Open source LMSs for small colleges: 3 cases

Briggs, L. (2010) Moving to an Open Source LMS: 3 Stories Campus Technology, April 7

This article describes how three small colleges migrated to either Sakai or Moodle from WebCT.

What do instructors need to know about teaching with technology?

I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic training in teaching at a post-secondary level.

I was involved in developing a post-graduate certificate in technology-based distributed learning which later morphed into a full Master in Educational Technology at [...]

A personal view of e-learning at the University of British Columbia

The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT)

It’s now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC, and my motto has always been ‘Never look back.’ However, two things came together to bring me back to UBC last week with a ‘formal’ [...]

Why business intelligence is important to HE institutions

Grush, M. (2010) BI Today: More than Just a Big, Fat Report Campus Technology, January 13

First a declaration of interest: my son is a senior designer/manager of business intelligence software for Oracle. However, I do believe that business intelligence software will become an increasingly important development in higher education, allowing all key decision-makers [...]

Teaching with Google wave

Parry, M. (2010) How to teach with Google Wave Chronicle of Higher Education, January 4

An article about the use of Google Wave by Ray Schroeder at the University of Illinois at Springfield. He has used Google Wave to link classes between Springfield and Sligo Institute of Technology, Ireland.

One interesting aspect is [...]