The Coming Crisis in Canadian Post-secondary Education: 1 – External Developments
Where's the disruption?
I don't normally get excited about talk of digital technology disrupting higher education, especially when that talk originates from south of the...
Online and problem-based learning: the Danish experience
Aalborg University and digital learning
I have just completed a visit to my third Danish university (University of Copenhagen in 2004, Syddansk University in 2017,...
Rethinking the purpose of online learning: 4. Developing skills for a digital society
This series is turning out to be longer than I initially anticipated. In the first three posts I looked at the following possible reasons...
Ontario: leading Canada in online learning
A couple of months ago, the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA) provided eCampus Ontario, one of the survey's main sponsors, with a regional...
Is Western Canada falling behind in online learning?
Reports from the 2018 survey
The main public report on online and distance learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions was published last month and is available,...
Some reflections on the results of the 2018 national survey of online learning
The public report of the 2018 national survey of online and distance learning in Canadian universities and colleges is now available in English and...
(Almost) free books on online learning
I did a big clear-out over the holiday period and found a whole batch of brand new printed copies of three of my books....
2018 review of online learning: weak leadership
This is the fourth in my series reviewing developments in online learning in 2018. The first three were:
AI and synchronous learning
open universities...
Athabasca University moves to the cloud
I'm struggling to understand how artificial intelligence is going to impact on post-secondary education, and in particular on online learning, at least over the...
Why Canada needs five new digital learning universities
Following the results from the recent national survey of online learning and distance education in Canadian universities and colleges, and also my work for...