Canadian corporate innovation in e-learning
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Statistics Canada (2009) Lifelong Learning Among Canadians Aged 18 to 64 Years: First Results from the 2008 Access and Support to Education and Training...