By Tony Bates, on March 5th, 2010
I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent Learning in Hand site, and myself:
I have recently been researching some web-based resources for our faculty, who teach exclusively online, but who do not venture much outside the limited [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 15th, 2010
Dwyer, M. (2010) 2010 Student Surveys Macleans.Ca OnCampus, February 15
This article provides results of two student surveys conducted by Canadian universities. One is the NSSE, a survey developed primarily for United States students. The NSSE is a study of best educational practices and an assessment of the degree to which each university follows those practices. [...]
By Tony Bates, on February 9th, 2010
Edmonds, K. (2010) Understanding the Perspectives of Online Graduate Students: Implications for Educational Leaders Calgary AB: Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Calgary
Congratulations to Kelly Edmonds, who has recently successfully defended her EdD thesis at the University of Calgary. Kelly has kindly agreed to provide a short summary of her thesis.
Introduction
The higher education field in North [...]
By Tony Bates, on January 5th, 2010
Some interesting information in a striking graphical form about college students in the USA, and the cost of their education – and not just dollars, from ‘The Guide to Online Colleges and Universities‘.
Thanks to Burkhard Lehmann for directing this to me.
By Tony Bates, on November 24th, 2009
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 [...]
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