Thursday, January 9, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Online search versus $168 textbook

Schaffhauser, D. (2011) Student Research: Can Googling Replace $168 Intro to Psych Textbook? Campus Technology, February 16 11 University of Cincinnati seniors in the psychology...

Distance Education in Afghanistan

Kuchi family near Bamian © Tony Bates, 2010 My experience in Afghanistan I worked on a UNESCO project for four months in Afghanistan...

Integrating web 2.0 and LMSs

Mott, J. (2010) Envisioning the post-LMS era: the Open Learning Network Educause Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1 I've just caught up with this important article...

NMC Horizon Report from down under

New Media Consortium (2010) 2010 Horizon Report - Australia-New Zealand Edition Austin TX: New Media Consortium The NMC brings out its main projections for the...

Innovative e-learning in the Vancouver area

I worry about the often negative tone of many of my posts. It was therefore a great pleasure to attend the joint Justice Institute...

Distance Education and Mobile Learning

The Australian-based Distance Education journal has just brought out a special edition on distance education and mobile learning. The articles between them provide a good...

New book on Web 2.0 and Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning

Lee, M. and McCoughlin, C. (2010) Web 2.0 Based e-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning Hershey PA: IGI Global, 415 pp, US$180 hardback Description...

More on whether technology is changing the way we think

Lamb, G. (2010) Are iPads, smartphones, and the Mobile Web rewiring the way we think? Christian Science Monitor, July 24 In this article, a number...

In defence of the book and other thoughts on the digitalization of knowledge

I have been struggling with the concept of books and publishing for some time now. I have authored over 10 books published 'traditionally', i.e....

Comparing apples with oranges: online vs face-to-face learning in community colleges

Smith Jaggars, S. and Bailey, T. (2010) Effectiveness of Fully Online Courses for College Students: Response to a Department of Education Meta-Analysis New...