Canadian Internet Use, 2009

Statistics Canada (2010) Canadian Internet Use Survey Ottawa: Statistics Canada

From the report

In 2009, 80% of Canadians aged 16 and older, or 21.7 million people, used the Internet for personal reasons, up from 73% in 2007 when the survey was last conducted.

Rates were highest at 85% in both British Columbia and Alberta, [...]

Canada's digital divide and its implications for other countries

Timmins, Northern Ontario

Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada’s Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3

For those of you who don’t read Toronto’s national newspaper, there was a very interesting article in the Business section on Canada’s digital divide. Canada was one of the world’s leaders initially [...]

Can web 2.0 tools be legally used for education in Canada?

I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent Learning in Hand site, and myself:

I have recently been researching some web-based resources for our faculty, who teach exclusively online, but who do not venture much outside [...]

Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations

Wright, C., Dhanarajan, G. and Reju, S. (2009) Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations IRRODL, Vol. 10, No. 1

I don’t know how I missed this in February, but this is essential reading for anyone contemplating using e-learning or online learning in less economically advanced countries, by three experienced [...]

Who controls the Internet?

Carter, D. (2009) FCC Moves Closer to Net Neutrality eSchool News, October 23

This article raises a critical question for the future of online learning. Should telecommunications companies be allowed to ‘manage’ who gets priority over the Internet?

This article discusses steps by USA’s Federal Communications Commission to ensure a ‘net-neutral’ system, which would [...]