More on the Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative

Kolowich, S. (2009) Hybrid education 2.0 Inside Higher Education, December 28

An interesting article that provides more information about the Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative, particularly the instructional design behind the initiative.

The importance of the model (if I understand it correctly) is that while providing a more or less self-standing online learning environment, [...]

The state of e-learning 2009

It’s that time of year again. Here’s a personal look back at e-learning in 2009 (I will do another blog on priorities for Canadian e-learning in 2010, and a third blog on international trends to watch in 2010).

What I did

This year I worked in Alberta, Cuba, Mexico, Germany, [...]

Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative

Carter, D. (2009) Program goes beyond open course model eSchool News, September 16

Parry, M. (2009) Obama’s Great Course Giveaway Chronicle of Higher Education, August 3

These two articles discuss Carnegie Mellon University’s Open Learning Initiative, which takes open educational resources to the next level. Carnegie Mellon is making available to other institutions (mainly [...]