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Six priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010

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Summary of my priorities 1. A requirement for all newly appointed full-time instructors in public Canadian post-secondary educational institutions to have a formal certification in...

The state of e-learning 2009

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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...

The LMS war is over – or is it?

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Carter, D. (2009) Blackboard, D2L declare truce eSchool News, December 17 The three-and-a-half-year court battle between learning management system (LMS) giant Blackboard Inc. and competitor...

Trends in learning management systems

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Lowendahl, J-M., Zastrocky, M., and Harris, M. (2008) Gartner Higher Education E-Learning Survey 2007: Clear Movements in the Market Stamford CT: Gartner Inc. (available...

Open source software for research administration

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Parry, M. (2009) Business Software, Built by Colleges for Colleges, Challenges Commercial Giants Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15 An article on the latest open...

Open source software for administrative systems

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'While the open source movement has taken off in course management systems, with Moodle and Sakai as alternatives to the dominant Blackboard, the administrative...

Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to students in Brazil

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Eisen, H. (2009) Green Teach: Canadian virtualization technology delivers computer access to millions of students in Brazil Backbone June/July Backbone is a bi-monthly magazine delivered...