List of web 2.0 tools for instruction

By Tony Bates, on May 3rd, 2010

Lloyd, M. (2010) 18 Web 2.0 tools for instruction Campus Technology, April 28

This very useful article asks two experts, Sarah Robbins (aka Intellagirl), of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington, and Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University, to pick their favourite web 2.0 tools for instruction. Here’s their choices (read the article [...]

May 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Technology, Web 2.0, audio, blogs in learning, geolocation, mobile learning, open source, podcasting, research tools, social software, video, wikis | 4 comments

Open source LMSs for small colleges: 3 cases

By Tony Bates, on April 7th, 2010

Briggs, L. (2010) Moving to an Open Source LMS: 3 Stories Campus Technology, April 7

This article describes how three small colleges migrated to either Sakai or Moodle from WebCT.

April 7th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Technology, learning management systems, open source | Leave a comment

Open University UK major provider on iTunes U

By Tony Bates, on March 3rd, 2010

The Open University (2010) The Open University hits ten million downloads on iTunes U In Partnership Milton Keynes UK: The Open University

Over ten million Open University tracks have been downloaded from iTunes U, the dedicated learning zone within the iTunes Store. Open University tracks on iTunes U cover a huge range of subjects, [...]

March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Technology, audio, mobile learning, open source, podcasting, video | Leave a comment

A personal view of e-learning at the University of British Columbia

By Tony Bates, on January 31st, 2010

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT)

It’s now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC, and my motto has always been ‘Never look back.’ However, two things came together to bring me back to UBC last week with a ‘formal’ [...]

January 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Blogs, Strategies, planning and management, Teaching and learning, Technology, Tony's Blog, Tweets, Web 2.0, administrative software systems, agriculture, audio, blogs in learning, business, course design, current state of the art, e-assessment and e-portfolios, health, intellectual property and copyright, leadership, learning management systems, medicine, open content, open source, planning, policies and management - institutional, research, social studies, subject areas, video | 2 comments

Great expectations for e-learning in 2010

By Tony Bates, on December 30th, 2009

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In the Globe and Mail on December 19, Leah McLaren wrote:

‘We are living in an Era of Perpetual Advice – and almost none of it is any good….the truth is, if you had a monkey throwing darts, you’d have a better [...]

December 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Blogs, Brazil, China, India, Strategies, planning and management, Technology, Tony's Blog, Tweets, cloud-based applications, e-books, futures, interfaces, mobile learning, national, regional and international strategies, open content, open source, selection of media and technologies | 11 comments
 
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