WCET Spring 2009 Webcast Series
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Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications has a long history of excellent research and consultancy...
New distance teaching skills course launched in China
Open University Worldwide (2009) New distance teaching skills course launched in China In Partnership Feb (Note: not available online)
The Open University (U.K.) and the...
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC) expands training, course development
Commonwealth of Learning (2009) Virtual University expands training, course development Connections, Vol. 14, No. 1
Excerpts:
The Virtual University for Small States of the Commonwealth (VUSSC)...
Does technology change the nature of knowledge?
Purpose of this blog
This is the first of three blogs that examine some basic assumptions about technology and education, based on a review of...
Review of: Gilbert, J. (2005) Catching the Knowledge Wave: the Knowledge Society and the...
Review of: Gilbert, J. (2005) Catching the Knowledge Wave: the Knowledge Society and the Future of Education Wellington, NZ: New Zealand Council for Educational...
3 Challenges (with Benefits) to Wiki Use in Instruction
Reynard, R. (2009) '3 Challenges (with Benefits) to Wiki Use in Instruction' Campus Technology, 11 Feb
An excellent article on designing effective use of wikis...
Steam engines and IT: electronic note-taking (paper-based computing)
(This replaces an earlier post)
Hannon, C. (2008) Paper-based Computing EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 31. No. 4
This article looks at some of the issues arising from...
Community-Authored Resources for Education
Tinker, R., et al (2009) 'Community-Authored Resources for Education' Concord Consortium Newsletter, Winter
An analysis of the use of community-authored resources for science teaching. Quote:...
Social vs autonomous learning
Wanless, J. (2009) When delivery method and subject matter are the same BC Educational Technology Users Group, accessed at http://community.bccampus.ca/etug?go=2135368 on Jan 30, 2009
A...
Hewlett Packard grants aim to re-design college engineering
eSchoolNews (2009) Hewlett Packard grants aim to re-design college engineering, Jan 20
The Hewlett Packard Co. is making available $2.4 million for the re-design of...