Hirtz, S, (2008) Education for a Digital World: Advice, Guidelines and Practice from around the World Vancouver, BC: BCCampus/Commonwealth of Learning
From the book’s introduction:
[This book] was collaboratively developed and edited by experienced practitioners in the higher education sector. It is the output of ongoing discussions among practitioners who participated in an online community of interest that stimulated dialog among and between interest groups that shared a common vision of providing best practice knowledge for the benefit of their peers….. The book addresses issues of learning technology use in five sections that deal with:
• The impact of instructional technologies
• Creating online course
• Implementing technology
• E-learning in action
• Engagement and communication’
516 pages downloadable free from http://www.col.org/colweb/site/pid/5312
I will be adding a review when I have finished reading this tome. In the meantime, I will be adding selected chapters to the bibliography.
Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
