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The Victoria, Australia website on iPads for Learning

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I am making two exceptions with this post. I don't normally cover k-12 (too large an area and too different from post-secondary education), and...

Book review: The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age

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Davidson, C and Goldberg, D. (2010) The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age Chicago: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur...

IRRODL, Vol. 12. No. 6: an evolving web-based journal

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Vol. 12, No. 6 of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning continues to evolve the concept of the online, web-based journal. New...

Journal: Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1 now available

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Is online distance education about to collapse like the Tower of Babel? So asks Jon Baggaley Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1, May 2011 The academic...

Developing engaging online assessment strategies

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Boettcher, J. (2011) Evidence of Learning Online: Assessment Beyond The Paper, Campus Technology, February 23 Online learning offers the opportunity for innovative, more authentic forms...

Innovative e-learning in the Vancouver area

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I worry about the often negative tone of many of my posts. It was therefore a great pleasure to attend the joint Justice Institute...

November issue of journal ‘Distance Education’

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The November 2010 edition of 'Distance Education', Vol. 31, No 3. is now out, but not as an open access document. If you are...

Innovative thinking about learning from the corporate sector

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Paine, N. and Masie, E. (2010) Learning Perspectives 2010 Saratoga Springs NY: The Masie Center and the Learning Consortium This is a collection of contributions...

Guest post: How Online Learning Compares with the Classroom

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My site gets visited by a large number of students or potential students (one of the most active posts is 'Recommended graduate programs in...

Reducing drop-out in online courses

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Fusch, D. (2010) Improving graduation rates for online students Academic Impressions, April 8 An interview with K. Udas, the CEO of UMassOnline, who provides some...