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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...

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...

Effective Practice in a Digital Age

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...

Lenovo to research tech’s effect on learning

eSchool News (2009) Lenovo to research tech's effect on learning, eSchool News, June 5 "Global Education Research project will study how technology affects education in...

Authenticating distance education students

Parry, M. (2009) Online Educators Won't Have to Spy on Students, New Rules Say Chronicle of Higher Education June 3 My first reaction to this...

Principles for promoting the financial sustainability of online programs

Meyer, K., Bruwelheide, J., and Poulin, R. (2009) Principles for promoting the financial sustainability of online programs Planning for Higher Education. Vol. 37, No....

Conference: Fostering Quality through Creative Learnscapes

EFQUEL FORUM 24-25 September 2009 @ TKK in Helsinki (FI) This annual conference, organised by the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning (EFQUEL), has as...

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,...

Improving student services: the Collaborative Model for Improvement

Waterbury, T. (2008) Effectively serving tomorrow's students: the Collaborative Model for Improvement Greensboro NC: Sem Works Although not specifically about technology, I have included this...

CEMCA: ODL for development in Asia

Commonwealth of Learning (2009) CEMCA: ODL for development in Asia Connections Vol. 14, No. 1 An article about the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia,...