Commonwealth of Learning celebrates 25 years of operation
CoL's lifelong learning for farmers projectKanwar, A. (2013) Celebrating COL's 25th Anniversary Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning
I had the privilege of attending COL’s Board of Governors Reception...
California buzzing with online learning
Cotterell, S. (2013) UC Online aims to increase number of courses offered online The California Aggie, January 22
Powell, S. (2013) CSU rolls out expansion of...
Full report on the Open University of Catalonia now available
Contact North (2012) The Open University of Catalonia: Fully Online Multi-lingual Innovation-focused Accredited Sudbury ON: Contact North
In an earlier post I wrote about current research...
Online learning in 2012: a retrospective
Well, 2012 was certainly the year of the MOOC. Audrey Watters provides a comprehensive overview of what happened with MOOCs in 2012, so I...
Sir John crosses to the dark side? Public universities and outsourcing online learning
PR Newswire (2012) Online Learning Pioneer, Sir John Daniel, Joins Academic Partnerships as Senior Advisor PRNewswire, December 4
From the article:
Academic Partnerships announces that international online...
Serving remote and rural communities: lessons from 25 years of Contact North
Paul, R. (2012) Contact North: A Case Study in Public Policy Sudbury ON: Contact North
From the report:
In the April 22, 1986 Speech from the...
Webinar on the results from the VISCED project
When: Monday, 10 December 2012, between 15.00 - 16.00 CET (9.00 am - 10.00 am EST)
Participation is free but you need to register online...
U.S. ‘quality’ consortium to offer online credit courses
Krache, D. (2012) Leading colleges announce, for-credit online courses Schools of Thought, CNN News, November 16
Using a common portal called Semester Online, 10 leading...
Emerging business models for MOOCs
Gilfus Education Group (2012) Coursera will profit from 'free' courses, competition heats up, Gilfus Education Group blog, undated, accessed November 12
Gilfus Education Group, an independent...
The money pours in to fund online learning start-ups – while the public system...
Banning, Doresa (2102) Online education start-up Udacity Raises $15 million in funding, CityTownInfo.com, October 26
According to the National Venture Capital Association, a staggering $463 million...