MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer
This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...
e-learning retrospective: 2) how good were my predictions?
On December 30, 2009, I posted my predictions for 2010:
1. Follow the money:
'In many countries, 2010 will be a difficult year financially....So we’ll have...
Rapid growth forecast in ICTs in BRIC countries + Indonesia
Boston Consulting Group (2010) The Internet’s New Billion: Digital Consumers in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Indonesia Boston MA: Boston Consulting Group. You can...
New book on virtual campuses worldwide
Schreurs, B. (ed.) (2010) Reviewing the Virtual Campus Phenomenon Heverlee Belgium: Europace
This book is essential reading for any student wishing to do research on...
Great expectations for e-learning in 2010
In the Globe and Mail on December 19, Leah McLaren wrote:
'We are living in an Era of Perpetual Advice - and almost none of...
Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to students in Brazil
Eisen, H. (2009) Green Teach: Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to millions of students in Brazil Backbone June/July
Backbone is a bi-monthly magazine delivered...
T-Learning (digital TV) in Brazil: the BEACON project
From the EuroPace Newsletter
BEACON is creating a Brazilian‐European consortium for organisations interested in t‐Learning.
BEACON (Brazilian‐European Consortium for DTT Services) is a specific targeted research...
Distance Education and Corporate Training in Brazil: Regulations and Interrelationships
This month's featured publication. This is an excellent account of distance education developments in Brazil, and raises important questions about the role of government...