May 22, 2013

Distance education in Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar -2004

Distance education in Mongolia Distance education in Mongolia

Distance education in Cuba

A revolutionary tank at the Universidad de Havana

Distance education in Cuba Distance education in Cuba

Distance Education in Afghanistan

Kuchi family near Bamian

Distance Education in Afghanistan Distance Education in Afghanistan

A personal view of e-learning in Saudi Arabia

A mosque in Arar, Northern Saudi Arabia

A personal view of e-learning in Saudi Arabia A personal view of e-learning in Saudi Arabia

South Africa

White rhinos in Pilanesburg

South Africa South Africa

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UBC is going big with online and flexible learning

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Yesterday (March 11), Stephen Toope, the president of the University of British Columbia, sent an e-mail to all faculty announcing a strategy to increase flexible learning across all the university’s programs. In the e-mail, he announced: In the latter half of 2012 UBC undertook a strategic assessment of the recent global developments and their meaning [...]

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UBC study group

Discussing design models for hybrid/blended learning and the impact on the campus

 A couple of weeks ago I had an interesting meeting with about 25 instructional designers from UBC, where we discussed design models for hybrid learning, defined as a deliberate attempt to combine the best of both face-to-face and online learning. Hybrid learning: the next big change in online learning? Despite all the hype about MOOCs, hybrid learning is probably the most significant … [Read More...]

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Can you teach lab science via remote labs?

Contact North (2013) The Colorado Community College System Sudbury ON: Contact North Contact North has been developing a series of posts on institutions that are 'game-changers' in online learning. The latest describes the Colorado Community College System's use of remote labs for teaching experimental science in first year college physics, chemistry and biology courses. Remote labs are … [Read More...]

Queen's University

Queen’s University’s report on online learning

  Senate Academic Planning Task Force (2013) Draft Report March 2013 Kingston ON: Queens University Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, was one of the first universities worldwide to offer distance education courses, in 1888. It has recently released an 84 page report on online learning, developed by its Senate Academic Planning Task Force. The SAPTF was mandated to study virtualization … [Read More...]

UBC campus

Conference: International Perspectives on Technology-enhanced Learning

The campus at UBC What:  International Perspectives on Technology-Enhanced Learning: Lessons, Challenges, Possibilities: A conference for those interested in a global dialogue on increasing access, equity and engagement through innovations in technology-enabled learning. Where: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada When: July 11-13, 2013 Who: Keynote speakers … [Read More...]

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Sommet de l’iPad en éducation

Un message d'Aurélien Fievez: le Colloque international en éducation : enjeux actuels et futurs de la formation et de la profession enseignante aura lieu les 2 et 3 mai 2013, à l'hôtel Sheraton de Montréal (http://colloque.crifpe.ca).  Ce colloque sera précédé d'un autre événement, le Sommet de l'iPad en éducation (http://www.sommetipad.ca/) qui se déroulera au même endroit le … [Read More...]

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A MOOC platform open to all?

Empson, R. (2013) edX Merges With Stanford’s Class2Go To Build An Open-Source Online Learning Platform Tech Crunch, April 3 Empson, R. (2012) Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education Tech Crunch, September 17 Markoff, J. (2013) Essay-Grading Software Offers Professors a Break New York Times, April 4 Stanford engineers have developed an open source MOOC … [Read More...]

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Innovative online bachelor’s degree from University of Washington

Long, K. (2013) UW to offer first all-online degree-completion program The Seattle Times, March 28 Although many universities offer online courses at the bachelor's level, and fully online master programs, whole bachelor's programs offered fully online are comparatively rare from major public research universities (although much more common from for-profits, such as University of … [Read More...]