What can Ontario learn from BC in e-learning?
The central importance of Ontario in Canada
Ontario is, if not the centre of the universe, certainly the centre of Canada, geographically, economically and in...
Competing internationally in online programs
Keith Hampson's Higher Education Management Group has an interesting discussion of the recent report from the UK:
Online Learning Task Force (2011) Collaborate to compete:...
Skills development, credit transfer, quality assurance and the cost of technology in developing countries
These are all topics covered in the October issue of the Commonwealth of Learning's October edition of its Connections journal.
The Commonwealth of Learning is...
How higher education policy really works: a Canadian example
First of all, apologies for the interruption to normal service over the last month. I was on a tight deadline to finish revisions to...
A state wide online consortium for California?
Taylor, M. (2010) Using Distance Education to Increase College Access and Efficiency Sacramento CA: Legislative Analyst Office, State of California
The Contra Costa Times is...
Book review: Changing Cultures in Higher Education
Ehlers, U-D. and Schneckenberg, D. (eds. ) Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 610 pp, US$129.00
What the...
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...
Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute
HECQO and the Ontario Online Institute
I spent a very interesting day on July 7 at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), discussing...
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...
Canadian corporate innovation in e-learning
Galt, V. (2010) How to bake agility into corporate DNA Globe and Mail, May 20
In my blog on Six Priorities for Canadian e-learning in...