Sunday, October 6, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Update on British Columbia’s open textbook project

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BCcampus has just announced that as of October 30, 2015, it has now made available 23 new 'Common Core' open textbooks for the Province of B.C.’s...

Commercial e-learning platform launched in Nigeria

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Wakoba, S. (2014) Tutor.ng, an online tutoring platform with a marketplace for teachers launches to disrupt online learning in Africa, TechMoran, January 27 I have...

MOOCs, specializations, and continuing education

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Academic Partnerships (2014) Academic Partnerships Launches New Online Global Specializations Credential Dallas, January 21 Gannes, L. (2104) Coursera Offers the Equivalent of a MOOC Major: Specialization Certificates...

New York State to offer undergraduate online degrees

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WNYF (2014) 'Open SUNY' offers online programs, Fox News, January 18 The State University of New York has just launched a program called 'Open SUNY',...

Ontario at last establishes “Ontario Online”

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  Bradshaw, J. (2104) Ontario to launch $42million central hub for online postsecondary classes, Globe and Mail, January 14 After more than two years discussion and...

Pakistani Punjab creates open content platform

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Business Standard (2014) Pakistani Punjab to launch e-learning platform, Lahore, Pakistan, January 5 The provincial government of the Punjab, Pakistan, though its Punjab Information Technology...

The cost of being a student in Canada – and where to find online...

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vouchercloud is a Canadian discount coupon website and they have a selection of student specific coupons. They have produced the above infographic focusing on the cost of being a student in...

A new online learning environment from the corporate training sector

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SkillSoft (2012) SkillSoft Introduces SkillPort 8® - A Revolutionary Learning Experience Orlando FA/Nashua NH: SkillSoft, May 1 Is the higher education system learning enough from the...

New resources for online educators from Contact North

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Over the last few months, Contact North has been gradually adding an impressive range of online resources to its Educator Portal. As well as the numerous articles...

Apple makes iBooks 2 and cheap textbooks available – but is this a good...

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  © MacWorld 2012 Apple today announced a new strategy for its educational market:  iBooks 2, a new, upgraded version of its iBook application,  featuring iBooks textbooks....