Low use of web 2.0 in e-learning

By Tony Bates, on November 28th, 2009

Parry, M. (2009) Online Programs: Profits Are There, Technological Innovation Is Not Chronicle of Higher Education, October 19

A news report of a study by the consulting firm Eduventures, “Benchmarking Online Operations: Snapshots of an Emerging Industry,” (not yet available as of November 28, 2009, except to Eduventures members).

From the Chronicle’s news report

Online education [...]

November 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Featured, Strategies, planning and management, Technology, Web 2.0, costs and benefits, current state of the art, learning management systems | 7 comments

Online graduate teacher education

By Tony Bates, on September 12th, 2008

Lederman, D. (2008) Online learning, up-scale (and scaled up) Inside Higher Education, Sept. 12

This interesting article examines the pros and cons of a proposed partnership between a private company, 2tor, and the University of Southern California, to offer a for-profit, nationally-available, online Masters of Arts in Education.

September 12th, 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Featured, partnership and consortia | Leave a comment