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‘The notion of class time as separate from non-class time will vanish’

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This is one of 20 predictions from the editors of the Futurist magazine. 'Each year since 1985, the editors of THE FUTURIST have selected the...

Book: Online learning and assessment in higher education

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Benson, R. and Brack, C. (2010) Online Learning and Assessment in Higher Education Cawston UK: Woodhead Publishing This book can be ordered by fax or...

Innovative thinking about learning from the corporate sector

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Paine, N. and Masie, E. (2010) Learning Perspectives 2010 Saratoga Springs NY: The Masie Center and the Learning Consortium This is a collection of contributions...

Hope and despair: managing technological change

In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...

The pros and cons of self-paced online learning

Parry, M. (2010) Will technology kill the academic calendar? Chronicle of Higher Education, October 10 This article is about a mid-west college in the US...

Reducing drop-out in online courses

Fusch, D. (2010) Improving graduation rates for online students Academic Impressions, April 8 An interview with K. Udas, the CEO of UMassOnline, who provides some...

Book review: Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Christensen Hughes, J. and Mighty, J. (eds.) (2010) Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Montreal QC and Kingston ON: McGill-Queen's...

NMC Horizon Report on new learning technologies for Latin America

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The 2010 Horizon Report: Edición Iberoamericana, a Spanish language edition, is the result of a collaboration between the NMC and the Open University of...

Book review: Changing Cultures in Higher Education

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Ehlers, U-D. and Schneckenberg, D. (eds. ) Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 610 pp, US$129.00 What the...

Cheating in online learning

Academic Impressions is one of my main sources of news on e-learning and educational developments. The editor, Daniel Fusch occasionally does interviews with experts...