Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative
Carter, D. (2009) Program goes beyond open course model eSchool News, September 16
Parry, M. (2009) Obama's Great Course Giveaway Chronicle of Higher Education, August...
A miscellany of papers from the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology
The Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology's Winter issue, (vol. 35, No. 1) was released in September, 2009.
This is now a fully open-access, peer-reviewed,...
Special journal edition on self-directed learning
Over the summer, the Journal of Educational Technology & Society published a special edition (Vol. 12, No. 3) on self-directed learning, guest edited by...
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)....
Does course redesign reduce costs?
Stripling, J. (2009) Half-learned lessons Inside Higher Education, October 9
It is 10 years since the National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) began working with...
Pros and cons of e-books vs analog books
Lee, H. (2009) Kindle yet to woo university users The Daily Princetonian, Sept 28
A report by the university newspaper of Princeton University's very early...
New book on instructional design
Power, M. (2009) A Designer's Log: Case Studies in Instructional Design Athabasca AB: Athabasca University Press
Power documents the emergence of an adapted instructional design...
Distance education in Africa: new edition of IRRODL
IRRODL (2009) Trends and issues in open and distance learning in Africa, Vol. 10, No. 4
Just as I am about to leave for a...
Video use and higher education
Kaufman, P. and Mohan, J. (2009) Video use and higher education New York: Intelligent Television
This report, undertaken by Intelligent Television and the Copyright Clearance...
The seven deadly sins of e-learning
Becker, K. (2009) The seven deadly sins of e-learning Flex e-News, July
From Australia, Dr Karen Becker, a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology...