Useful tips on faculty development for teaching with technology

Fusch, D. (2010) Supporting Faculty in Adopting Emerging Learning Technologies Academic Impressions, July 22

An interview with Jerome Waldron, Salisbury University, on how to engage and support faculty in using emerging technologies.

See also:

McGhee, P. (2009) Tips for training faculty on teaching with technology Academic Impressions, November 12 (Patricia McGhee is at the [...]

Struggling with the costs of teaching in higher education

Writer’s block

As I have mentioned before, I am currently writing an old-fashioned book (you know, the thing with paper sheets bound together) on the integration of technology into universities and colleges, and I have been struggling with a chapter called ‘Resources, money and decision-making’, which looks at the resources needed for, and the [...]

Distance education for teacher training in Africa

Children in Sierra Leone © Clayton R. Wright

Clayton R. Wright, formerly Director of Instructional Media and Development at Grant MacEwan University, Alberta, is currently working in Sierra Leone.

He kindly agreed to share these observations on teacher education in Africa (and the great photo):

A junior high teacher makes US$100 per [...]

An African perspective on the Tapscott and Williams article on University Reform

Student computer lab, Soshanguve Campus, Tshwane University of Technology

My review of the Tapscott and Williams article prompted this response from Ms Mandi Maodzwa-Taruvinga who is teaching in the School of Education, the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. Mandi is also a Ph.D student within the Wits School of Education. Here in full [...]

A critique of Tapscott and William's views on university reform

Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. (2010) Innovating the 21st century university: It’s Time Educause Review, Vol. 45, No. 1

First of all, thanks to both Burkhard Lehmann and Clayton Wright for directing me to this article. I had however seen it myself a couple of weeks ago, and have hesitated to respond to it, [...]