The Victoria, Australia website on iPads for Learning
I am making two exceptions with this post. I don't normally cover k-12 (too large an area and too different from post-secondary education), and...
IRRODL June 2011
For the very few readers of this site who are not already subscribers, the latest edition of the International Review of Research in Open...
Financial challenges of college students in the USA
Lumina Foundation (2010) Focus, Fall Indianapolis: The Lumina Foundation for Education
Although not directly about online learning, this document provides data and scenarios of the...
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...
Aggregated resources on online learning and the visually impaired
(Updated, 21 April, 2021)
On August 23, 2010, I posted about online learning and students with disabilities. In the post, I asked readers for suggestions...
Student study time and the use of technology
Babcock, P. and Marks, M. (2010) Leisure College USA: The Decline in Student Study Time Washington DC: The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy...
The future of instructional design – or my heart belongs to ADDIE
On Sunday, I attended a very interesting meeting of about 50 instructional designers (what is a good collective noun for instructional designers?) from across...
What do instructors need to know about teaching with technology?
I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic...
Student clubs for distance learners
Kolowich, S. (2010) Student clubs, virtually Inside Higher Education, March 10
An article about student clubs for distance learners at Penn State's World Campus and...
Can web 2.0 tools be legally used for education in Canada?
I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent...