Dispelling myths

I came across some blogs about ‘myths’, so I thought I’d put them together.

Myth No. 1: ‘A university education is becoming so costly – in the USA – that it’s not worth the investment.’

Proto, R. (2010) Is college still worth the investment? HICE SCHOOL, 30 June

Randy Proto, the President and CEO [...]

The link between e-learning and economic development

The University of New Brunswick

This has been a busy week for me, which accounts for the low number of postings. Earlier in the week, I was conducting a consultancy for the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and Saint John. (For readers outside Canada, Fredericton and Saint John are [...]

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.)

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Eight principles for 21st century skills

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2009) National Action Agenda on 21st Century Skills Tucson AZ: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has put forth a set of National Action Agenda Principles to clearly define and advance 21st century skills and core content in the United States.

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Competency-based training in a Michigan college

Moltz, D. (2009) Skills Training à la Carte Inside Higher Education, Aug 12

An article about modularised competency-based training at Kellogg Community College, Michigan. Note this is NOT online learning, but it does not take a stretch of the imagination to see how it could be applied to online learning. Indeed, one of those [...]