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Reigning in costs with online learning

Bassis, M. (2009) Reigning in college costs Businessweek, December 21 This is a useful article, from the President of Westminster College, Salt Lake City, to...

Managing curriculum change

JISC (2009) Managing curriculum change Bristol UK: JISC Another interesting publication from the UK's Joint Information Steering Committee . This is a short (6 page) well-illustrated...

So: is e-learning really failing in higher education? An answer

Background This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: 'Is e-learning failing in higher education?' My blogs on this topic...

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...

Online students perform better than face-to-face students

Means, B. et al. (2009) Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: A Meta-Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies Washington, DC: US Department...

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...

Reviews of ‘Evaluation in Distance Education and e-Learning’

Ruhe, V. and Zumbo, B. (2009) Evaluation in Distance Education and e-Learning London/New York: Guildford Press Contents Preface 1. Why do we need a new approach to...

Teaching Courses Online: A Review of the Research

Tallent-Runnels, M. et al. (2006) Review of Educational Research, Vol. 76, No. 1, pp. 93-135 Abstract: This literature review summarizes research on online teaching and...

College 2.0: A Wired Way to Rate Professors—and to Connect Teachers

Young, J. (2009) 'College 2.0: A Wired Way to Rate Professors—and to Connect Teachers' Chronicle of Higher Education, January 8A description of how the...

Evaluating and planning e-learning: the TLT Group

Two of the USA's leading authorities on e-learning, Steve Ehrmann and Steve Gilbert, are behind the TLT Group, a non-profit organization that specializes in...