Implementing e-portfolios in a two year college

Schaffhauser, D. (2010) Cultural Shift at a Community College: E-Portfolios Go Campuswide Campus Technology, August 12

This article on an excellent e-portfolio implementation strategy at a two year college in Farmington, Connecticut, is more about change management than e-portfolios. If you are trying to get faculty buy-in to e-portfolios, this article is a good [...]

Should Africa continue to invest in ICT?

Student computer access, Soshangave, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Photo: © Tony Bates, 2009

This was the topic of a debate at the e-Learning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka in May.

A report on the debate can found at: http://www.elearning-africa.com/newsportal/english/news255.php

I suggest that this be read in conjunction with:

Reisberg, L. (2010) [...]

Barriers to change: two perspectives

Miller, B. (2010) The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education Washington DC: EducationSector

Batson, T. (2010) Innovation in Higher Education: It’s Not the Technology Campus Technology, June 2

There is an increasing awareness that for technology to be used effectively, there has to be changes in the way people work. This [...]

Strategic thinking about e-learning

The University of Victoria

On Monday and Tuesday this week (June 7 and I attended the BC Educational Technology Users Group Spring Workshop at the University of Victoria: ’3 cups of tea: Teaching, Technology, Transformation’.

I was leading a presentation on strategic thinking in e-learning, with a panel consisting of

Mary Burgess, Director [...]

The role of the CIO in facilitating teaching and learning

I don’t normally focus on IT issues, but there is an interesting interview in Academic Impressions with George Spencer, entitled Positioning IT as a Strategic Partner on Campus, where among other things he recommends CIOs spend more time working with faculty and learning technology spending units to help them improve learning outcomes than on [...]