Is distance education stealing on-campus students?
Poulin, R. (2018) Distance Ed Growth - Access is a Big Motivator, but it's Complicated, WCET Frontiers, February 1
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That was 2017 in online learning
My experience of online learning in 2017
2017 was a very interesting year for me, if not for online learning as a whole. I have...
‘Why does Canada have so much online learning?’
Online learning in Canada
I was doing my usual stuff in Denmark this week, a keynote on 'Teaching for a digital age: why blended learning...
Results from the Canadian survey of online learning now available
Bates, T. (ed.) (2017) Tracking Online and Distance Education in Canadian Universities and Colleges: 2017 Vancouver BC: The National Survey of Online and Distance Education in...
Will I see you at the ICDE World Conference on Online Learning this week?
The conference
ICDE's world conference lands at the Sheraton Hotel in Toronto this week.
I am very much looking forward to the coming week in Toronto....
Responses to the Canadian survey of online and distance learning
Hi, everyone, and welcome back. I hope you all had a great summer. As many readers will know, I am leading a team conducting...
Are you ready for blended learning?
I've just come back from visiting two universities in central Canada and I have also been getting feedback from pilot institutions on the questionnaire we...
Initiating instructors to online learning: 10 fundamentals
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What? Not ANOTHER book from me? Well, no, not quite.
'Teaching in a Digital Age' has been a great success but...
Online learning for beginners: 10. Ready to go
This is the last in a series of ten blog posts aimed at those faculty and instructors in higher education new to online teaching or thinking of...
Online learning for beginners: 4. ‘What kinds of online learning are there?’
This is the fourth of a series of a dozen blog posts aimed at those new to online learning or thinking of possibly doing...