Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Why MOOCs are only part of the answer for higher education

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OK, except for the next post, which will be a list of publications on MOOCs for graduate students studying the topic, and a scenario for...

The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part 2: learning and assessment

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The writing of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, has been interrupted for nearly two weeks by my trip to England for the...

Adapting student assessment to the needs of a digital age

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The story so far Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...

Developing intellectual and practical skills in a digital age

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  The story so far Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...

Dialogue and discussion: critical for 21st century skills development

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Introduction First of all, thanks to the numerous people who commented on  my earlier posts on Why Lectures are Dead, and on Learning Theories and...

The nature of knowledge and the implications for teaching

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Teaching in a Digital Age I've now just published Chapter 2 of my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. Chapter 1 looks at the fundamental changes...

Opening up: chapter one of Teaching in a Digital Age

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I've not been blogging much recently, because (a) I've been on holiday for a month in the Mediterranean and (b) I've been writing my...

Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy?

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I've been on holiday the last two and a half weeks, but also doing some writing for my open textbook on teaching in a...

Does distance education socialize students? A study from Québec

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Loisier, J. (2014) Socialisation des Etudiants en FAD au Canada Francophone Montréal QC: REFAD REFAD (the Canadian francophone distance education network) has published a very...

Producing ‘innovative’ graduates and how online learning can help

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Avvisati, F., Jacotin, G., and Vincent-Lacrin, S. (2013) Educating Higher Education Students for Innovative Economies: What International Data Tells Us, Tuning Journal for Higher...