Is your institution considering mobile learning?

Brimah, T. and Fusch, D. (2010) Considering mobile learning for your institution Academic Impressions Higher Ed Impact: Weekly Analysis January 28

This article, basically an interview with Judy Brown, ‘founder and former director of the University of Wisconsin system’s Academic ADL Co-Lab and a key thinker in mobile learning strategies’, is one of the [...]

Reigning in costs with online learning

Bassis, M. (2009) Reigning in college costs Businessweek, December 21

This is a useful article, from the President of Westminster College, Salt Lake City, to give to your administration to get more support for online learning. I liked particularly his description of how the college business school uses a competency-based approach and e-portfolios within an online [...]

Managing curriculum change

JISC (2009) Managing curriculum change Bristol UK: JISC

Another interesting publication from the UK’s Joint Information Steering Committee .

This is a short (6 page) well-illustrated document.From the website:

Managing Curriculum Change introduces two major JISC programmes of research commencing in 2008 that investigate how the use of technology can help make curriculum design processes more [...]

The learners' experience of e-learning

From ‘Key messages’ in the JISC Responding to Learners Pack

JISC (2009) Responding to Learners Pack Bristol, UK: Joint Information Systems Committee.

From the JISC site:

JISC is an independent advisory body [in the United Kingdom] that works with further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities to use ICT to [...]

Just damned good teaching

Kolowich, S. (2009) Professors of the Year Inside Higher Education, November 19

This article has nothing to do with e-learning, but it does discuss effective teaching practice, especially in chemistry. This approach could be used in hybrid or even fully online learning.