Report on Open Education Conmference, Vancouver, August

Wong, M. and Hayes, L. (2009) Amazing stories of open-ness – learning to share with Open Ed UBC e-Strategy Update, September

The International Open Education Conference was held in Vancouver at UBC Robson Square from August 12th to 14th. The conference focused on many topics connected to open education. This article provides an excellent report on [...]

Facebook + Education = ?

Wong, M. (2009) Facebook + Education = ? UBC e-strategy Newsletter, February

An interesting article on the pros and cons of Facebook in education. See also: Jaschik, S. (2009) ‘Online social networking on campus‘ Inside Higher Education, Jan 8

How online courses help classroom teaching

Wong, M. (2008) Why online education works! UBC’s e-Strategy Newsletter, November 6

Professors reflect on how teaching fully online distance courses helps their on-campus classes.

(This is my old department where I was Director – now absorbed into the Office of Learning Technologies. It’s nice to see an acorn grow into an oak, as when I arrived [...]

Distance Education and Technology: Issues and Practice

Murphy, D., Carr, R., Taylor, J. and Wong, T-M. (eds.) (2004) Distance Education and Technology: Issues and Practice Hong Kong: Open University of Hong Kong

Cross-cultural delivery of e-learning programmes: perspectives from Hong Kong

Wong, A. (2007) ‘Cross-cultural delivery of e-learning programmes: perspectives from Hong Kong’ The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 8, No 3 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/426/937