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A critique of Tapscott and William’s views on university reform

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Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. (2010) Innovating the 21st century university: It's Time Educause Review, Vol. 45, No. 1 First of all, thanks to both...

Learning technologies in engineering education

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Regular readers will know that I believe that 'real' engineering is one of the tougher areas for e-learning, because of the need for hands-on...

Latest issue of IRRODL

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Mea culpa, but in the preparations for the holiday season, I let slide by my report on the publication of the latest edition (Vol....

Journal of Educational Technology and Society: Vol. 12, No.4

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The latest issue of "Journal of Educational Technology & Society" is now available on the ETS Journal Web Site. This issue contains 12 selected papers...

Why '21st century skills' are important educational goals

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Downes, S. (2009) An operating system for the mind, Stephen's Blog, September 19 In case you missed it when it first came out (I did...

Just damned good teaching

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Kolowich, S. (2009) Professors of the Year Inside Higher Education, November 19 This article has nothing to do with e-learning, but it does discuss effective...

So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer

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Background This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: 'Is e-learning failing in higher education?' My blogs on this topic...

Distance education in Africa: new edition of IRRODL

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IRRODL (2009) Trends and issues in open and distance learning in Africa, Vol. 10, No. 4 Just as I am about to leave for a...

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

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The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is an organization with a mission to 'Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center...

e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences

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The aim of this blog This is one of several blogs that explore the question: is e-learning failing in higher education? (See Is e-learning failing...