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A review of the HEQCO report on productivity and quality in online learning in...

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The view from HEQCO, TorontoCarey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan...

What happened in online learning over the summer? – 1

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I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break in the Northern Hemisphere. This has been the best summer since I moved to...

Book review by Sir John Daniel: Higher Education in the Digital Age

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Bowen, W. (2013) Higher Education in the Digital Age Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press $26.95 As part of a series of posts on technology and...

Technology, teaching and productivity: the need for theory

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The need for greater productivity in higher education teaching I'm going to make a few posts on this topic, prompted by pressure from politicians in...

A report on e-learning from the University of Ottawa

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At the beginning of May I was in Ottawa, first to present to the University of Ottawa's Board of Governors about the current state...

Innovative online bachelor’s degree from University of Washington

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Long, K. (2013) UW to offer first all-online degree-completion program The Seattle Times, March 28 Although many universities offer online courses at the bachelor's level,...

No. 2 aha moment: God helps those that help themselves

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In a previous post, I listed the seven ‘aha’ moments that have been the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational...

Online learning in California generates controversy

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Booker, E. (2013) Online education policy draws fire in California Information Week: Education, January 11 This report of a one-day conference at UCLA: 'Rebooting Higher Education:...

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...

Sir John crosses to the dark side? Public universities and outsourcing online learning

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PR Newswire (2012) Online Learning Pioneer, Sir John Daniel, Joins Academic Partnerships as Senior Advisor PRNewswire, December 4 From the article: Academic Partnerships announces that international online...