Cloud computing at the University System of Ohio
Fingerhut, E. (2009) Ohio Takes to the Clouds Campus Technology, October 22
Chancellor Eric D. Fingerhut provides a personal account of the perceived benefits in...
Learning English via games on cell-phones in rural India
Simmi Aujla (2009) In Rural India, Learning English via Cellphone Chronicle of Higher Education, October 21
A project based at Carnegie Mellon University will study...
Useful sources on mobile learning
The Ontario Educator Meetup has a useful reading list on mobile learning, mainly web posts about mobile learning in schools.
Thanks again to Richard Elliott's...
Free book on mobile learning in higher education
Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Jessica Mantei, Ian Olney and Brian Ferry (editors), (2009) New technologies, new pedagogies: Mobile learning in higher education, Wollongong, Australia:...
New book on the open education movement
Bonk, C. (2009) The World is Open San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley
From the publisher's synopsis
As technologies have become more available, even in the most remote...
Informal mobile learning for banana farmers in Africa
Arnquist, S. (2009) In rural Africa, a fertile market for mobile phones New York Times, October 5
An article showing how mobile phones are being...
Integrating e-learning in African universities
Last week I participated in a three day workshop in Bonn, Germany, for senior African higher education leaders on Integrating e-Learning: Key Challenge for...
Examples of technology-based learner-centered teaching
Villano, M. (2009) Expanding the cannon Campus Technology, October 1
An article on three projects where undergraduate students at 'Duke University (NC), Coastal Carolina ...
Pros and cons of e-books vs analog books
Lee, H. (2009) Kindle yet to woo university users The Daily Princetonian, Sept 28
A report by the university newspaper of Princeton University's very early...
Pros and cons of outsourcing e-mail
Young, J. (2009) Colleges Warily Turn Sensitive E-Mail Over to Outside Companies Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept 21