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 arguments, among [...]

Does technology change the nature of knowledge?

Purpose of this blog

This is the first of three blogs that examine some basic assumptions about technology and education, based on a review of three books: ‘THE TOWER AND THE CLOUD‘, ‘CATCHING THE KNOWLEDGE WAVE‘, AND ‘THE INTEGRATION OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN THE UNIVERSITY‘. (Click on the titles to see the reviews).

In this [...]

E-learning as a knowledge management approach for intellectual capital utilization

Shehebat, I., Mahdi, S. and Khoualdi, K. (2009) E-learning as a knowledge management approach for intellectual capital utilization Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 10, No. 1

An article from three Jordanian professors that argues that e-learning is a means by which the knowledge capital of faculty can be preserved and maintained, even after they [...]

Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 10, No. 1

The new issue of TOJDE  Volume: 10 Number: 1 is now available. You can visit by clicking http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr

It has a number of interesting articles, detailed references to which I will be adding later to this web site, but they include:

Several articles on students’ opinions of blended learning/WebCT courses from countries as varied as Botswana, Turkey, [...]