Five core trends in teaching and learning post-Covid 19
If you have 15 minutes to spare, take a look at a (virtual) presentation I made to the University of Kent in the UK...
A requiem for Lytton
If you still don't believe in global warming, just look at what happened to Lytton, a small town about four hours drive north of...
Research chair in polytechnic learning and teaching
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is seeking a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Polytechnic Learning and Teaching: see https://careers.bcit.ca/postings/4339
The position details...
A bit more on the history of distance education
Too often, we are isolated by language from the relevant work of other people in online and distance education. I am pleased therefore to...
Digital Learning in Canadian Higher Education in 2020: CDLRA report
Johnson, N. (2021) Digital Learning in Canadian Higher Education in 2020: National Report Canadian Digital Learning Research Association: Halifax (francophone version will be available...
OECD report on the state of school education one year into the pandemic
OECD (2021) The state of school education: one year into the Covid pandemic Paris, France: OECD, pp. 50
The crisis has revealed the enormous...
A self-paced online course for school (k-12) teachers about teaching online
Who created the course?
BlendEd is a teacher-organised program that offers free professional development and resources for teachers to support blended learning pedagogy. Based in...
Resources to support special education students studying online
Continuing my theme of inequity arising from the switch from in-person to emergency remote learning, one group of children/students particularly affected are those with...
A directory of 2,000+ open textbooks
BCcampus has just announced that it has added its own collection of open textbooks to the Pressbooks Directory.
This directory provides an index of thousands...
Five free keynotes on online learning for streaming into virtual conferences
Sleepless nights and global learning
I received many requests last year to deliver keynotes into virtual conferences. These requests came from all around the world....