Wikis and academic scholarship

Kolowich, S. (2010) Whither wikis? Inside Higher Education, July 14

This article takes a broad look at the use of wikis, particularly for academic scholarship/research, compared with student applications, and asks why greater use has not been made of wikis by faculty for this purpose. One reason seems to be the relative anonymity of [...]

A report of online learning activities in the USA

Source : https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html

The European Re.Vica project has been building country reports on online learning and virtual campuses for a growing number of countries.

It has just published its updated report on the USA, a daunting task given the range and diversity of the U.S. system. From their newsletter:

Towards a national strategy for e-learning in the U.K.

The excellent Re.Vica project’s latest newsletter provides a link to a preliminary report from a high-level task force on online learning created by the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

The Online Learning Task Force has been asked to make recommendations in a number of areas, including:

• how UK higher education [...]

UK establishes national task force on e-learning

Bacsich, P. (2010) Task Force Set Up to Promote UK Leadership in Online Learning Re.Vica Newsletter, February-March

Paul writes:

‘A new task force has been launched in the UK in order to help the UK higher education sector maintain and extend its position as a world leader in e-learning. The Task Force [...]

New book on virtual campuses worldwide

Schreurs, B. (ed.) (2010) Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon Heverlee Belgium: Europace

This book is essential reading for any student wishing to do research on e-learning. It provides a comprehensive analysis and discussion of the organization of online learning around the world.

The book is a result of an interesting process. It is really [...]