Journal edition on distance education and e-learning in Africa
Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 2, August 2011
This edition, edited by Neil Butcher, Colin Latchem, Monica Mawayo and Lisbeth Levey, is focused on distance...
Conference: Diversifying blended learning
Diversifying Blended Learning: Diverse learners, needs and approaches in a cost-effective environment
University of Guelph, Ontario: October 27 & 28, 2011
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
This conference at...
Workshop on best practices in blended course design
Academic Impressions is organizing a workshop on blended course design in San Diego, July 25 -27, 2011.
Discussion topics will include:
Developing instructional designs that are...
DE in Community Colleges in the USA: 2010 in review
Lokken, F. (2011) Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges: 2010 Distance Education Survey Results Washington DC: Instructional Technology Council.
This carefully conducted...
Book: Managing Technology in Higher Education now available
Bates, A. and Sangrà, A. (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co.
Now out!...
New issue of IRRODL focuses on learning designs
Sorry to be a little late in catching up with this, but the latest edition of the International Review of Research in Open and...
Some basic assumptions about e-learning challenged
Guri-Rosenblit, S. and Gros, B. (2011) E-Learning: Confusing Terminology, Research Gaps and Inherent Challenges Journal of Distance Education, Vol. 25, No.1
Following its admirable policy...
Ask – so what? about e-learning
Linda Harasim, one of the pioneers of online learning, has opened an intriguing new web site called, Ask, So What?.
What she has done is...
Web conference on “Hybrid learning: course design and faculty development”
Academic Impressions is offering a webcast at 1.00 -2.30 pm EDT on March 24 on 'Hybrid Learning: Course Design and Faculty Development.'.
You need to...
The ‘myth’ of e-learning
Batson, T. (2011) The Myth of eLearning: There Is No 'There' There Campus Technology, January 19
This stimulating blog about e-learning challenges the idea that...