Struggling with the costs of teaching in higher education
Writer's block
As I have mentioned before, I am currently writing an old-fashioned book (you know, the thing with paper sheets bound together) on the...
Factors affecting time to degree completion
Bound, J., Lovenheim, M. and Turner, S. (2010) Increasing Time to Baccalaureate Degree in the United States Cambridge MA: National Bureau of Economic Research
This...
Canada’s digital divide and its implications for other countries
Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada's Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3
For those of you who don't read Toronto's national newspaper,...
Online learning in Ontario
I've had several people contact me to ask what is the Ontario Online Institute? It was announced by the Ontario Provincial Government in the...
Should lifelong learning be state subsidized?
I have argued frequently that universities had yet to grasp how online lifelong learning could be a new line in business and potentially an...
UK establishes national task force on e-learning
Bacsich, P. (2010) Task Force Set Up to Promote UK Leadership in Online Learning Re.Vica Newsletter, February-March
Paul writes:
'A new task force has been launched...
Impact of open courseware on distance education enrollments
Johansen J. (2009) The Impact of Opencourseware on Paid Enrollment in Distance Learning Courses Salt Lake City UT: Brigham Young University
This is a Ph.D....
Graveyard welding classes
Moltz, D. (2009) In the midnight hour Inside Higher Education, December 9
This article describes midnight courses for welders at an Oregon community college. Although...
Company investment in training and learning in Canada
The Conference Board of Canada (2009) The Learning and Development Outlook 2009: Learning in Tough Times
Ottawa: Conference Board of Canada, 72 pages
The Conference Board...
Succeeding in an outsourced and automated world
In support of my blog posting: e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences
Pink, D. (2008) Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success e-SchoolNews.tv
Author Daniel Pink discusses...