More tips on faculty development for a competency-free profession

Young, J. (2010) Reaching the Last Technology Holdouts at the Front of the Classroom Chronicle of Higher Education, July 24

An interview with Chris Dede, one of the authors of the U.S. National Educational Technology Plan issued in draft form in March.

Although Chris Dede gives some useful tips, there is [...]

Preparing faculty for online teaching

Dziuban, C. and Fusch, D. (2010) Training and Preparing Your Faculty for Teaching Online Academic Impressions, June 24

In this interview, Chuck Dziuban of the University of Central Florida provides excellent advice on selecting and preparing faculty for online teaching. For old hands at online learning, the advice may seem obvious, but in my [...]

Are e-books good for studying?

Demski, J. (2010) The device versus the book Campus Technology, May 1

Three universities (Princeton, Arizona State University, and Northwest Missouri State) pilot two e-readers (Kindle DX, Sony Reader), to see how well students could use them for studying. The results were at best mixed, and at worst negative. There were problems with annotation, [...]

National plans for ICTs in education for 193 countries

Bassi, R. (2009) ICTs in Education (ICT4E): Policies and Plans Worldwide Dublin Ireland: Global e-Schools and Communities Initiative

This document provides online access to the plans and policies for ICTs in education for 193 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. It also includes an excellent list of references on national plans and policies for e-learning.

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New book: Megaschools, Technology and Teachers

Daniel, J. (2010) Megaschools, Technology and Teachers London/New York: Routledge

COL President Sir John Daniel’s new book advocates new approaches for providing access to secondary education for today’s rapidly growing population of children and young adults.

Sir John describes the  contents of his book in a three-minute video.