E-learning quality assurance standards, organizations and research

I am surprised how often academic colleagues argue that there are no quality standards for e-learning. Well, hello, I’m sorry, but there are and some of them are damned good. However, I was surprised to find while doing some research for a client that there is no single source where one can go to [...]

Managing curriculum change

JISC (2009) Managing curriculum change Bristol UK: JISC

Another interesting publication from the UK’s Joint Information Steering Committee .

This is a short (6 page) well-illustrated document.From the website:

Managing Curriculum Change introduces two major JISC programmes of research commencing in 2008 that investigate how the use of technology can help make [...]

The learners' experience of e-learning

From ‘Key messages’ in the JISC Responding to Learners Pack

JISC (2009) Responding to Learners Pack Bristol, UK: Joint Information Systems Committee.

From the JISC site:

JISC is an independent advisory body [in the United Kingdom] that works with further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities [...]

Effective Practice in a Digital Age

JISC (2009) Effective Practice in a Digital Age Bristol UK: JISC

From JISC’s publication web site:

Effective Practice in a Digital Age combines the outcomes of research with examples of current practice. Effective Practice in a Digital Age is designed for those in further and higher education whose focus is on designing and supporting [...]

Websites and blogs on e-portfolios for learning

This section of the web site is managed by:

Lourdes Guàrdia Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Universitat Oberta de Catalunya E-mail: lguardia@uoc.edu

The Electronic Portfolio Consortium (ePortConsortium) The Electronic Portfolio Consortium, or ePortConsortium, is an association of individuals from 68 countries and more than 800 higher educational and IT commercial institutions from [...]