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...
European report on the future of learning
Redecker, C. et al. (2011) The Future of Learning: Preparing for Change Seville Spain: Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, JRC, European Commission
What the report...
Online enrollments in the USA grow 10% in 2011; OERs becoming accepted
Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2011) Going the Distance: Online Education in the USA 2011 Wellesley MA: Babson Survey Research Group
This is the latest...
Key points from OECD’s 2011 ‘Education at a Glance’
OECD (2011) Education at a Glance: OECD Indicators Paris: OECD
For those of you interested in educational statistics (and for masochists in general), here's your...
Australia’s national strategy for e-learning in vocational and educational training (VET)
Australia: Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (2011) National VET e-Learning Strategy, 2012-2015 Canberra: Government of Australia
This document sets out a national strategy for...
Canada cuts funding for the University of the Arctic
I'm just catching up with some of the e-learning news I missed while away in Norway two weeks ago, and ironically I just came...
Book review: Ross Paul’s ‘Leadership Under Fire’
15 Canadian university presidents en route for India, 2011
Paul, R. (2011) Leadership Under Fire: The Challenging Role of the Canadian University President Montreal &...
Canadian university enrollments increase to 1 million in 2011
AUCC (the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, which represents 95 Canadian public and not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges) announced a set...
IRRODL, Vol. 12. No. 6: an evolving web-based journal
Vol. 12, No. 6 of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning continues to evolve the concept of the online, web-based journal.
New...
The African Health OER Network
Mawayo, M. and Tlaka, M. (2011) The African Health OER Network, SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 17, No. 5
A useful short description of the African Health...