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Videos on e-Learning and distance education

The first one suggests concrete ways teaching can be changed in higher education through the use of technology. Learning Technologies @ UBC, 2005 (8 mins) A vision for teaching and learning with technology in higher education 1 meg/sec 56 kbs/sec The next group are ‘statements’ about the challenge we face as teachers in the 21st century: A vision of students [...]

USA: Popular Accredited Universities with Distance Learning Programs

There are many accredited universities with distance learning programs that you can consider applying to, but which ones are the most prestigious? Which ones should you apply to? These questions are very important for several reasons. For one, getting accredited has become all too easy today, and with accreditation scams surfacing every once in a [...]

The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research

The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research – CIDER - is a research initiative coordinated from the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca University - Canada’s Open University.  The CIDER Website is an online self-managed research community with a shared domain of interest in distance education research. Within this research community, members have the opportunity [...]

The eLearning Africa conference

The fifth International conference that focuses on information and communication technologies (ICTs) applied to development, education and training in Africa will be held in Lusaka, Zambia from May 26th to 28th. Best known as e-learning Africa, this event serves as a platform to pan-African needs, and is the main gathering of eLearning and Distance education [...]

Distance education journal: Call for proposals

The journal “Distance Education” is calling for proposals for the development of a guest-edited themed issue that will need to go to press in early May 2011. “Distance Education” publishes research and scholarly articles in the fields of distance, open and flexible learning. Its focus is not on technology alone, but on how technology supports these [...]

Tony BATES: A pillar in e-learning

Today, I’m writing about someone who has been giving a lot to the e-learning community: Dr. Tony BATES. Tony Bates is President and CEO of Tony Bates Associates Ltd, a private company based in Canada specializing in consultancy and training in the planning and management of e-learning and distance education. The company was started in 2003, and [...]