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...
The LMS war is over – or is it?
Carter, D. (2009) Blackboard, D2L declare truce eSchool News, December 17
The three-and-a-half-year court battle between learning management system (LMS) giant Blackboard Inc. and competitor...
Vancouver Community College's online moves
Robin Popow wrote this report for the BC Educational Technology Users Group:
Vancouver Community College has entered what appears to be its next phase of...
Low use of web 2.0 in e-learning
Parry, M. (2009) Online Programs: Profits Are There, Technological Innovation Is Not Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19
A news report of a study by...
Trends in learning management systems
Lowendahl, J-M., Zastrocky, M., and Harris, M. (2008) Gartner Higher Education E-Learning Survey 2007: Clear Movements in the Market Stamford CT: Gartner Inc. (available...
Are learning management systems doomed?
As usual, George Siemen's blog is being provocative in his November 10, 2009 posting: Futue of learning: LMS or SNS, in which he argues...
Research on the the impact of an LMS on students' learning
Lopes, V. (2008) Course Management Systems and Campus-Based Learning North York ON: Seneca College
One of the rare research reports that looks at the use...
Incorporating Google Apps with Blackboard
eSchool News (2009) Blackboard works on Google integration, eSchool News, November 3
A report of work at Northwestern University to provide an open-source integration of...
Using LMSs to identify 'at-risk' students
Kolowich, S. (2009) The new diagnostics, Inside Higher Education, September 30
An article about three institutions, Rio Salado Community College, Purdue University, and Capella University,...