Book review: Distance and blended learning in Asia

Latchem, C. and Jung, I. (2010) Distance and blended learning in Asia New York/London: Routledge

Hong Kong

Overview

This is one of the best books I have read recently on distance education and has lots of good material on e-learning in Asia, as well. It casts its net amazingly wide, from Turkey and Syria in the west [...]

Two new open universities

Carter, D. (2009) Learning without a license eCampus News, September

An article on two new, tuition-free open universities, the University of the People and Peer2Peer University (P2PU), asking whether they are a challenge to traditional universities. The answer, of course is no, not yet, because the do not have accreditation in the USA, nor do they [...]

Has e-learning increased access to learning opportunities?

The aim of this blog

This is one of several blogs that explore the question: is e-learning failing in higher education? (See Is e-learning failing in higher education?, and Expectations and goals for e-learning for the context for this question.)

Increasing access

In my last post, the first rationale on the list, and the third in priority for [...]