Online learning in Britain: what the hell is going on?
White, D. et al. (2010) Study of UK Online Learning Oxford: Department of Continuing Education/HEFCE.
This is a report funded by the Higher Education Funding...
UK public universities become privatized while the banks are state-funded
You have probably seen the images of Prince Charles and Camilla's car being attacked by a mob during protests at the British government's decision...
Interpreting international comparisons in academic achievement
OECD (2010) OECD Program for International Assessment Paris: OECD
The media, worldwide, have been having a field day interpreting the latest OECD PISA results, which...
Webinar: the state of k-12 online education in Canada
The CNIE (Canadian Network for Innovation in Education) would like to invite you to the next presentation in their series of free online CIDER...
Signs of revolution in Britain and what it might mean for us in North...
It's worth watching carefully what is happening in Britain with university education. As part of its austerity program, the British Conservative-Liberal-Democrat coalition govt is...
Financial challenges of college students in the USA
Lumina Foundation (2010) Focus, Fall Indianapolis: The Lumina Foundation for Education
Although not directly about online learning, this document provides data and scenarios of the...
Some key findings from this year’s Sloan survey of online education in the USA
Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2010) Class Differences: Online Education in the United States 2010 Babson Park MA: Babson Survey Research Group/Sloan-C
Babson Survey Group...
Main findings from the 2010 Campus Computing Project
Green, K. C. (2010) Managing Online Education, Encino CA: The Campus Computing Project,/WCET
Kolowich, S. (2010) Internal barriers to online expansion, Inside Higher Education, November...
Comparing Chinese and British HE systems through their distance teaching universities
Wei, Runfang (2008) China's Radio and TV Universities and the British Open University: A Comparative Study Nanjing China: Yilin Press
This has been sitting on...
How higher education policy really works: a Canadian example
First of all, apologies for the interruption to normal service over the last month. I was on a tight deadline to finish revisions to...