Using the web for open peer review

Cohen, P. (2010) Scholars test web alternative to peer review New York Times, August 23

Interesting article about the Shakespeare Quarterly‘s experiment in open peer reviewing.

‘The journal posted online four essays not yet accepted for publication, and a core group of experts….were invited to post their signed comments on the Web [...]

Campus Technology’s Annual Awards for 11 best technology innovations

Lloyd, M. and Raths, D. (2010) Campus Technology’s Innovators’Awards Campus Technology, August 3

Campus Technology chose from over 400 submissions to identify their 11 most innovative uses of technology, under six entry categories:

Leadership, Governance, and Policy (5% of entries); Teaching and Learning (31% of entries); Student Systems and Services; Administrative Systems; IT Infrastructure [...]

More tips on faculty development for a competency-free profession

Young, J. (2010) Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts at the Front of the Classroom Chronicle of Higher Education, July 24

An interview with Chris Dede, one of the authors of the U.S. National Educational Technology Plan issued in draft form in March.

Although Chris Dede gives some useful tips, there is [...]

Useful tips on faculty development for teaching with technology

Fusch, D. (2010) Supporting Faculty in Adopting Emerging Learning Technologies Academic Impressions, July 22

An interview with Jerome Waldron, Salisbury University, on how to engage and support faculty in using emerging technologies.

See also:

McGhee, P. (2009) Tips for training faculty on teaching with technology Academic Impressions, November 12 (Patricia McGhee is at the [...]

Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute

Toronto Island from the HECQO boardroom

HECQO and the Ontario Online Institute

I spent a very interesting day on July 7 at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), discussing a possible research agenda that would support the establishment of the proposed Ontario Online Institute. The creation of this [...]