A critique of Tapscott and William's views on university reform

Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. (2010) Innovating the 21st century university: It’s Time Educause Review, Vol. 45, No. 1

First of all, thanks to both Burkhard Lehmann and Clayton Wright for directing me to this article. I had however seen it myself a couple of weeks ago, and have hesitated to respond to it, for reasons [...]

How well has your institution integrated technology?

I’m currently writing a book with Albert Sangra of the Open University of Catalonia on the integration of technology within post-secondary institutions.The book is being published by Jossey-Bass and should be out by the end of the year.

The book is based on a variety of sources, but in particular we have drawn on case studies [...]

Online education continues its hot pace

Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2010) Learning on Demand: Online Education in the United States Babson Park MA: Babson College Survey Research Group

The Sloan Consortium continues its invaluable annual survey of online learning in the USA in 2009, showing that enrolments in online learning grew 17% last year, compared with overall enrolment growth of 1.2%. [...]

Old mantras instead of new thinking

Tolley, R. (2010) A New Year – but Old Mantras? e-Folio in the UK, January 3

In an excellent diatribe from the UK, Roy Tolley comments on the curse of old thinking when using new technology, or as he more eloquently puts it:

‘Transformative change’ is not so much about the use of contemporary technology [...]

Too many adjuncts?

Stainburn, S. (2009) The Case of the Vanishing Full-time Professor New York Times, December 30

Elementary, my dear Watson. Not so much news, more a useful statement of the pros and cons of using adjunct professors.