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"Author Nancy Foasberg, looks into the use of E-Readers on a college campus. This article was published in the September 2011 issue of Information Technology and Libraries. To learn whether e-book readers have become widely popular among college students, this study surveys students at one large, urban, four-year public college. The survey asked whether the students owned e-book readers and if so, how often they used them and for what purposes. Thus far, uptake is slow; a very small proportion of students use e-readers. These students use them primarily for leisure reading and continue to rely on print for much of their reading. Students reported that price is the greatest barrier to e-reader adoption and had little interest in borrowing e-reader compatible e-books from the library. "

"October 17 - 21, 2011 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Sheraton Waikiki Beach Resort Proposal Submission Guide & Form Invitation E-Learn 2011 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international conference organized by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and co-sponsored by the International Journal on E-Learning."

"Journals that Publish the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning and Address General Issues in Higher Education If you would like to suggest any additions or changes to this list, please e-mail Tom Pusateri, CETL Associate Director for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. The links on this site were last updated on July 11, 2011. The next full-scheduled update will occur in late December 2011. Journals are listed alphabetically within each category. A brief description of the journal, usually quoted from the journal's Web site, and a link to the journal is provided. "

Survey of student's perceptions of e-learning and e-resources in Canadian universities.

This article raises some great questions - how much "instruction" do we still need to give to students on using things such as the "play" feature etc.? Can we assume they have the skills - or do we need to do a little research to find out what types of instructions that seem obvious to us might not be obvious to them, and vice versa. Food for thought! Connie

I like the point about designing engaging activities using problem - solving: "Instead of a series of click-and-read screens, give the learner a problem to solve. Then provide all of the information that you would normally have pushed by creating access to additional, just-in-time resources. As the learner attempts to solve the problem, she'll pull the information she needs." Perhaps this is how we should be using Articulate Engage - to present problems with potential solutions... Food for thought!

Interesting perspective - especially relevant since so many IDs are in the process of getting a Masters!

"Open education builds upon the best traditions of educational innovation and the open source movement. It is a field that foresees remarkable transformations in institutions and teaching and learning at all levels. This course explores innovations in open education from a variety of perspectives. It examines the various dimensions of open education from traditional to contemporary. It explores the micro impacts impacts at the course, curriculum, and program levels as well as the macro impacts, those at the university and national educational policy levels. Finally, the course examines the remarkable transformative potential of open education on individuals and institutions."