Great expectations for e-learning in 2010

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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 chance of predicting the [...]

Six priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010

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Summary of my priorities

1. A requirement for all newly appointed full-time instructors in public Canadian post-secondary educational institutions to have a formal certification in teaching in post-secondary education, to be in place by September 2012. This would include both pedagogical and technological content. Probability: <1%

2. Establishment of at least one hybrid [...]

Offline online courses

Thomas Edison State College, one of New Jersey’s 12 senior public institutions of higher education, offers associate, bachelor’s and master’s degrees in more than 100 areas of study for self-directed adults.

On 10 November, 2009, it announced that it will develop 40 courses over the next two years that will be delivered entirely via flash [...]

Cloud computing at the University System of Ohio

Fingerhut, E. (2009) Ohio Takes to the Clouds Campus Technology, October 22

Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut provides a personal account of the perceived benefits in moving the University System of Ohio towards cloud computing solutions.

Pros and cons of outsourcing e-mail

Young, J. (2009) Colleges Warily Turn Sensitive E-Mail Over to Outside Companies Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept 21