Thursday, December 5, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Ontario students respond to Minister’s discussion paper

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OUSA (2012) Educated Reform: Striving for Higher Quality of Education at Ontario's Universities Toronto ON: Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario’s Centres of Creativity,...

Guest post: a review of the Ontario government’s discussion paper on transforming post-secondary education

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Ontario (2012) Strengthening Ontario's Centres of Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge Toronto ON: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities in the ides of summer (June 27), the...

Examples of hybrid online learning from Ontario

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Judith Tobin of Contact North has been collecting examples of innovation in online learning from the 20 universities and 24 colleges in the Ontario...

New resources for online educators from Contact North

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Over the last few months, Contact North has been gradually adding an impressive range of online resources to its Educator Portal. As well as the numerous articles...

European universities: re-form or die; but what about Canada?

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Grove, J. (2012) Long, cold financial winter lies ahead for Europe's academy Times Higher Education, February 9 What's happening in Europe This is a really depressing,...

Recommendations for a new Ontario Online Institute

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  The final recommendations for an Ontario Online Institute are now published. Tucked away on the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities 'In the...

Advice on online learning from the private sector

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Background Ontario is a technology hub and home to several leading private sector providers of platforms, services and infrastructure for online learning. Research in Motion...

Advice on online learning from 13 world experts

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Maxim Jean-Louis, as special advisor to the Minister on the Ontario Online Institute, has being doing a lot of homework recently. He asked 20 world...

Questions about online learning in Ontario

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In an earlier post, I reported that Maxim Jean-Louis has been appointed special adviser to the Minister to set out ‘Objective and Guiding Principles...

What can Ontario learn from BC in e-learning?

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The central importance of Ontario in Canada Ontario is, if not the centre of the universe, certainly the centre of Canada, geographically, economically and in...