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Designing campuses for e-learning

McCrea, B. (2010) Remaking the College Campus Campus Technology, August 5 This article focuses on Glasgow Caledonian University's Saltire Centre, the centerpiece of learning and...

Local or global markets for online learning?

Kolowich, S. (2010) Buying local, online Inside Higher Education, July 23 This article looks at whether institutions should focus primarily on local markets for online...

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...

Some pros and cons of outsourcing online education

Parry, M. (2010) Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18 This article suggests a change in...

University of California to offer full undergraduate degree online

Asimov, N. (2010) UC regents endorse test of online instruction San Francisco Chronicle, July 15 The University of California Board of Regents have agreed to...

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...

What does ‘open’ really mean?

Hilton III, J. et al. (2010) Using online technologies to extend a classroom to learners at a distance, Distance Education, Vol. 31, No....

Barriers to change: two perspectives

Miller, B. (2010) The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education Washington DC: EducationSector Batson, T. (2010) Innovation in Higher Education: It’s Not...

Innovate or die: a message for higher education institutions

It's funny how reports on the same issue arrive from completely different directions. These four all deal with the issue of innovation and higher...

The governance of educational technology

Stacey, P. (2010) Archtecting EdTech Musings on the edtech frontier, June 7 Paul Stacey gave a fascinating presentation at the ETUG conference in Victoria last...