New book on the open education movement
Bonk, C. (2009) The World is Open San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley
From the publisher's synopsis
As technologies have become more available, even in the most remote...
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...
Report on Open Education Conference, Vancouver, August
Wong, M. and Hayes, L. (2009) Amazing stories of open-ness - learning to share with Open Ed UBC e-Strategy Update, September
The International Open Education...
Review: The Edgeless University: Why Higher Education Must Embrace Technology
Bradwell, P. (2009) The Edgeless University London UK: Demos
This short publication from the British research group Demos opens with a major challenge:
'Until now, investment...
The OER Africa Advisory Planning meeting, May 2009
Mhlanga, E. (2009) The OER Africa Advisory Planning Meeting SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 15, No. 3
OER Africa is an initative of SAIDE which aims to...
An Evaluation of the Open Education Resources for the Open Schools’ Project
Hellman, L. (2009) An Evaluation of the Open Education Resources for the Open Schools' Project SAIDE Newsletter, Vol. 15. No. 3
SAIDE is currently conducting...
A Theory of Change for Open Education Resources (OER) in Africa
Ngugi, C. and Butcher, N. (2009) A Theory of Change for Open Education Resources (OER) OER Africa/SAIDE
OER Africa, an initiative ...
Who Profits From For-Profit Journals?
Maternowski, K. (2009) Who Profits From For-Profit Journals? Inside Higher Education, June 12
This article is not specifically about e-learning but it is about open...
Open access to scholarly publications
Jaschil, S. (2009) Split over open access Inside Higher Education, June 4
More pressure for open access for all scholarly publications of research funded by...
OpenCourseWare: College education, without the student loans
Farnsworth, A. (2009) OpenCourseWare: College education, without the student loans Christian Science Monitor, May 13
A slightly more-in-depth-than-usual newspaper article on open educational resources.