The World Academy Forum on the Future of Global Higher Education.
I just came back from this conference at the University of California at Berkeley that took place between October 2-3.
The World Academy of Art...
Welcome back and a review of online learning developments in July and August
Here in Canada, tomorrow is the start of a new academic year. I know, because our garbage cans are full and the back lane...
Los Angeles schools to issue iPads to all students
Weiss, T. (2013) Los Angeles plans to give 640,000 students free iPads, CITE World, July 25
I don't normally cover k-12 developments, but this one...
Mobile learning for women and girls in Africa
Zelezny-Green, R. (2013) Boosting mobile learning potential for women and girls in Africa: lingering considerations E-learning Africa News Portal, February 14
This is an interesting...
MOOCs, MIT and Magic
MOOC panel: Dan Hastings, Anant Agarwal, Tony Bates, Sanjay Sarma, John Daniel
In my previous post, there were two sessions at the LINC 2013 conference...
MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer
This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...
CNIE conference on Leadership and Innovation in Learning
I was in Ottawa in early May also to give a keynote at the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education conference. I am ashamed...
Sommet de l’iPad en éducation
Un message d'Aurélien Fievez:
le Colloque international en éducation : enjeux actuels et futurs de la formation et de la profession enseignante aura lieu les 2 et 3 mai...
A MOOC platform open to all?
Empson, R. (2013) edX Merges With Stanford’s Class2Go To Build An Open-Source Online Learning Platform Tech Crunch, April 3
Empson, R. (2012) Class2Go: Stanford’s New...
Innovative online bachelor’s degree from University of Washington
Long, K. (2013) UW to offer first all-online degree-completion program The Seattle Times, March 28
Although many universities offer online courses at the bachelor's level,...