More on online learning and the visually impaired

On August 23 I posted about online learning and students with disabilities. In the post, I asked readers for suggestions about how to improve the accessibility of my own site and where people could find more information about standards for accessibility for the visually impaired.

I received an excellent response, both as comments to [...]

A challenge to new Canadian copyright law

Valiente, G. (2010) New copyright law hits opposition Canada.com, August 23

‘Last week, the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Canadian Federation of Students filed an objection with the Copyright Board over a proposed new royalty program. The program was proposed by Access Copyright, a private non-profit body that licenses literary [...]

Ontario students’ vision for the Ontario Online Institute

Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2010) The Ontario Online Institute: Students’ Vision for Opening Ontario’s Classrooms Toronto ON: OUSA

OUSA have produced a superb document outlining their position regarding the proposed Ontario Online Institute. While strongly supporting the concept, OUSA raises a whole set of key issues that need to be addressed if the [...]

Readers read more with e-books?

There was a news item in today’s the Globe and Mail’s Wall Street Journal business section as follows:

Fowler, G. and Baca, M. (2010) Growth of e-books bodes well for reading, Globe and Mail, Toronto, August 25.

The article cites research involving a survey (paid for by Sony) of 1,200 e-reader owners, covering iPad, [...]

The case for for-profit colleges

Keith Hampson’s Higher Education Management Group blog, “And now, we hear from the defense.” (For-Profit Higher Education) brings together some of the arguments for and against for-profit higher education in the USA.

See also his personal post on this topic: For-Profit Higher Ed: Notes By A Sympathetic (But Impatient) Traditionalist

One of the most interesting [...]