Some thoughts on the implications of AI for teaching and learning in higher education
What a co-incidence!
A few months ago, I wrote a series of blog posts on the crisis in higher education, arguing that it had become...
The crisis in universities and colleges: 7: shortening time to qualify
Recap
Sorry about the short break in these series of posts but I needed to escape a Canadian winter for a week or so. I...
New journal on open, distance and digital education: a review
Welcome back!
What with Covid, post-Covid and AI mania, it's been a challenging four and a half years for all in open, distance and especially...
A personal history: 23. Open and distance learning in Australia and New Zealand –...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A global perspective on digitalization in higher education
Vol. 16, No.2 of the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education (JCIHE) explores digitalization in the COVID and post-COVID era in 13 countries...
Four questions about the newly proposed Open European University
On the 28 June (2024) a proposal for an Open European University that is "student-centred, inclusive, digital and green" has been supported by the...
Are our higher education systems about to collapse from within?
Dalhousie University's Faculty of Computer Science uses Daedalus software to track students' learning objectives across and between courses,enabling the measurement of the progression of...
Book review: ‘Creating the University of the Future’ by Ehlers and Eigbrecht (eds.)
Ehlers, U-D. and Eigbrecht, L. (eds) Creating the University of the Future A Global View on Future Skills and Future Higher Education Springer VS...
A personal history: 14. Strategic planning, nuclear weapons, and the OLA
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 11. The creation of the OLA and a lesson about backing-up...
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I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open...