Talking numbers about open publishing and online learning
Please forgive me here for a little self-indulgence. By sheer coincidence, two statistics converged yesterday.
2 million blog post hits
First, I passed the 2 million...
Contact North to host the next ICDE conference in Toronto in 2017
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...
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...
Book review: A History of the Open University
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
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
Sometimes, distance education really is distant. Damian Boyle is a workplace instructor from Northlands College who works with itinerant workers at the remote McArthur...
Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: WCET’s analysis of distance education enrolments in the USA
Russell Poulin and Terri Straut have done an invaluable analysis of recent data on distance education enrolments in the USA in the following three...
Choosing a ‘good’ post-secondary online learning program
I am constantly asked to recommend 'good' online learning programs. This is a difficult question to answer, as it’s impossible for any single person to...
Nine questions to ask when choosing modes of delivery
This is the fifth of five posts on choosing modes of delivery for Chapter 10 of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...
Challenging the supremacy of face-to-face teaching
This is the second of five posts on choosing appropriate modes of delivery, part of Chapter 10 of my online open textbook, Teaching in...