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- University of Greenwich vice-chancellor David Maguire called massive open online courses the most-hyped new idea in higher education in 2013. He predicted that a “trough of disillusionment” would open up in 2014. Well he might. Free online courses that require no prior qualifications or fee are a wonderful idea but are not viable.
- Nearly two-thirds of Americans now own a smartphone. 19% of Americans rely to some extent on a smartphone for internet access, but the connections to digital
- Infographic matching digital skills in Irish Higher Education. Tube network layout of digital skills
- In 2012 waren zeven op de tien Nederlandse internetgebruikers van 12 jaar en ouder actief op sociale media. Vooral sociale netwerken zoals Facebook en Twitter zijn populair. Bijna alle jongeren zijn hierop te vinden. Vrijwel nergens in de Europese Unie is het aandeel gebruikers van sociale media zo groot als in Nederland.
- Access to the internet wherever and whenever you want: last year, 9 in 10 people accessed the internet on a daily basis. Today, Statistics Netherlands announced that a faster internet connection, more access and a wider range of possibilities encourage people to engage in more online activities, like listening to the radio, reading the news, watching TV and e-shopping.
- Learn how Pinterest encourages unintentional copyright violations that have real, harmful consequences for artists and photographers.
- Article by Steve W. Raimo - The Impact of Edward Hall on Cross-Cultural Leadership Communication - EmergingLeader.com - User Driven Leadership Site
- Just as smartphones roared past PCs by the end of 2010, the tablet market is powering ahead even while shipments of PCs have begun to waver - which could prove a problem for Microsoft. By Charles Arthur
- Digital enterprise on the continent has sparked a range of user-friendly programs, from chat forums and photo-sharing sites to the first mobile 'cow calendar'
- There is no question that UK higher education (HE) is changing. Conversations and essays about the importance of the student experience abound, but we can see it simply by looking at the different channels and evolving nature of student-staff interactions.
- WHEN GOOD ENUF IS GREAT Entire markets have been transformed by products that trade power or fidelity for low price, flexibility, and convenience. — Erin Biba
- While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. However, a gradual and fundamental shift in the practice of academics is taking place. Every aspect of scholarly practice is seeing changes effected by the adoption and possibilities of new technologies. This book will explore these changes, their implications for higher education, the possibilities for new forms of scholarly practice and what lessons can be drawn from other sectors.
- This paper argues that the trend towards automation of higher education as implemented in North American universities today is a battle between students and professors on one side, and university administrations and companies with educational products to sell on the other
- This article presents a qualitative case study of a Web-based distance education course at a major U.S. university. The case data reveal a taboo topic: students' persistent frustrations in Web-based distance education.
- Internet-based learning as a response to consumerism and a reduction in government funding
- Tara Brabazon on bold tales of a Web 2.0 revolution to which the poor and excluded need not apply
Publikationen (verstecken)17
- (2014)
- Review of Research in Education, (2008)
- New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education, 2013 (138): 61-69 (Summer 2013)
- Foreign Studies Journal, (2007)
- (2007)
- Higher Education Research & Development, 26 (3): 253-268 (2007)
- Linguistics and Education, (2005)
