Sunday, December 8, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

A personal history: 16. NAFTA, videoconferencing, and getting lost in Texas

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

Day 2 of the ICDE conference in Costa Rica

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This was, from my perspective, much better than the first day: two good keynotes and one session that was worth the whole trip. Keynotes I went...

Who’s attending the ICDE 2023 World Conference on distance education?

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Here I am in Toronto, on my way to Costa Rica (no direct flight from Vancouver, which means a stop-over in Toronto) for the...

Book Review: Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development

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Jagannathan, S. (ed.) (2021) Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development: How Upskilling, Data Analytics and Educational Technologies Close the Skills Gap Routledge: New York/London,...

Innovation in online teaching in a Mexican university

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The University of Guadalajara I spent last week in and around Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. The Universidad de Guadalajara, whose origins go...

MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer

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  This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...

Mexico’s new President proposes a national online university

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Long, C. (2012) President-elect plans to grow university enrolment by 50% University World News, July 29 Mexico's President-Elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, who takes office on December...

Canada’s digital divide and its implications for other countries

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Marlow, I. and McNish, J. (2010) Canada's Digital Divide, The Globe and Mail, April 3 For those of you who don't read Toronto's national newspaper,...