Back from holiday
My wife and I have just spent one great week in Spain with friends, and another good week with family in England. For the...
World University Rankings: A reality based on a fraud
I am still seething with outrage at the methodology used by the THES World University Rankings.
Under a headline 'University rankings key tool in recruiting...
Reforming the university: evolution or revolution?
Who will bring about change?
In reviewing Ehlers and Schneckenberg's 'Changing Cultures in Higher Education', I began to wonder if or how the modern university...
Aggregated resources on online learning and the visually impaired
(Updated, 21 April, 2021)
On August 23, 2010, I posted about online learning and students with disabilities. In the post, I asked readers for suggestions...
Cheating in online learning
Academic Impressions is one of my main sources of news on e-learning and educational developments. The editor, Daniel Fusch occasionally does interviews with experts...
E-learning quality assurance standards, organizations and research
I am surprised how often academic colleagues argue that there are no quality standards for e-learning. Well, hello, I'm sorry, but there are and...
In defence of the book and other thoughts on the digitalization of knowledge
I have been struggling with the concept of books and publishing for some time now. I have authored over 10 books published 'traditionally', i.e....
Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute
HECQO and the Ontario Online Institute
I spent a very interesting day on July 7 at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), discussing...
Some pros and cons of outsourcing online education
Parry, M. (2010) Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18
This article suggests a change in...
Another perspective on quality
I have referred in another post to a paper by Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, who was one of the participants...