Will lecture capture replace asynchronous distance learning?

Harrison, D. (2010) Lecture capture helps Riverside meet nursing demand Campus Technology, March 10

From the article:

What do you do when 500 applicants are competing for 60 seats in your two-year nursing program? That’s just what happened at Southern California’s Riverside Community College. Administrators there didn’t just want to turn those students [...]

Campus IT costs

McCrea, B. (2010) Campus IT under the knife Campus Technology March 4

The University of Illinois is facing a major budget shortfall, and the IT department is looking for cuts of 10 per cent in its budget which will amount to about $10-$20 million in savings. This article describes how it is going about solving the [...]

New book: Megaschools, Technology and Teachers

Daniel, J. (2010) Megaschools, Technology and Teachers London/New York: Routledge

COL President Sir John Daniel’s new book advocates new approaches for providing access to secondary education for today’s rapidly growing population of children and young adults.

Sir John describes the  contents of his book in a three-minute video.

Time to change teacher training in developing countries

Moon, B. (2010) Time for radical change in teacher education Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1

In this opinion piece, Bob Moon, of the UK Open University, comments:

‘In country after country, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the vast majority of resources are going to campus, residential training programmes extending for up to three or four [...]

New educational software for mobile learning in developing countries

Commonwealth of Learning (2010) LIVES: Mobile phones for learning Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1

In a blog posting in December (2009), I wrote that a priority for e-learning for 2010 was the development of educational applications for mobile learning, particularly for developing countries. Well, the Commonwealth of Learning and the University of British Columbia were [...]