Thursday, March 28, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

How the Federal government can improve university teaching at (almost) no cost

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The challenge In our study of 11 institutions trying to implement technology for teaching, Albert Sangra and I found over and over again that most...

Towards a national framework for degrees?

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Lederman, D. (2010) Borrowing from Bologna? Inside Higher Education, September 13 This is a report of an interesting initiative by the Lumina Foundation in the...

Ontario students’ vision for the Ontario Online Institute

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Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (2010) The Ontario Online Institute: Students' Vision for Opening Ontario's Classrooms Toronto ON: OUSA OUSA have produced a superb document outlining...

Another perspective on quality

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I have referred in another post to a paper by Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, who was one of the participants...

What’s a credit worth?

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Kelderman, E. (2010) Credit hours should be worth the cost, House Panel members say Chronicle of Higher Education, June 16 I see US legislators are...

A marketer’s view of higher education in the USA

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For those of you not familiar with Seth Godin's excellent blog on marketing, take a look at his latest blog: The coming melt-down in higher...

Distance education for teacher training in Africa

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Clayton R. Wright, formerly Director of Instructional Media and Development at Grant MacEwan University, Alberta, is currently working in Sierra Leone. He kindly agreed...

Comparing for-profits with public institutions

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Sherry, A. (2010) As for-profit colleges flourish, focus turns to grads' success and debt Denver Post, January 17 A Denver Post examination of graduation rates,...

One year update on the University of the People

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Kolowich, S. (2010) Tuition-free, online education? Try University of the People USA Today February 22 This provides a good update on the progress of the...

Why technology is not disrupting the university sector

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Keith Hampson's Higher Education Management Group blog has an interview with Lloyd Armstrong, the Provost of the University of Southern California, on change in...