Unleashing web 2.0 for African learning
Kasumuni, L. (2011) Unleashing web 2.0 for African Learning, eLearning Africa News Portal, June 8
The e-Learning Africa conference goes from strength to strength, emphasising...
Games and learning in digital worlds – en français
The latest edition of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (Vol. 37. No. 2, 2011) has five articles on this topic, all in...
European research on e-learning 2.0
Links-up is a European project:
about how ‘Web 2.0’ technologies – e.g. social networking software – are changing the face of education and training for...
The digital future of higher education, on video
Videos have now been posted of presentations at two conferences in British Columbia, both looking at the future of digital learning.
The digital future of...
Instructional design: the times they are a’changing
Last week I attended a very interesting workshop, called Just ID, at the University of British Columbia. The workshop was organized with the support of...
DE in Community Colleges in the USA: 2010 in review
Lokken, F. (2011) Trends in eLearning: Tracking the Impact of eLearning at Community Colleges: 2010 Distance Education Survey Results Washington DC: Instructional Technology Council.
This carefully conducted...
Book: Managing Technology in Higher Education now available
Bates, A. and Sangrà, A. (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co.
Now out!...
Advice on online learning from 13 world experts
Maxim Jean-Louis, as special advisor to the Minister on the Ontario Online Institute, has being doing a lot of homework recently.
He asked 20 world...
Blackboard diversifies – but will it work?
Kolowich, S. (2011) Blackboard's next phase Inside Higher Education, February 22
I'm catching up a bit on some old news feeds, and thought this was...
California State System’s experience with e-books
Roscoria, T. (2011) CSU System Shares e-Book Pilot Results Converge March 14
This reports on a large pilot with nearly 4,000 students across seven different...