Educational possibilities for digital books
The arrival of digital books through Kindles, Sony e-Readers and the iPad raises all kinds of questions about the functions of digital books, given...
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...
Signs of revolution in Britain and what it might mean for us in North...
It's worth watching carefully what is happening in Britain with university education. As part of its austerity program, the British Conservative-Liberal-Democrat coalition govt is...
Candid cameras and free speech in the lecture theatre
Stripling, J. (2010) Video killed the faculty star Inside Higher Education, November 18
This is an article about three different lecturers in three different universities...
Guest post: How Online Learning Compares with the Classroom
My site gets visited by a large number of students or potential students (one of the most active posts is 'Recommended graduate programs in...
How higher education policy really works: a Canadian example
First of all, apologies for the interruption to normal service over the last month. I was on a tight deadline to finish revisions to...
How the Federal government can improve university teaching at (almost) no cost
The challenge
In our study of 11 institutions trying to implement technology for teaching, Albert Sangra and I found over and over again that most...
Open content and the costs of online learning
I've been doing some analysis recently of the costs of a fully online master's degree program from a major research university (which for the...
Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...
Reflections on demographics, video-conferencing and aboriginal distance education
I apologise for the lack of postings this past week. I have been on the road, visiting the University of Saskatchewan in central Canada...