Saturday, July 5, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Learn to fly – online

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Warnock, C. (2014) 1,600 students worldwide take online flight classes Daily Herald, April 5 "Yeah, you'll be telling me next that you can learn to...

Blogs and wikis in formal higher education: examples of open education

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  Raths, D. (2014) An e-portfolio with no limits Campus Technology, March 2 This is an article on a project by the University of Mary Washington,...

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...

Research from the Michigan Virtual University on a connectivist MOOC

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  Ferdig, R. et al. (2014) Findings and reflections from the 'K-12 Teaching in the 21st Century' MOOC Lansing MI: Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute We...

Hooray for Janet Napolitano and her views on online learning (and public HE in...

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Napolitano, J. (2014) A conversation with University of California President Janet Napolitano Sacramento CA: Public Policy Institute of California Hiltzik, M. (2014) UC's Napolitano throws cold...

Guides to quality in formal and ‘post-traditional’ online learning: two publications

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Butcher, N. and Wilson-Strydom, M. (2013) A Guide to Quality in Online Learning Dallas TX: Academic Partnerships Butcher, N. and Hoosen, S. (2014) A Guide...

Open and distance learning in Myanmar

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Hla Tint (2014) Perspectives of Open and Distance Learning in Myanmar Yangon Myanmar: Yangon University of Distance Education You probably know relatively little about the...

New policies for online learning and distance education in South Africa

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Republic of South Africa (2013) White paper for Post-School Education and Training Pretoria SA: Department of Higher Education and Training Makhanya, M. (2014) Discussion of...

Game-based and immersive courses in a community college system

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Bradley, P. (2014) Getting in the game: Colorado colleges develop game-based, immersive courses Community College Weekly, March 3 The Colorado Community College System (CCCS) is...

Contact North on How to Design an Innovative Course

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Anon (2014) How to design an innovative course, Sudbury.Thunder Bay ON: Contact North As reported in Contact North's Online Learning News: There is a lot of pressure...