Questions on the future of information and communications technologies in higher education
Over the next month, I will be doing several blogs around topics prompted by three books that look very different, but each of which...
Review of: Katz, R. et al. (2008) The Tower and the Cloud
Review of: Katz, R. et al. (2008) The Tower and the Cloud: Higher Education in the Age of Cloud Computing Boulder CO: EDUCAUSE, available...
Murray Goldberg and Academic Social Bookmarking
As many of you will know, Murray Goldberg developed WebCT while working at the University of British Columbia in 1995-1996. The company was later...
The state of e-learning, 2008
Well, it's the end of the year, and so why not a personal retrospective of the worldwide state of e-learning at the end of...
European International Ph.D.s
I had the privilege this week of being an examiner for a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain....
World Economic Forum Global Advisory Council on Technology and Education
The World Economic Forum held its first Summit on the Global Agenda in Dubai between 7-9 November, 2008. The summit was attended by over...
New section on virtual worlds and games for learning
Today a new section of this web site opened, focusing on resources about virtual worlds and games for learning.
This is being developed in collaboration...
E-learning in education and training in New Zealand
At the invitation of Richard Elliott, and John Clayton of Waikato Institute of Technology (WINTEC), I gave a series of keynotes and workshops in...
Online learning in Southern Africa
Dr. José Cossa is a research analyst from Mozambique, currently working in Syracuse, New York State, USA. He has recently published the following book:
José...
Effective, Efficient and Engaging (E3) Learning in the Digital Age
Prompted by Peter Dillenbourg’s claim (2006) that the e should be dropped from e-learning, so the focus can be shifted to the conditions for...