Blackboard Collaborate 11: a step forward in synchronous learning (or plus ça change….)
Audio-graphics, 1983
I first got involved in audio-graphics in 1980 (yes, that's right, 31 years ago - I'm very old, and so is audio-conferencing). Paul...
What the security services know about e-learning
One of the great things about e-learning is that it pops up in the most unexpected of places. This month's New security learning, Issue, No....
Instructional design: the times they are a’changing
Last week I attended a very interesting workshop, called Just ID, at the University of British Columbia. The workshop was organized with the support of...
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!...
IRRODL on Connectivism
IRRODL (the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) has just published a very special issue focused on connectivism.
Connectivism claims to be...
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...
Webinar on the Web of Identity in Online Learning
The next presentation in the series of free online CIDER sessions features a presentation and discussion with Marguerite Koole, Athabasca University and Dr. Gale...
e-learning outlook for 2011
What's in my crystal ball for e-learning in 2011? (For how well I did in my predictions for 2010, see e-learning retrospective - how...
Integrating web 2.0 and LMSs
Mott, J. (2010) Envisioning the post-LMS era: the Open Learning Network Educause Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1
I've just caught up with this important article...
NMC Horizon Report from down under
New Media Consortium (2010) 2010 Horizon Report - Australia-New Zealand Edition Austin TX: New Media Consortium
The NMC brings out its main projections for the...