New book on virtual campuses worldwide

Schreurs, B. (ed.) (2010) Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon Heverlee Belgium: Europace

This book is essential reading for any student wishing to do research on e-learning. It provides a comprehensive analysis and discussion of the organization of online learning around the world.

The book is a result of an interesting process. It is really a report on [...]

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%. [...]

Comparing Canadian and US post-secondary education systems

Lederman, D. (2009) Catching Up to Canada Inside Higher Education, November 6

An interesting article discussing the different participation and graduation rates between Canada and the USA. Don’t be fooled by the article’s title; it is much more complicated than the US catching up.

One factor that [...]

Suggestions for a national ed tech plan for the USA

eSchool News (2009) Stakeholders advise on national ed-tech plan eSchool News, November 17

U.S. Department of Education (ED) is preparing a new National Education Technology Plan and is accepting public feedback as it develops the new plan. A department spokesman did not know how long the public comment period would remain open, saying only that ED [...]

JISC analysis of global activity in e-learning in higher education

MindSet Research (2009) Understanding Global Activity in Higher Education and Research: Primary, desk and web-based research Bristol UK: JISC

This study was commissioned by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) to review in broad terms the evolution of e-Learning and e-Infrastructure in the higher education and research sectors in a sample of countries across the world. [...]