Playing with ChatGPT: now I’m scared (a little)
Over the holiday season, lots of people play games such as Scrabble, cards or crossword puzzles. I decided to play with ChatGPT by testing it...
Well, that was 2022!
It's that time of the year to look back and consider the good and the bad of 2022, but first a couple of provisos.
This...
Spanish version of ‘Teaching in a Digital Age: Third Edition’ now available/Ya está disponible...
Click en la imagen para acceder al libro/Click on image to access book/
Español
Me complace anunciar que la versión en español de la tercera edición...
Exams and online courses: why proctoring is the wrong issue
Many instructors struggle with assessment of any kind, but particularly with online assessment if they have never taught online before. What they try to...
What’s in a name? Definitions of digital learning
Apologies for my absence
I've not been at all active with my blogging this summer - been too busy playing golf and have just returned...
Heading for the gunfight at the AU Corral
Climenhaga, D. (2022) Minister’s demand substantially unchanged on move of Athabasca University executives, many staff, to town 145 kilometres north of Edmonton, Albertapolitics.ca, August...
‘Master’ version of Teaching in a Digital Age (3rd edition) now published
Just to confuse you, I have now published the 'master' version of the third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age at: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev3m/. This...
Third edition of Teaching at a Distance is now published
The third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available from here: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev3m/
I have exported in several formats and made it public....
When is a distance teaching university not distant? When you work for it
The Canadian Press (2022) Get back to work: Alberta government threatens funding cuts to Athabasca University CTV News Edmonton
The issue
The provincial government of Alberta...
British Columbia drafts a digital learning strategy for its post-secondary education sector
What is the intent?
On June 8, 2022, the Digital Learning Advisory Committee (convened by the British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training)...