By Tony Bates, on January 5th, 2010
Bermingham, D. (2009) Changing the technology of learning Connections, October
Article about the need for open and distance learning to be included in development programs funded by international donors and agencies.
The article provides some fascinating data: for instance, the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) in India, which was launched in 1979, has enrolled more than [...]
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 chance of predicting the [...]
By Tony Bates, on November 27th, 2009
Researchandmarkets (2009) e-learning Outsourcing 2009: Advantage India Dublin, Ireland: Researchandmarkets
Researchandmarkets is one of the largest commercial market research organizations. They have published a report on outsourcing e-learning to India. From the report:
In recent times, corporations, educational institutions and governments have started re-examining the way training and education are imparted. e-learning has now become [...]
By Tony Bates, on October 22nd, 2009
Simmi Aujla (2009) In Rural India, Learning English via Cellphone Chronicle of Higher Education, October 21
A project based at Carnegie Mellon University will study how effective games on cellphones are at teaching English to students in rural India.
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Why am I deeply skeptical of such a worthy effort? Could it be that loaning 450 cellphones to [...]
By Tony Bates, on September 2nd, 2009
Hellman, L. (2009) An Evaluation of the Open Education Resources for the Open Schools’ Project SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 15. No. 3
SAIDE is currently conducting a phased evaluation of a Commonwealth of Learning (COL) Open Educational Resources (OERs) project implemented [...]
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