By Tony Bates, on August 18th, 2010
Lee, M. and McCoughlin, C. (2010) Web 2.0 Based e-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning Hershey PA: IGI Global, 415 pp, US$180 hardback
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Educational communities today are rapidly increasing their interest in Web 2.0 and e-learning advancements for the enhancement of teaching practices.
Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: [...]
By Tony Bates, on August 9th, 2010
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Lamb, G. (2010) Are iPads, smartphones, and the Mobile Web rewiring the way we think? Christian Science Monitor, July 24
In this article, a number of experts are interviewed about their opinions on whether technology is changing the way we think. Being good journalism, we have [...]
By Tony Bates, on June 30th, 2010
I came across some blogs about ‘myths’, so I thought I’d put them together.
Myth No. 1: ‘A university education is becoming so costly – in the USA – that it’s not worth the investment.’
Proto, R. (2010) Is college still worth the investment? HICE SCHOOL, 30 June
Randy Proto, the President and CEO [...]
By Tony Bates, on May 16th, 2010
The University of New Brunswick
This has been a busy week for me, which accounts for the low number of postings. Earlier in the week, I was conducting a consultancy for the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Saint John. (For readers outside Canada, Fredericton and Saint John are [...]
By Tony Bates, on April 19th, 2010
Cleveland-Innes, M. and Garrison, R. (eds.) 2010 An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era New York/Abingdon UK: Routledge
This book is essentially a collection of essays by mainly Canadian authors, although there are also authors from the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Spain.
Chapters
The book is organized [...]
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