Book review: Changing Cultures in Higher Education
Ehlers, U-D. and Schneckenberg, D. (eds. ) Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 610 pp, US$129.00
What the...
Ontario students’ vision for the Ontario Online Institute
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...
Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute
HECQO and the Ontario Online Institute
I spent a very interesting day on July 7 at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), discussing...
Some pros and cons of outsourcing online education
Parry, M. (2010) Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18
This article suggests a change in...
University of California to offer full undergraduate degree online
Asimov, N. (2010) UC regents endorse test of online instruction San Francisco Chronicle, July 15
The University of California Board of Regents have agreed to...
Another view on research for the Ontario Online Institute
Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, was one of the participants in the recent HEQCO meeting to discuss possible areas of research that...
Another review of DIY U
Norris, D. (2010) Book review: DIY U Planning for Higher Education Planning for Higher Education, Vol. 38, No. 4
This is a comprehensive review of...
Mr Bates goes to Ottawa: or increasing access to post-secondary education
The context
OK, I'm not James Stewart, and it wasn't Washington, and this posting's a little late, due to other things, but this is a...
Will elite universities offer online undergraduate degrees?
Young, J. (2010) U. of California Considers Online Classes, or Even Degrees Chronicle of Higher Education, May 9
This is a strange article that discusses...
An essay on the impact of the digital age on scholarship and institutions
Katz, R. (2010) Scholars, Scholarship, and the Scholarly Enterprise in the Digital Age Educause Review, Vol. 45. No. 2, pp. 44-56
It is always interesting...