CEO's Blog

What's a "Technology Solution"?

Nov 11, 2009

It's become increasingly obvious that the Big Tech Story of the 21st century is the web - or whatever we're going to call this increasingly ubiquitous global network in future. The web is changing virtually every aspect of life on our planet, in many cases outstripping our ability to wrap our heads around the possibilities it offers. That's particularly true of education. I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I hear people bemoan the relatively low impact "technology" has had on student...

Off to Africa Again!

Feb 05, 2008

It's the evening of February 5th in Kaslo. It's almost 5PM and snowing heavily. Next Monday I'll be winging my way to Johannesburg, South Africa, where the weather will be MUCH warmer, to spend an intensive few days with colleagues led by North West University's Director of Indigenous Knowledge Studies, Dr. Hassan Kaya, at a workshop sponsored by the Development Bank of Southern Africa. As far as I know, I'm the only non-African invited to this gig. I'm looking forward to sharing our...

Why ILC is Needed in Alberta

Jun 19, 2007

I'm occasionally asked "why ILC?" Some folks (in North America - I never seem to get this question in Latin America or Africa) wonder why we've created a family of web-based educational publishing companies specifically for indigenous or Aboriginal learners. The following from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada does a pretty good job of answering the question for me... *more than 50% of Alberta's Aboriginal people live in urban areas *Edmonton currently has the 2nd largest municipal...

Valentine's Day

Feb 14, 2007

Love is in the air – maybe that’s why so much snow is melting here in British Columbia’s West Kootenays! All our kids – and Naya, our first grandchild – visited Janet and I recently. Talk about love! Work is in the air, too! Rick Running Rabbit and our Director of U.S. Business Development, Stephen Fox, are in Florida at the moment (they’ll still be there, where it’s 75 degrees F. in the shade, when I’m in beautiful downtown Red Deer, Alberta later this week, where it’s -20...

My First Entry

Feb 05, 2007

Hi folks, this is Randy Morse. Keep track on my blog for more happenings and findings as ILC grows. More soon...