By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Harrison, D. (2010) Lecture capture helps Riverside meet nursing demand Campus Technology, March 10
From the article:
What do you do when 500 applicants are competing for 60 seats in your two-year nursing program? That’s just what happened at Southern California’s Riverside Community College. Administrators there didn’t just want to turn those students [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Kolowich, S. (2010) Student clubs, virtually Inside Higher Education, March 10
An article about student clubs for distance learners at Penn State’s World Campus and the University of Maryland’s University College.
This will come as no surprise to open universities: the UK Open University has had a student association since its inception in 1971, and the Open [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Moon, B. (2010) Time for radical change in teacher education Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1
In this opinion piece, Bob Moon, of the UK Open University, comments:
‘In country after country, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the vast majority of resources are going to campus, residential training programmes extending for up to three or four [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Commonwealth of Learning (2010) LIVES: Mobile phones for learning Connections February, Vol. 15, No. 1
In a blog posting in December (2009), I wrote that a priority for e-learning for 2010 was the development of educational applications for mobile learning, particularly for developing countries. Well, the Commonwealth of Learning and the University of British Columbia were [...]
By Tony Bates, on March 13th, 2010
Commonwealth of Learning (2010) Lifelong learning for farmers: Sri Lanka Connections, February, Vol. 15, No. 1
The Commonwealth of Learning has expanded its lifelong learning for farmers program into Sri Lanka, to support mushroom farming.
Computer facilities are being provided by the University of Ruhuna and the Vidatha Centre. Future plans include expanding marketing efforts beyond the [...]
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