An essay on the impact of the digital age on scholarship and institutions

Katz, R. (2010) Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age Educause Review, Vol. 45. No. 2, pp. 44-56

It is always interesting to peek over the fence to see what the neighbours are up to. I’m sitting here in Canada just across the border, watching the good citizens of the United [...]

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:

Factors affecting time to degree completion

Bound, J., Lovenheim, M. and Turner, S. (2010) Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States Cambridge MA: National Bureau of Economic Research

This paper answers two important questions: Is it taking students longer these days to graduate at the bachelor’s level? And if so, why?

The answer: yes, more students today are [...]

Canada's digital divide and its implications for other countries

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Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada’s Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3

For those of you who don’t read Toronto’s national newspaper, there was a very interesting article in the Business section on Canada’s digital divide. Canada was one of the world’s leaders initially [...]

National educational technology plan for the USA

U.S. Department of Education (2010) National Educational Technology Plan Washington DC: Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education

The U.S. Department of Education published its draft plan on educational technology on March 5 (it can be downloaded by clicking here). Secretary Arne Duncan invites comments on the draft National Educational Technology Plan. The [...]