Online Courses Better

In my local newspaper, I responded to the concern expressed in an editorial about the University of California’s use of online courses. Yes, I said that online courses are often better than traditional courses. My source: U.S. Department of Education. You can read it here.

Online Learning: Truth in Advertising?

I have often wondered if we do ourselves a disservice by touting online learning’s ease of use. Bruce Friend of SAS Curriculum Pathways offers an article on that very topic over here.

$100 Tablet PC?

Yes, I’ll take a thousand of these, please!

Virtual School Symposium 2010

I just now reserved my room for iNACOL‘s Virtual School Symposium in November. This year it will be in Glendale, Arizona. If you work in online learning, if your school district is considering online learning, if there is the remotest possibility that you need to learn more about online learning, this is the one conference [...]

Debating online learning? Really?

Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com

Look at this “new” technology!

Open Educational Resources 101

Kindles didn’t work; what about iPads?

Apple has been conducting an experiment this year at a number of colleges to see how well Kindles would work in that environment. The results have been less than stellar. Reed College conducted one of those tests. They are now working to do the same test with the iPad. The hope is to have the [...]

WAPO: Traditional schools aren’t working

Well, if you had asked me, I could have told you. There is an opinion piece in the Washington Post that asserts that traditional schools are not working and recommends that we move learning online. Here’s the first part: Deep within America’s collective consciousness, there is a little red schoolhouse. Inside, obedient children sit in [...]

Video: What Digital Natives Want from their Library

Yes, this is the future. Get ready now.