OECD book on the relationship between digital literacy and performance in science
Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (2010) Are the New Millenium Learners Making the Grade? Paris: OECD
From the book's web site
Using data from PISA...
The iPad: consumption not production?
For another spin on the iPad, see Jeff Jarvis' BuzzMachine:
'after having slept with her (Ms. iPad), I woke up with morning-after regrets. She’s...
Early reports on iPads in higher education
Kolowich, S. (2010) Minor bumps for iPad Inside Higher Education, April 23
A report on how some USA universities and colleges have reacted to the...
Preliminary book review: An Introduction to Distance Education
Cleveland-Innes, M. and Garrison, R. (eds.) 2010 An Introduction to Distance Education: Understanding Teaching and Learning in a New Era New York/Abingdon UK: Routledge
This...
More news on educational games
World Wide Workshop: Social Media Technology & Learning
The World Wide Workshop Foundation is a non-profit educational organization founded in 2004 to enhance technological skills...
Open source LMSs for small colleges: 3 cases
Briggs, L. (2010) Moving to an Open Source LMS: 3 Stories Campus Technology, April 7
This article describes how three small colleges migrated to either...
Canada’s digital divide and its implications for other countries
Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada's Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3
For those of you who don't read Toronto's national newspaper,...
Educational affordances of the iPad
For a very quick and preliminary review of possible educational uses or affordances of the Apple iPad, see Elliott Masie's 10 minute video at:...
What do instructors need to know about teaching with technology?
I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic...
More news from the eLearning Africa 2010 conference
The news portal for the eLearning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka, Zambia, between May 26-28 has the following news items about presentations to be...