Distance Education in Afghanistan
Kuchi family near Bamian © Tony Bates, 2010
My experience in Afghanistan
I worked on a UNESCO project for four months in Afghanistan...
How does the University of Phoenix measure up?
University of Phoenix (2010) 2010 Annual Academic Report University of Phoenix AZ: University of Phoenix
This is third academic annual report from the University of...
Analytics: the next buzz word in e-learning?
MIT Sloan Management Review (2010) Analytics: the New Path to Value Cambridge MA: MIT/IBM
At the moment, this is a publication likely to be of...
A ‘free’ online MBA via Facebook?
Guttenplan, D. (2010) Poking, Tagging and Now Landing an M.B.A. New York Times, November 28
Note: this post was up-dated on 27 March 2023.
The above article...
Innovative e-learning in the Vancouver area
I worry about the often negative tone of many of my posts. It was therefore a great pleasure to attend the joint Justice Institute...
Skills development, credit transfer, quality assurance and the cost of technology in developing countries
These are all topics covered in the October issue of the Commonwealth of Learning's October edition of its Connections journal.
The Commonwealth of Learning is...
Why technology does not lead to lower cost in higher education
Archibald, R. and Feldman, D. (2001) Why Does College Cost So Much? New York: Oxford University Press
Fish, S. (2010) There is no college cost...
Data analytics and online learning
Business intelligence data display: Oracle Inc.
Kolowich, S. (2010) Technology and the completion agenda Inside Higher Education, November 9
This article highlights what I...
Using technology to save time and money
Ehrmann, S. (2010) Taking the Long View: Ten Recommendations about Time, Money, Technology, and Learning Change, September-October
An excellent article about how to bring about...
Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...