GTC response to the Curriculum Online Consultation
The General teaching Council for England responds to the government's recently released Curriculum Online consultation paper. Not addressing specific technologies (wisely), it articulates some general principles the government ought to follow. More...

Connecting the Dots: Cost of Higher Education, Reduced Resources and Distance Education
On the one hand I compete with Farhad Saba's Distance-Educator.Com, a daily newsletter about online learning. But on another, more important, hand, I am a regular reader of the newsletter and support a lot of what Saba has to say. A case in point is this column. More...

E-Learning Value Chain
Useful article outlining - in a convenient diagram - major sectors in the e-learning industry. The link is in the article; when you follow the link (and you will follow the link, right?) be sure to click on the different parts of the diagram to get an expanded description. More...

'The Blue Planet': A Sense of Wonder Under the Sea
I saw an installment of this series while I was in San Diego and would add to this glowing review that it combines education with art. The Blue Wonder is visually stunning and - as the review asserts - educational. More...

Linking Their Thinking
When most people think of the future of learning, they think of things like online learning or technology supported classrooms. This article, a lengthy but very very well written description of the MIT's media lab, should shake those preconceptions. More...

Get With the Program: Smart Strategies for Online Teaching
This is a theme that came up on several occasions at NLII in San Diego. As the blurb says, "Corporate trainers would do well to watch how high-school kids learn online." The article covers an number of other good lessons for people developing online learning. More...

WWW: Service Provider
Quick overview of the rise of web services, including Microsoft's .Net initiative, and an outline of some of the problems facing deliver, problems such as security. More...