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Current discussion on the International Forum of Educational Technology & Society list is around Strategic e-learning implementation. The discussion initiation piece raises some interesting and important questions about how course quality can be sustained across whole programs or institutions in which some academics are enthusiastic early adopters of online approaches and others are less inclined [...]

Stephen Downes has posted about The Economy of E-Learning. These paragraphs from his conclusion summarise some of his key points: As can be seen from the discussion above, the educational economy is shifting from what might be styled as a ‘production’ mode to what might be styled as a ‘service’ mode. In some cases, new [...]

The e-Framework for Education and Research is a joint project of DEST and JISC. It seems to have implications for the group with whom I am working on the development of a strategy for future online learning systems. The e-Framework is an initiative by the U.K’s Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), Australia’s Department of Education, [...]

George Siemens, see Connectivism, has posted a substantial piece about the Learning Development Cycle with the subtitle, Bridging Learning Design and Modern Knowledge Needs: Abstract Instructional design (ID) serves only a small part of the entire learning experience. The pace of information development exceeds courses as the primary delivery mechanism of learning, challenging established ID. [...]

Harold Jarche points to a Harold Rheingold document about Technologies of Cooperation: I’ve already referred this excellent document to two of my colleagues, so I guess that I’d better blog about it. Entitled Technologies of Cooperation, this paper from the Institute for the Future is available on Howard Reingold’s site as a PDF. A small [...]

In another story EdNA’s The Communicator email newsletter reports on current projects from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework: The newly developed pages give a summary of the key concepts and aims of the six projects along with information on who will benefit from the new practice and who is involved in its development. The pages [...]

EdNA’s The Communicator email newsletter reports on a review about eLearning for youth: An extensive review of literature and information relating to the application of e-learning for youth within the context of vocational education and training (VET) has been released by the 2005 Australian Flexible Learning Framework (2005 Framework). The environmental scan research paper was [...]

Stephen Downes answers “Yes!” in a piece that builds on his earlier post where he asked “Is online learning a distinct paradigm?” The core of his argument is about the nature of knowledge and related theories of learning. He takes apart the behaviourist and constructivist ends of the familiar spectrum. These few paragraphs provide some [...]