Friday, May 2, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Getting faculty and instructors into online learning

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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...

Report on Online Educa Berlin 2010

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The report summarizing the Online Educa Berlin 2010 conference earlier this month concluded: 'A new paradigm of learning emerged during the sessions attended by a...