Open source software for administrative systems
'While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative...
Cell phones used to deliver course content
'U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools and colleges should deliver course content to the cell phones that students use to talk and text...
Kindle and the Blind
'The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind are suing Arizona State University for its use of the Amazon...
A report on UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education
Redden, E. (2009) 'An Academic Revolution' Inside Higher Education, July 8
This is a report on the first day of a large UNESCO conference on...
The growth of local, blended online learning
Parry, M. (2009) They Thought Globally, but Now Colleges Push Online Programs Locally Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10
This article discusses how state-funded universities...
Can you teach ‘real’ engineering at a distance?
This blog is prompted by an e-mail from Rich Zuc, who wanted to know why there were no undergraduate degrees in engineering offered at...
Effective Practice in a Digital Age
JISC (2009) Effective Practice in a Digital Age Bristol UK: JISC
From JISC's publication web site:
Effective Practice in a Digital Age combines the outcomes of...
Online education grows, but painfully
Parry, M. (2009) Online education grows, but painfully Chronicle of Higher Education, May 22
This article looks at potential budget cuts for online learning at...
Colleges consider using blogs instead of Blackboard
Young, J. (2009) Colleges consider using blogs instead of Blackboard Chronicle of Higher Education, June 1
Halleluja! I've seen the future, and it's - WordPress?
Well,...
A Theory of Change for Open Education Resources (OER) in Africa
Ngugi, C. and Butcher, N. (2009) A Theory of Change for Open Education Resources (OER) OER Africa/SAIDE
OER Africa, an initiative ...