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Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World

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Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience (2009) Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World Bristol, UK: JISC/HEFCE, 52 pp. 'Supported by the principal...

Text messaging for collaborative learning in South Africa

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Makoe, M. (2009) MXit: How to Encourage and Facilitate Communication Among Students eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12 This interview with a professor from the University...

Rural Botswana Goes Online

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Nthaga, L. (2009) Rural Botswana Goes Online eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12 Botswana has mobilised a project for the establishment of information centres equipped with...

More on laptops in lectures

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Schellenberg, T. (2009) Getting the Half Attention of Students UBC e-Strategy Newsletter, May An article that follows on from the Macleans OnCampus article, with additional...

e-Portfolios for nursing education

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Teja, F. (2009) PEP’ing Up Your ePortfolio at the UBC School of Nursing UBC e-Strategy Newsletter, May 2009 An article describing the development at the...

The Eight Classic e-Learning publications?

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In another post I reported on a list of eight 'classic' publications on distance education, chosen by Shanghai TV University. This has prompted me to...

The Eight Classic Distance Education Texts

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The Shanghai Television University - one of the largest distance teaching institutions in China - has selected eight classic distance edcuation texts for translation...

Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools

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Stansbury, M. (2009) Virginia Tests Video Games as Teaching Tools eSchool News, April 28 Extract: 'Virginia reportedly has become the first state to implement a pilot...

Reviews of ‘Evaluation in Distance Education and e-Learning’

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Ruhe, V. and Zumbo, B. (2009) Evaluation in Distance Education and e-Learning London/New York: Guildford Press Contents Preface 1. Why do we need a new approach to...

Cloud Computing: the Economic Imperative

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Erenben, C. (2009) Cloud Computing: The Economic Imperative eSchool News, March 4 A useful 'idiot's guide' to the relevance of cloud computing to educational institutions....