Saturday, March 7, 2026
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Kuali Foundation goes commercial

Straumsheim, C. (2014) Kuali Foundation: If you can't beat them....., Inside Higher Education, August 25 While there are several providers of open source learning management...

Tracking online learning in the USA – and Ontario

 Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2014) Grade Change: Tracking Online Learning in the United States Wellesley MA: Babson College/Sloan Foundation This is the eleventh annual report...

A MOOC platform open to all?

Empson, R. (2013) edX Merges With Stanford’s Class2Go To Build An Open-Source Online Learning Platform Tech Crunch, April 3 Empson, R. (2012) Class2Go: Stanford’s New...

Why learning management systems are not going away

Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive Developments, Alternative Options...

e-learning outlook for 2012: will it be a rough ride?

© Firehorse Blog, 2012 Another year, and online learning, e-learning, learning technologies, educational technologies, digital learning, or whatever you call it or them, will continue...

Key mobile strategy issues

Fuhrman, T. (2011) Mobile strategy or moving target?, Campus Technology, November 1 This paper looks at five issues that need to be considered when developing...

Preliminary results for the Campus Computing project survey

Green, K. (2011) Campus Computing 2011: Big Gains in Going Mobile Campus Computing Project, October 20 The preliminary results for the 2011Campus Computing Project survey shows...

Conference: Kuali Open Source Admin Systems, Indianapolis, 2011

 Kuali Days 2011: Empowering the Community Where: JW Marriott Hotel and Conference Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA When: 14-16 November, 2011 About: Kuali is a consortium of prestigious universities that...

A student information system monopoly?

SunGard Higher Education Systems has been purchased by Hellman and Friedman LLC, a private equity company that already owns Datatel Inc, and the two...

What does the acquisition of Blackboard mean for higher education?

Affiliates of Providence Equity Partners, a private equity company, are in the process of acquiring Blackboard Inc, the owner of one of the major...