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Kindle and the Blind

'The National Federation of the Blind and the American Council of the Blind are suing Arizona State University for its use of the Amazon...

A report on UNESCO’s 2009 World Conference on Higher Education

Redden, E. (2009) 'An Academic Revolution' Inside Higher Education, July 8 This is a report on the first day of a large UNESCO conference on...

The growth of local, blended online learning

Parry, M. (2009) They Thought Globally, but Now Colleges Push Online Programs Locally Chronicle of Higher Education, July 10 This article discusses how state-funded universities...

Effective Practice in a Digital Age

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JISC (2009) Effective Practice in a Digital Age Bristol UK: JISC From JISC's publication web site: Effective Practice in a Digital Age combines the outcomes of...

Online education grows, but painfully

Parry, M. (2009) Online education grows, but painfully Chronicle of Higher Education, May 22 This article looks at potential budget cuts for online learning at...

Succeeding in an outsourced and automated world

In support of my blog posting: e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences Pink, D. (2008) Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success e-SchoolNews.tv Author Daniel Pink discusses...

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is an organization with a mission to 'Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center...

Mobile technology for e-learning in Africa

Barlow-Zambodla, A. (2009) Commonwealth of Learning Mobile Technology Research SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 2 In a previous issue iof the SAIDE newsletter, Alice Barlow-Zambodla...

A Theory of Change for Open Education Resources (OER) in Africa

Ngugi, C. and Butcher, N. (2009) A Theory of Change for Open Education Resources (OER) OER Africa/SAIDE OER Africa, an initiative ...

The U.K. Open University in Africa

From: In Partnership, 2009 (Open University International Partnerships) The Open University currently works in two ways in Africa. First, it works across national boundaries. The...