jung, I. (2010) Distance and blended learning in Asia New York/London: Routledge
Overview
This is one of the best books I have read...
European wiki on virtual campuses – globally
Re.ViCa is a project funded by the European Commission. It is doing a review of Virtual Campuses all over Europe. As part of this...
Educause’s Top Ten Issues in IT
Agee, A. et al. (2009) Top-Ten IT Issues, 2009 Educause Review, Vol. 44, No. 3
Based on a survey of 554 (responding) EDUCAUSE members, mainly...
Open source software for administrative systems
'While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative...
A report on UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
Redden, E. (2009) 'An Academic Revolution' Inside Higher Education, July 8
This is a report on the first day of a large UNESCO conference on...
Online education grows, but painfully
Parry, M. (2009) Online education grows, but painfully Chronicle of Higher Education, May 22
This article looks at potential budget cuts for online learning at...
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is an organization with a mission to
'Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center...
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) expands training, course development
Commonwealth of Learning (2009) Virtual University expands training, course development Connections, Vol. 14, No. 1
Excerpts:
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)...
The Future of Higher Education: How Technology will Shape Learning
Economist Intelligence Unit (2008) "The Future of Higher Education: How Technology will Shape Learning"
The NMC, in conjunction with the Economist Magazine and in collaboration...