Readers read more with e-books?

There was a news item in today’s the Globe and Mail’s Wall Street Journal business section as follows:

Fowler, G. and Baca, M. (2010) Growth of e-books bodes well for reading, Globe and Mail, Toronto, August 25.

The article cites research involving a survey (paid for by Sony) of 1,200 e-reader owners, covering iPad, [...]

PCs or mobile phones: where is the future for e-learning?

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The Globe and Mail, one of Canada’s national papers, in its excellent series on Africa, had an article that really made me sit up. Here are some quotes from the article – try substituting e-learning for the xxxxs

‘It’s part of a phenomenon that has people [...]

Canada's digital divide and its implications for other countries

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Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada’s Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3

For those of you who don’t read Toronto’s national newspaper, there was a very interesting article in the Business section on Canada’s digital divide. Canada was one of the world’s leaders initially [...]

Information-rich and attention-poor

Nicholson, P. (2009) Information-rich and attention-poor Globe and Mail, September 12

In one of Canada’s national newspapers, the Globe and Mail, Peter Nicholson, the President of the Council of Canadian Academies (formerly named Academy of Sciences), writes about the impact of new information technology on the nature of knowledge. He makes a number of [...]

Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to students in Brazil

Eisen, H. (2009) Green Teach: Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to millions of students in Brazil Backbone June/July

Backbone is a bi-monthly magazine delivered with Toronto’s Globe and Mail newspaper, but also available online. The magazine focuses on new IT developments.

This issue, focused on ‘green’ IT, has an interesting article about a [...]