Social networking in the classroom
McCrea, B. (2009) Purdue U brings social networking to the classroom Campus Technology, November 18
A report on how Purdue University enables students to tweet...
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...
Offline online courses
Thomas Edison State College, one of New Jersey’s 12 senior public institutions of higher education, offers associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in more than...
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...
E-learning games for emergency and safety training
A Canadian group, CSA Standards, has announced the launch of a suite of interactive solutions that harness the power of e-learning gaming technology to...
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...
Call for action on open education from NMC and the Open University of Catalonia
A communiqué has just been released about the outcome of the Open Ed Tech conference held jointly by NMC and UOC in Barcelona October...
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,...
JISC analysis of global activity in e-learning in higher education
MindSet Research (2009) Understanding Global Activity in Higher Education and Research: Primary, desk and web-based research Bristol UK: JISC
This study was commissioned by the...