Drafting a Faculty Copyright Ownership Policy
This article discusses the use of a university-wide copyright ownership policy that clarifies the needs and rights of institution as well as faculty, staff and students. Of course the main point of such a policy is to resolve disputes that may arise between the institution and staff, but the author suggests that the process of drafting such a policy can be a useful collaborative process. More...

Do Not Pass Go

A different take on the question of why people drop out of online courses: the number of dropouts, argues the author, doesn't matter. More...

Is the Information Revolution Dead?
This article comparing the information revolution to technological revolutions of the past suggests that while there is no guarantee of a goldern age of internet technology, the recent collapse of the dot com industry is typical and that we should expect the information revolution to continue. More...

Rocky Start in Cyber Classrooms

Yet another article that blurs the distinction between charter schools and cyber schools. Thus the opponents of charter schools look for - and find - objections to online learning. More...

Indian University Plans Dramatic Expansion of Distance Education via the Airwaves

Sometimes things come in clusters... despite the pessimism expressed in the previous article today, big plans are afoot for a dramatic expansion of distance learning in India. More...

Is E-learning a Flop in India?
This article is vague and probably more expressive of a sentiment than any particular objection. "E-learning today is facing the same dilemma and acceptance problems that other Net applications are encountering. The Net has grown at an incredible speed in the past decade mainly because of unreasonably high expectations created by Internet and dotcom enthusiasts and protagonists. More...

Online Students Don't Fare as Well as Classroom Counterparts, Study Finds
OK, here is why I don't frequently report that "this study said this" or "that study said that" - here we have a case where students in an online version of a class did more poorly than students in the in-class version. Fine, no problem. More...

Featured Genius Interview with Murray Goldberg of Silicon Chalk
OK, one of the worst user interfaces I've had to deal with in some time, and because it's Flash, I can't send you a direct URL to the page I want to describe (are you reading this Macromedia?)... but I have to send you this link because it's important. The site is called Cool Genius and is worth taking a look. The article is, as the title suggests, an interview with Murray Goldberg. To read the article don't bother trying to click on the name of the article or anywhere inside the pop-up describing the article... click on the little picture on the lower left hand side of the page. More...

Battle of the Browser

Take the Online Instructors' Battle of the Browser (I use Netscape 6.2 and grumble when a site makes me use Internet Explorer). I love online polls (this one will send you the results by email, and with any luck, won't send you too much spam. More...

Open Journal System
The Open Journal System is a nice piece of software that provides simple tool for the online publication of academic papes. OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. More...