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Selected Bibliography on Education and ICTs

2005

E-learning in Tertiary Education: Where do we stand? (La cyberformation dans l'enseignement supérieur).  / OECD. Centre for Educational Research and Innovation [CERI].-- 2005.  289 p.
CONTENTS: Part I. Activities and strategies -- 1. E-learning provision and enrolments 2. E-learning strategies and ratonales. Part II. Pedagogy, technology and organisation -- 3. Impacts on teaching and learning 4. IT infrastructure: use of learning management system [LMS] and other applicatons 5. Partnership and networking 6. Staff development and organisational change. Part III. Cost efficiency and funding -- 7. Funding, costing and pricing 8. Current government roles: funding and beyond. Conclusions.

Virtual learning environments: practitioner perspectives on good practice/ Holtham, Clive; Courtney, Nigel / Observatory on Borderless Higher Education [UK].-- London, 2005. 26 p. (Report. 31)
CONTENTS: The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is one of a long series of initiatives in e-learning and electronic business. Since the outset of the dotcom boom, universities have turned to VLEs as a means of providing learners with access to online resources, support and assessment. The authors of this report examine the benefits and disadvantages of VLEs, and argue that whilst VLEs have value-added potential, they also represent a high risk strategy for universities. This report draws on the authors' some fifteen years of practical experience in developing VLE-type environments, as well as classic frameworks from `Strategic Information Systems' theory to review and evaluate the evolution of e-learning. It is argued that the enthusiasm for spending on technology-supported learning has reached its peak. There may be a growing trend among institutions to invest in other aspects of learning infrastructures (e.g. physical buildings and information resources) rather than IT-based technologies alone.

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