Sunday, April 27, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Book review: Clark Quinn’s ‘The Mobile Academy’

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Quinn, C. (2012) The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, 120 pp The author points out that 90% of the world's...

European report on the future of learning

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Redecker, C. et al. (2011) The Future of Learning: Preparing for Change Seville Spain: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, JRC, European Commission What the report...

Journal of Learning Design: Vol. 4, No. 4, 2011

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The latest edition of the Journal of Learning Design is now available. From the editorial: This issue presents six papers from a wide range of disciplines...

Book review: Ross Paul’s ‘Leadership Under Fire’

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15 Canadian university presidents en route for India, 2011 Paul, R. (2011) Leadership Under Fire: The Challenging Role of the Canadian University President Montreal &...

About Mozilla Badges

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© The Tree Maker, 2011 I'm currently on holiday so shouldn't even be logging on, but I want to capture an important development that needs...

The digital future of higher education, on video

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Videos have now been posted of presentations at two conferences in British Columbia, both looking at the future of digital learning. The digital future of...

Instructional design: the times they are a’changing

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  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

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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!...

New issue of IRRODL focuses on learning designs

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Sorry to be a little late in catching up with this, but the latest edition of the International Review of Research in Open and...

Developing engaging online assessment strategies

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Boettcher, J. (2011) Evidence of Learning Online: Assessment Beyond The Paper, Campus Technology, February 23 Online learning offers the opportunity for innovative, more authentic forms...