Book Review: Mega-Universities and Opening Education by Design
Nichols, M. (ed.) 2025 Mega-Universities and Opening Education by Design ICDE, Oslo, Norway
Preliminaries
I haven't been posting much recently, reflecting my fully retired status. However,...
Book review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World
Mishra, S. and Panda, S. (eds.) (2025) Handbook of Open Universities Around the World New York: Routledge, 692 pp.
Who are the authors?
Sanjaya Mishra is...
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 Review of Contact North’s AI Trades Explorer Pro
AI Trades Explorer Pro
I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students, instructors and administrators.
Contact...
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: 27. Working and playing in Mexico
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
The crisis in higher education: 8. Thinking outside the box
Overview
I have argued that public higher education institutions can no longer depend on ever increasing revenues for survival. In an era of mass higher...
Universities and Colleges in Peril
An unsustainable higher education system
In recent months, we have seen an existential threat arising for the future of post-secondary education in many countries. Here...
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....
New journal on open, distance and digital education: a review
Welcome back!
What with Covid, post-Covid and AI mania, it's been a challenging four and a half years for all in open, distance and especially...