Multi-tasking vs focusing: which is best?
And the answer is: it all depends! As usual with human behaviour, it depends on the context.
Ophir, E., Nass, C., and Wagner, A. (2009)...
The Millennial Muddle
Hoover, E. (2009) The Millennial Muddle Chronicle of Higher Education, October 11
This very LONG article looks ostensibly at the business that discussing millennials has...
The learners' experience of e-learning
From 'Key messages' in the JISC Responding to Learners Pack
JISC (2009) Responding to Learners Pack Bristol, UK: Joint Information Systems Committee.
From the JISC site:
JISC...
Social networking in two year colleges in the USA
Marklein, M. B. (2009) Social networks could help community college students USA Today, November 16
This is a news report on a study just released...
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...
New millennial learners in higher education: evidence and policy implications
Pedró, F. (2009) 'New millennial learners in higher education: evidence and policy implications', in 'Technology in Higher Education', to be released later by OECD/CERI
This...
It’s all about millennials – or is it?
This is the sixth blog on the topic: 'Is e-learning failing in higher education?'. The previous five were:
1. Is e-learning failing in higher education?
2....
Educating the Net Generation
Oblinger, D. and Oblinger, J. (2005) Educating the Net Generation Bolder CO: EDUCAUSE
Somewhat 'old' now, but still essential reading, this collection explores the Net...
Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers
Keller, J. (2009) Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers Chronicle of Higher Education, June 15
Interesting article exploring the differences between 'academic'...
Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World
Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience (2009) Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World Bristol, UK: JISC/HEFCE, 52 pp.
'Supported by the principal...