Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Online learning in Ontario

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I've had several people contact me to ask what is the Ontario Online Institute? It was announced by the Ontario Provincial Government in the...

Can you move classroom courses online quickly and cheaply?

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In a previous post, Will lecture capture replace asynchronous distance learning, I wrote: I come from a background where distance education courses are specifically...

How useful is strategic planning for e-learning?

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I've just completed the first draft of a chapter for a book on integrating technology in post-secondary educational institutions that I am writing with...

An African perspective on the Tapscott and Williams article on University Reform

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My review of the Tapscott and Williams article prompted this response from Ms Mandi Maodzwa-Taruvinga who is teaching in the School of Education, the...

Should lifelong learning be state subsidized?

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I have argued frequently that universities had yet to grasp how online lifelong learning could be a new line in business and potentially an...

Can web 2.0 tools be legally used for education in Canada?

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I raise this as a result of an interesting question from Ron Richard,of Meritus University, Canada. Ron asked Tony Vincent, who runs the excellent...

More on the Chronicle’s virtual world article

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I know that if you write a blog, you will get criticism, and it's been a good week for that, what with the Tapscott...

A critique of Tapscott and William’s views on university reform

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Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. (2010) Innovating the 21st century university: It's Time Educause Review, Vol. 45, No. 1 First of all, thanks to both...

How well has your institution integrated technology?

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I'm currently writing a book with Albert Sangra of the Open University of Catalonia on the integration of technology within post-secondary institutions.The book is...

A personal view of e-learning at the University of British Columbia

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The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT) It's now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC,...