Six priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010
Summary of my priorities
1. A requirement for all newly appointed full-time instructors in public Canadian post-secondary educational institutions to have a formal certification in...
The state of e-learning 2009
It's that time of year again. Here's a personal look back at e-learning in 2009 (I will do another blog on priorities for Canadian...
New policy on OER in Africa
SAIDE (2009) SAIDE Launches Policy on Open Educational Resources (OER)
OER Africa has now been adopted as a SAIDE (South African Association of Distance Education)...
R2D2: A model for using technology in education
Bonk, C. (2009) R2D2: A model for using technology in education eSchool News, December 11
For all you Luke Skywalkers and Princess Leias in e-learning,...
Defining the 'open' in open content
David Wiley has posted a blog where he attempts to define what open content means:
Wiley, D. (2009) Defining 'open' Iterating towards openness, November 16.
Wiley...
Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative
Carter, D. (2009) Program goes beyond open course model eSchool News, September 16
Parry, M. (2009) Obama's Great Course Giveaway Chronicle of Higher Education, August...
An alternative economic model for open access journals
Jaschik, S. (2009) Breakthrough on Open Access Inside Higher Education, September 15
An article on a plan by five Ivy League universities to fund peer...
IRRODL special edition on openness and the future of higher education
The International Review of Open and Distance Learning has just brought out a special issue, Vol. 10, No. 5, 2009, edited by David Wiley...
Barriers to effective use of open educational resources in developing countries
Hatakka, M. (2009) Build it and they will come? Inhibiting factors for re-use of open content in developing countries The Electronic Journal of Information...
Open educational resources in developing countries
Commonwealth of Learning (2009) OERs: the promise and the pitfalls, Connections, October
Although fairly brief, the article contains some useful links on OERs