A personal view of e-learning at the University of British Columbia
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT)
It's now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC,...
Open resource on essay writing from the University of the South Pacific
I dedicate this item to all those Canadians who are getting sick of snow and below zero temperatures in the middle of our winter.
Established...
Latest issue of IRRODL
Mea culpa, but in the preparations for the holiday season, I let slide by my report on the publication of the latest edition (Vol....
e-Agriculture in Kenya
macherukaruku (2009) Electronic Agriculture in Kenya’s Arid and Semi–Arid Lands (ASAL) Schools Africa Rural Connect
Sustainable Environment and Agriculture Network (Seanet) International is a Kenyan...
Games to teach science and math in the USA
Barak Obama has announced a number of initiatives to improve the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). One of these initiatives are...
Research on games: Selene/CyGaMEs
From Natasha Boskic
Research that shows how playing a well-designed video game can enhance learning has been conducted by Dr. Debbie Denise Reese and her...
Do serious games lead to academic learning?
Blunt, R. (2009) Do serious games work? Results from three studies eLearn Magazine, December 1
From Natasha Boskic
In a contemporary digital world that is daily...
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...
Just damned good teaching
Kolowich, S. (2009) Professors of the Year Inside Higher Education, November 19
This article has nothing to do with e-learning, but it does discuss effective...
Using clickers on multiple sites in a distributed undergraduate medical program
Terris, B. (2009) University Uses 'Clickers' to Quiz Students in Multiple Location Chronicle of Higher Education, September 14
The University of British Columbia recently completed...