Thursday, March 28, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Canadian corporate innovation in e-learning

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Galt, V. (2010) How to bake agility into corporate DNA Globe and Mail, May 20 In my blog on Six Priorities for Canadian e-learning in...

Canadian Internet Use, 2009

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Statistics Canada (2010) Canadian Internet Use Survey Ottawa: Statistics Canada From the report In 2009, 80% of Canadians aged 16 and older, or 21.7 million people, used the Internet...

An essay on the impact of the digital age on scholarship and institutions

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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...

Struggling with the costs of teaching in higher education

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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...

Canada’s digital divide and its implications for other countries

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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,...

New book on virtual campuses worldwide

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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...

Contact North looks to the future

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Introduction Last week I spent two days at a strategic retreat for Contact North managers in Sudbury, Ontario. I had the privilege last summer of...

Six priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010

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Summary of my priorities 1. A requirement for all newly appointed full-time instructors in public Canadian post-secondary educational institutions to have a formal certification in...

Comparing Canadian and US post-secondary education systems

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Lederman, D. (2009) Catching Up to Canada Inside Higher Education, November 6 An interesting article discussing the different participation and graduation rates between Canada and...

Lifelong learning in Canada

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Statistics Canada (2009) Lifelong Learning Among Canadians Aged 18 to 64 Years: First Results from the 2008 Access and Support to Education and Training...