Online learning for beginners: 1. What is online learning?
Getting started in online learning?
Every day, someone new either thinks about doing an online course, or is pressured into doing one. You may have...
Getting faculty and instructors into online learning
I mentioned in an earlier post that we don't always do a very good job in helping people new to the field of online learning...
Australia moves backwards from online apprenticeship training
Raggatt, M. (2015) Government slammed for dumping Energise Oz electrician apprenticeship program Brisbane Times, October 10
Those of you with Netflix may have been watching the...
Deciding on modes of delivery
This is the first of a series of five posts that look at the following:
deciding whether a whole course or program should be offered wholly...
‘The Economist’ on online learning
Insight (2014) The democratisation of learning The Economist, September 26
This is a well-balanced and well-researched article on online learning in post-secondary education, even if...
Instructional design, the academy and industry: a ‘blended’ event
What: The Academy and Industry: Exploring Instructional Design Roles
In a professional discipline, sometimes there can be uneasy tensions between those in the Academy (i.e. professors...
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”: a retrospective of my work
Brindley. J. and Paul, R. (2013) Understanding the building blocks of online learning: Through the writings and research of pre-eminent online learning expert, Dr. Tony...
Movers and shakers in corporate e-learning
Bob Little Press and PR (2013) The Fourth Annual Top Ten e-Learning Movers and Shakers, Training Press Releases, January 2
We in post-secondary education could...
Online learning in 2012: a retrospective
Well, 2012 was certainly the year of the MOOC. Audrey Watters provides a comprehensive overview of what happened with MOOCs in 2012, so I...
Stephen Downes’ overview of e-learning: and a little history lesson
Downes, S. (2012) E-learning Generations, Half-an-Hour, February 11
Stephen's contribution
In general, I try to complement rather than repeat what Stephen writes (which is just as...