The Millennial Muddle

Hoover, E. (2009) The Millennial Muddle Chronicle of Higher Education, October 11

This very LONG article looks ostensibly at the business that discussing millennials has led to for consultants (quoi, moi? Absolutement, non!), although in reality it is a wonderful unconscious description of the culture of the United States and the recent fads in their higher [...]

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 to use ICT to [...]

So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer

Background

This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’ My blogs on this topic were prompted by my dissatisfaction with the Canadian Council on Learning’s report on ‘The State of e-Learning in Canada.’ (Click here to see my review of their report.)

I suggested that in [...]

New millennial learners in higher education: evidence and policy implications

Pedró, F. (2009) ‘New millennial learners in higher education: evidence and policy implications’, in ‘Technology in Higher Education’, to be released later by OECD/CERI

This is a meta-analysis of research on millennials in higher education conducted by the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. The study seeks to answer three questions:

First, can the claim that [...]

It's all about millennials - or is it?

This is the sixth blog on the topic: ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’. The previous five were:

1. Is e-learning failing in higher education?

2. Expectations and goals for e-learning

3. Has e-learning increased access to learning opportunities?

4. Does technology really enhance the quality of teaching and learning?

5. e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences

Meeting the needs [...]