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UK backs away from privatizing higher education – for now

Winnett, R. and Paton, G. (2012) American-backed private universities plan dropped, Daily Telegraph, January 23 Not because the Conservative government thinks it's a bad idea,...

CVU’s report on the state of online university education in Canada: first heal thyself

Canadian Virtual University (2012) Online University Education in Canada: Challenges and Opportunities Athabasca University AB: Canadian Virtual University. The report was commissioned by the Canadian Federal...

More tablets for education in India

Russell, J. (2012) India’s tablet space heats up as $140 educational device set for launch TNW India, January 3 EE Times India (2012) Classpad - a...

e-learning outlook for 2012: will it be a rough ride?

© Firehorse Blog, 2012 Another year, and online learning, e-learning, learning technologies, educational technologies, digital learning, or whatever you call it or them, will continue...

Sky’s the limit: the world’s cheapest touch-screen tablet

© Android Community, 2011 Marlow, I. (2012) The Next Billion Report on Business Toronto: Globe and Mail, January This has to be the best e-learning technology story...

Building a knowledge economy through Telecentres in Africa

CTA (2011) A knowledge economy begins at the grass roots eLearning Africa News Portal, December 15 This is an interesting article by staff from the Technical Centre...

Posts from a foreign land: Online Educa 2011, No. 3: Public Education ( #oeb11...

Introduction This is the last of three posts on the Online Educa Berlin 2011 conference and here I focus on the three education sessions I...

Posts from a foreign land: Online Educa 2011, No. 1 ( #oeb11 )

Why I'm here This will be the first of several posts on this year's Online Educa Berlin conference. This is the first time I have...

Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, Vol. 37, No. 3

This is obviously my week for reading journals! Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology / Revue canadienne de l'apprentissage et de la technologie, Vol 37, No...

From dream to reality: why implementation is as important as goal setting in e-learning

Two recent developments have brought home clearly the need to consider and discuss implementation strategies at the same time as setting educational goals. The...