Distance Education

• The evolution of open learning: A review of the transition from pre-e-learning to the era of e-learning.

Education: South Africa

• Don't Play Morabaraba With School Fees: Parents Often Fail to Count the Cost by Reitumetse Pitso. Sowetan Page 15.
• Our gadget-verskrik minister needs to fix schools before buying iPads by Jonathan Jansen.

Higher Education

• NSFAS Still Open to Review Rejected Applications by Nomahlubi Jordaan. Sowetan Page 8.
• North West Economy and Enterprise Development On Bogus Private Institutions of Higher Education.
• NSFAS Approves Funding for 300 000 Students, Rejects 65 000.
• ‘Tertiary education is worth it, but SA must entice students to enrol’.
• Deputy Minister Buti Manamela visits the Central Application Clearing House Call Centre.

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• ‘Dark reuse’: an empirical study of teachers’ OER engagement.
• Differentiation in Access to, and the Use and Sharing of (Open) Educational Resources among Students and Lecturers at Technical and Comprehensive Ghanaian Universities.

 Teaching and Learning

• Education quality and the youth skills gap are marring progress in Africa.
• Why it’s wrong to label students ‘at-risk’.

Technology Enhanced Learning

• What are the Key Attributes of Effective Online Teachers?
• Efficient Strategies for Maximizing Online Student Satisfaction: Applying Technologies to Increase Cognitive Presence, Social Presence, and Teaching Presence.
• Does Online Education Live Up to Its Promise? A Look at the Evidence and Implications for Federal Policy.
• Findings from a Case Study on Refugees Using MOOCs to (Re)enter Higher Education by Gabi Witthaus.