A student guide to studying online
What you need to know before you enroll for an online course
Although most students adjust very quickly, studying online is different in some ways...
Will MITx work?
Coughlin, S. (2012) MIT launches free online 'fully automated' course, BBC News, February 13
This article provides details of MITx's first course, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,...
Will big data answer our questions about online learning?
Fain, P. (2012) Big data's arrival, Inside Higher Education, February 1
Sorry for the one week gap in posting, but I've been working on a...
CVU’s report on the state of online university education in Canada: first heal thyself
Canadian Virtual University (2012) Online University Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Athabasca University AB: Canadian Virtual University.
The report was commissioned by the Canadian Federal...
e-learning outlook for 2012: will it be a rough ride?
© Firehorse Blog, 2012
Another year, and online learning, e-learning, learning technologies, educational technologies, digital learning, or whatever you call it or them, will continue...
Journal: Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1 now available
Is online distance education about to collapse like the Tower of Babel? So asks Jon Baggaley
Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1, May 2011
The academic...
DE in Community Colleges in the USA: 2010 in review
Lokken, F. (2011) Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges: 2010 Distance Education Survey Results Washington DC: Instructional Technology Council.
This carefully conducted...
Costs of DE in Indonesia
Belawati, T. (2006) Financial Management System in Open and Distance Learning: An Example at Universitas Terbuka EduComm Asia, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 2-7
In...
Evaluating the impact of lecture capture
MediaSite (2011) Third Party Research: Evaluating the Impact of MediaSite lecture capture on retention, recruitment and student satisfaction Madison WI: Sonic Foundry
MediaSite (2011) Lecture...
New issue of IRRODL focuses on learning designs
Sorry to be a little late in catching up with this, but the latest edition of the International Review of Research in Open and...