By Tony Bates, on August 18th, 2010
Lee, M. and McCoughlin, C. (2010) Web 2.0 Based e-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Learning Hershey PA: IGI Global, 415 pp, US$180 hardback
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Educational communities today are rapidly increasing their interest in Web 2.0 and e-learning advancements for the enhancement of teaching practices.
Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: [...]
By Tony Bates, on August 9th, 2010
The Barber Learning Centre, UBC
McCrea, B. (2010) Remaking the College Campus Campus Technology, August 5
This article focuses on Glasgow Caledonian University’s Saltire Centre, the centerpiece of learning and student services. The Saltire Centre includes a 600-seat learning café, 400 computers, and 250 laptops that students and faculty can [...]
By Tony Bates, on August 8th, 2010
Babcock, P. and Marks, M. (2010) Leisure College USA: The Decline in Student Study Time Washington DC: The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Results
This paper found that in 1961 ‘the average full-time student at a four-year college in the United States studied about 24 hours per week, while his modern counterpart [...]
By Tony Bates, on July 25th, 2010
Fusch, D. (2010) Supporting Faculty in Adopting Emerging Learning Technologies Academic Impressions, July 22
An interview with Jerome Waldron, Salisbury University, on how to engage and support faculty in using emerging technologies.
See also:
McGhee, P. (2009) Tips for training faculty on teaching with technology Academic Impressions, November 12 (Patricia McGhee is at the [...]
By Tony Bates, on July 9th, 2010
Miller, B. (2010) The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education Washington DC: EducationSector
Batson, T. (2010) Innovation in Higher Education: It’s Not the Technology Campus Technology, June 2
There is an increasing awareness that for technology to be used effectively, there has to be changes in the way people work. This [...]
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