Why the University of Illinois Global Campus project failed
Kolowich, S. (2009) What doomed Global Campus? Inside Higher Education, Sept 3
An interesting article that speculates on the reasons for the failure of the...
The Open University of Hong Kong: a flexible learning approach
The Open University of Hong Kong (2009) Annual Report 2008-2009 Hong Kong: OUHK
This report marks '20 years of innovative education', and illustrates the changes...
European wiki on virtual campuses – globally
Re.ViCa is a project funded by the European Commission. It is doing a review of Virtual Campuses all over Europe. As part of this...
Educause’s Top Ten Issues in IT
Agee, A. et al. (2009) Top-Ten IT Issues, 2009 Educause Review, Vol. 44, No. 3
Based on a survey of 554 (responding) EDUCAUSE members, mainly...
IT and the Economy: A Focus on Priorities
Chabotar, K. (2009) IT and the economy: a focus on priorities Educause Review, Vol. 44, No. 3
An excellent article on strategic directions for IT,...
Essential versus strategic IT investments
Hilton, J. (2009) Essential versus strategic IT investments Educause Review Vol. 44, No. 3
The CIO of University of Virginia discusses the need to prioritise...
Open source software for administrative systems
'While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative...
Cell phones used to deliver course content
'U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan says schools and colleges should deliver course content to the cell phones that students use to talk and text...
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...
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...