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Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World

Committee of Inquiry into the Changing Learner Experience (2009) Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World Bristol, UK: JISC/HEFCE, 52 pp. 'Supported by the principal...

Rural Botswana Goes Online

Nthaga, L. (2009) Rural Botswana Goes Online eLearning Africa Newsletter, May 12 Botswana has mobilised a project for the establishment of information centres equipped with...

U3A Online: A Virtual University of the Third Age

Having recently just celebrated my 70th birthday, I thought I would draw your attention to what claims to be 'the world-first virtual U3A operating...

2009 Global Forum,‘Global Connections – Local Impacts: Best Practices, Models and Policies for Cross-Border...

Taking place this October in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the 2009 Global Forum,‘Global Connections – Local Impacts: Best Practices, Models and Policies for Cross-Border Higher...

E-learning, faculty training and the value of subscription journals

Marry in haste and repent at leisure, so the old saying goes. It could also be applied to blog posts - post in haste...

Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research

Tallent-Runnels, M. et al. (2006) Review of Educational Research, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 93-135 Abstract: This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and...

Online Education Offers Access and Affordability

Clark, K. (2009) Online Education Offers Access and Affordability USNews, April 2 A news report on current developments in online distance courses in the USA,...

Classifying virtual campuses

Bristow, S. (2009) Creating a Suitable Categorisation Model for Re.ViCa Re.Vica Newsletter, April The European Commission funded Re.Vica project is researching the development and success...

Sloan Foundation ends online funding program

Bourne, J. (2009) Announcement about Sloan-C Newburyport, MA: Sloan Consortium Extract: 'The Sloan Consortium's most recent national survey, Staying The Course - Online Education in the...

Rise in (2-year USA college) distance enrolments (yet again)

Jaschik, S. (2009) Rise in Distance Enrollments Inside Higher Education, April 6 Extracts: 'A national survey of colleges by the Instructional Technology Council, an affiliate of...