Changes to this web site
This whole web site will be down for 24 hours between midnight (EST) Friday, 18 November and midnight (EST) Saturday, 19 November.
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Is online learning a waste of space?
What are the implications of online enrollments for space use on campus?
As more and more students enroll in online courses, questions arise as to...
Adjuncts, LMSs and lack of training: an accident waiting to happen?
The use of underpaid, untrained adjunct faculty is one of higher education's dirty little secrets, especially (but not only) in the USA. The two...
Book review: Clark Quinn’s ‘The Mobile Academy’
Quinn, C. (2012) The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, 120 pp
The author points out that 90% of the world's...
European report on the future of learning
Redecker, C. et al. (2011) The Future of Learning: Preparing for Change Seville Spain: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, JRC, European Commission
What the report...
Key points from OECD’s 2011 ‘Education at a Glance’
OECD (2011) Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators Paris: OECD
For those of you interested in educational statistics (and for masochists in general), here's your...
4. How to implement an e-learning plan
This is the last in a series of four posts on developing an e-learning plan. The first post discussed why an e-learning plan may be needed,...
Giving a Porsche to a 7 year old: Brits reject training
Grove, J. (2011) British Academics Reject Training, Times Higher Education Supplement, November 3
'Standardized teacher training for all new academics has been emphatically rejected by...
3. What should go into an e-learning plan
This is the third in a series of four posts on developing an e-learning plan. The first post discussed why an e-learning plan may be needed,...
Key mobile strategy issues
Fuhrman, T. (2011) Mobile strategy or moving target?, Campus Technology, November 1
This paper looks at five issues that need to be considered when developing...