A report on the Southern African Development Organization’s Open and Distance Learning project

Siaciwena, R. (2010) Let’s Talk About Viability – Lessons Learned from SADC’s Open and Distance Learning Project e-Learning Africa, February 23

This is one of three postings about presentations to be made at the e-Learning Africa conference in Lusaka, Zambia, between May 26-29, 2010, THE conference for finding out how e-learning is developing in Africa.

The history of distance education at UBC

Beninger, K. (2010) Going the distance – the beginnings of distance education at UBC UBC e-Strategy Newsletter, February

As part of the celebrations of 60 years of distance education at UBC, Kelsey Beninger has written a fascinating history of distance education going back to the start of UBC in 1918. For anyone interested in the origins [...]

Latest issue of IRRODL

Mea culpa, but in the preparations for the holiday season, I let slide by my report on the publication of the latest edition (Vol. 10, No. 6) of the always excellent International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. The December edition includes articles on the following:

Rory McGreal’s evaluation of the Commonwealth of Learning’s [...]

Audio-conferences on distance education en français

For French speakers: Réseau d’enseignement francophone à distance du Canada (REFAD) is offering six audioconferences on distance education over the winter covering the following topics:

1. Return on investment in distance education: research directions

2. The online learner in 2010

3. Evaluating distance education projects

4. Social [...]

Free online conference on international distance education opportunities

The Canadian Network for Innovation in Education next presentation in their series of free CIDER sessions features a presentation and discussion with Dr. Jon Baggaley, Centre for Distance Education, Athabasca University.

Title:  International DE Opportunities in Difficult Economic Times

The world’s current economic crisis is placing serious pressures on distance education.  In October 2009, the situation was [...]