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