Online learning in the Garden of Eden
Daniel, J. (2011) 20 Years of Distance Education in the Garden of EDEN: Good News and Bad News EDEN 20th Anniversary Conference: Learning and Sustainability:...
Quality assurance in e-learning: two developments
Have you just seen Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris and can't wait to get there? If you can get it organized in a week,...
New directions for ICDE
ICDE (2011) Annual Report, 2010 Oslo: ICDE
ICDE has recently published its 2010 Annual Report and a Progress Report on the organization's work towards activities...
Instructional design: the times they are a’changing
Last week I attended a very interesting workshop, called Just ID, at the University of British Columbia. The workshop was organized with the support of...
Book: Managing Technology in Higher Education now available
Bates, A. and Sangrà, A. (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co.
Now out!...
Advice on online learning from 13 world experts
Maxim Jean-Louis, as special advisor to the Minister on the Ontario Online Institute, has being doing a lot of homework recently.
He asked 20 world...
Some basic assumptions about e-learning challenged
Guri-Rosenblit, S. and Gros, B. (2011) E-Learning: Confusing Terminology, Research Gaps and Inherent Challenges Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 25, No.1
Following its admirable policy...
European report on barriers to the use of open educational resources
OPAL (2011) Beyond OER Essen Germany: University of Duisburg-Essen
OPAL (the Open Educational Quality Initiative) is an international network to promote innovation and better quality...
Hard data on online learning in Ontario
Ontario's Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities is to be congratulated for undertaking a comprehensive survey of online offerings in its post-secondary institutions. The...
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:...