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...
The state of e-learning 2009
It's that time of year again. Here's a personal look back at e-learning in 2009 (I will do another blog on priorities for Canadian...
Special report on virtual schools
Van Dusen, C. (2009) eSN Special Report: Beyond the Virtual School eSchool News, Nov 1
Because of the volume of stuff that comes through my...
Tweeting in class
Young, J. (2009) Teaching with Twitter: Not for the Faint of Heart Chronicle of Higher Education, November 22
Interesting article on use of Twitter and...
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...
How would you use free academic video courses from leading universities
I have often criticised the use of technology just to record and transmit lectures. Nevertheless, I do recognise the value of a top class...
Does technology really enhance the quality of teaching and learning?
The aim of this blog
This is one of several blogs that explore the question: is e-learning failing in higher education? (See Is e-learning failing...
More on lecture capture
Schaffhauser, D. (2009) Lecture capture is getting campuses talking Campus Technology, June 10
Another article on lecture capture (see also 'A review of lecture capture...
A review of lecture capture systems
Ramaswami, R. (2009) Instant capture Campus Technology, June 1
If your instructors are interested in students being able to record and replay their lectures, this...