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...
Report on Online Educa Berlin 2010
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...
e-learning retrospective: 2) how good were my predictions?
On December 30, 2009, I posted my predictions for 2010:
1. Follow the money:
'In many countries, 2010 will be a difficult year financially....So we’ll have...
e-learning 2010 retrospective: 1) what my web site indicates
'That was the year that was - it's over, let it go' to adapt the title song of a 1960's British satirical TV series.
To...
The time factor in e-learning and assessment
First, it's a great pleasure to welcome a new e-learning journal from the e-Learn Research Centre at the Open University of Catalonia (where I...
Innovative e-learning in the Vancouver area
I worry about the often negative tone of many of my posts. It was therefore a great pleasure to attend the joint Justice Institute...
Hope and despair: managing technological change
In a very funny low budget British movie called 'Clockwise', John Cleese plays a school principal with an obsession about punctuality who is asked...
When online learning fails
Figlio, D., Rush, N. and Yin, L. (2010) Is it Live or is it Internet? Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Online Instruction on...
E-learning simply explained: a video
The United Nations University has released what it calls a 'sticky concepts' video on e-learning.
From the UNU:
If you are a newbie in the field...