Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations
Wright, C., Dhanarajan, G. and Reju, S. (2009) Recurring Issues Encountered by Distance Educators in Developing and Emerging Nations IRRODL, Vol. 10, No. 1
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So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer
Background
This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: 'Is e-learning failing in higher education?' My blogs on this topic...
A personal view of e-learning in Saudi Arabia
A mosque in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia. Arar is on the route for pilgrims from Iraq and Iran for the Haj in Mecca.
The purpose...
University of Phoenix: the 1,000 lb gorilla
Lederman, D. (2009) The Ever-expanding University of Phoenix Inside Higher Education, September 28
The Apollo Group, reported its fourth quarter and annual earnings Tuesday. It...
Barriers to change: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 3
The story so far
In an earlier post (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1), I argued that higher education institutions...
Cloud computing at the University System of Ohio
Fingerhut, E. (2009) Ohio Takes to the Clouds Campus Technology, October 22
Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut provides a personal account of the perceived benefits in...
A vision for the future: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy:...
Identifying the problem with higher education in the 21st was the easy part (Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1)....
New book on ICTs in higher education
Guri-Rosenblit, S. (2009) Digital Technologies in Higher Education: Sweeping Expectations and Actual Effects Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers
From the publisher's synopsis:
The visible gap between...
New book on the open education movement
Bonk, C. (2009) The World is Open San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley
From the publisher's synopsis
As technologies have become more available, even in the most remote...
Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the academy: Part 1
Is e-learning failing in higher education?
In previous blogs, I have discussed whether e-learning is failing in higher education. To answer the question, I have...