Thursday, May 16, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Latest data on USA distance education enrolments

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Digital Learning Compass (2017) Distance Education Enrolment Report 2017 Wellesley MA A new partnership for the analysis of distance education data in the USA First, a little...

What counts when you cost online learning?

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Poulin, R. and Straut, T. (2017) Distance Education Price and Cost Report Boulder CO: WCET This highly controversial report has generated considerable discussion in WCET's...

A report on university distance education in Québec

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Conseil supérieur de l'éducation (2015) La formation à distance dans les universités québécoises: un potential à optimiser Québec: Gouvernement du Québec This report is now...

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Athabasca University?

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Climenhaga, D. (2017) Athabasca U’s future seems brighter as Saskatchewan prof named to conduct sustainability review Albertapolitics.ca, January 19 Climenhaga, D. (2016) Alberta Government names five new...

A survey of distance education in Brazil

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ABED (2016) 2015 Brazilian Census for Distance Learning: Analytical Report on Distance Learning in Brazil São Paulo, Brazil: Associação Brasileira de Educação a Distância (ABED) “In God we...

Who are the founding fathers of distance education?

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Steve Wheeler interviewed three old guys, Michael Moore, Sir John Daniel and myself, at the EDEN conference in Budapest this summer, and has posted...

Contact North to host the next ICDE conference in Toronto in 2017

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The International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) announced at the close of this year's conference in Sun City, South Africa, that its next conference...

Book review: A History of the Open University

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Weinbren, D. (2105) The Open University: A History Manchester: Manchester University Press/The Open University, 274 pp + notes, £18.99, C$31.61, US$22.30 (paperback edition) Why you...

Conference: Distance teaching and learning, Wisconsin, 2015

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What: The University of Wisconsin Distance Teaching and Learning Conference You will discover innovative ways to teach and support online learners. Learn best strategies, practices, and solutions. Connect...

Adult learners, mobile phones and online learning

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Sometimes, distance education really is distant. Damian Boyle is a workplace instructor from Northlands College who works with itinerant workers at the remote McArthur...