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A personal history: 30. A (history) lesson on e-learning research from the Open University...

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

Some thoughts on the implications of AI for teaching and learning in higher education

What a co-incidence! A few months ago, I wrote a series of blog posts on the crisis in higher education, arguing that it had become...

A personal history: 29. Strategic planning for e-learning: a personal case-study

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history: 28. Croatia and Chile

I've been a bad blogger. It's over a month since my last post. Put it down to being fully retired and having other interests....

A personal history: 26. How to be an independent consultant in online and digital...

  I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history: 24. A Ritual in Borrowed Clothes

I hope you are now settled back in the saddle after the hectic opening of the new semester. (At last, I can get on...

A personal history: 23. Open and distance learning in Australia and New Zealand –...

I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....

A personal history: 22. Innovating in distance education at the Open University of Portugal...

Summer is getting more dangerous in Canada as forest fires destroy the lovely town of Jasper, Alberta, and the surrounding national park. Let's hope...

A personal history: 21. Open and distance learning in Japan and South Korea

Enjoying summer I hope you are all having a well-earned break. Here in Vancouver we are enjoying a wonderful summer. I hope you are finding...

Four questions about the newly proposed Open European University

On the 28 June (2024) a proposal for an Open European University that is "student-centred, inclusive, digital and green" has been supported by the...