Papers and references

Monthly briefing papers

• “October 2008 - Direct response marketing of distance education (2 of 2)”
• “September 2008 - Direct response marketing of distance education (1 of 2)”
• “August 2008 - Mass Market means Low Quality. Right?”
• “July 2008 - Elements of successful online CPD”
• “June 2008 - Content engineering for learning materials”
• “May 2008 - Single sourcing with open standards”
• “April 2008 - Professional associations and distance learning”
• “March 2008 - Learning Objectives and Competency Frameworks”
• “February 2008 - Assessments, Learning Objectives and Progress Reports”
• “January 2008 - The need for a new publishing workflow”
• “December 2007 - Computer Aided eAssessment”
• “November 2007 - DL - the future of Professional Development?”
• “October 2007 - VLEs - the student view”
• “September 2007 - Cost-effective production of learning materials”
• “August 2007 - Improving student retention”
• “July 2007 - Sustainable programmes”
• “June 2007 - XML opens doors”
• “May 2007 - Distance learning or blended learning? - Focus on the customer”
• “April 2007 - Treat all Students as Distance Learners”
• “March 2007 - Avoiding the VLE trap”

Papers that will introduce you to distance learning

• “An introduction to distance learning” - a primer for tertiary education providers

Resources to help you get your programme development started

• “Barriers to uptake of distance or eLearning technologies” - an online exercise for your department or institution
• “Surmounting the barriers” - a paper to help your institution get started with distance learning.

Resources to help you develop a successful global business in education

• “Market strategies for distance learning programmes” - a paper for higher education providers

Papers giving more information about CAPDM technologies and processes

• Our company background sheet - more detail about our services and technologies
• The CAPDM model - a short description of this strategic publishing concept
• CAPDM's developing global businesses in education (DGBIE) diagram
• CAPDM in a Nutshell - quick guide to CAPDM Limited
• CAPDM en bref
• CAPDM 简介

Opinion Surveys

• 2006 CAPDM opinion survey on distance learning attitudes in UK universities and colleges.
• 2007 CAPDM opinion survey on distance learning attitudes in UK professional associations.

Interesting links

• Megatrends in eLearning projects
• Discontinued global eLearning initiatives
• The TENCompetence project
• CAPDM is a member of the the European Distance and E-Learning Network.