A Franco-Canadian forum on MOOCs
The conference
Last week was a hell of a week. I was at a two-day conference in Lyon, France (jet-lagged most of the time with...
MOOCs, Norway, and the ecology of digital learning
© Ron Niebrugge, 2013 MOOCs are just one species in the online digital forest - and a big and clumsy oneEarlier this week I...
Examining the potential and reality of open educational resources: the 2013 COHERE conference
COHERE (Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research) runs one of my favourite annual conferences. It is relatively small (around 75), the participants are...
Online learning and distance education are alive and well in Argentina
RUEDA (Red Universitaria de Educación a Distancia d'Argentina) is a network of 42 public universities across Argentina.
This week I attended their sixth annual international conference...
New copyright guidelines for Canadian universities and colleges – but do they add clarity?
Geist, M. (2013) Schools navigate learning curve for new copyright rules, Toronto Star, August 30
According to this article, AUCC (the Association of Universities and...
A review of the HEQCO report on productivity and quality in online learning in...
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 in the summer? – 3
An Ontario online university?
I have a strict rule when reporting news to make sure it's based on published secondary sources - in other words,...
Commonwealth of Learning celebrates 25 years of operation
CoL's lifelong learning for farmers projectKanwar, A. (2013) Celebrating COL's 25th Anniversary Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning
I had the privilege of attending COL’s Board of Governors Reception...
An explanation of how ACE accredits MOOCs
Book, P. (2103) ACE as Academic Credit Reviewer–Adjustment, Accommodation, and Acceptance WCET Learn, July 25
Over the next few weeks, WCET will publish a series of...
Mobile learning for women and girls in Africa
Zelezny-Green, R. (2013) Boosting mobile learning potential for women and girls in Africa: lingering considerations E-learning Africa News Portal, February 14
This is an interesting...