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Ease of use as a criterion for technology selection in online learning

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I felt myself cringing as I wrote this section for my book on 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. Talk about do what I say...

My five wishes for online learning in 2015

Predictions, schmedictions. No-one can guess the future but we can at least say what we would like to see. So here are my five...

Students as a criterion for media selection in online learning

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Decisions are being made every day by government, institutions, teachers and students about technology use in education. How are these decisions made? What criteria...

Interactivity and the choice of media

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 I hope you had a good holiday break. This post from my draft for my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age,' looks at...

That was the year that was for online learning: thank you and goodbye, 2014

Well, where on earth did 2014 go? It seems as if it's only just started! What I did in 2014 2014 though is a significant year...

Choosing design models for a digital age

Oh, dear, it appears that I missed out in posting the conclusion to my Chapter 6, on Models for Designing Teaching and Learning for my...

Educational technology 30 years on: why hasn’t education changed much?

Bates, A.W. (ed.) (1984) The Role of Technology in Distance Education London/New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis For some inexplicable reason, Routledge, of the publishing group Taylor...

‘Agile’ Design: Flexible designs for the digital age

Before I was rudely interrupted by MOOCs, I had almost finished my chapter on Models for Designing Teaching and Learning for my open textbook,...

A ‘starter’ bibliography on MOOCs

For the increasing number of students doing Masters' dissertations or Ph.D's on MOOCs I have collected together for convenience all the references made in...

Why MOOCs are only part of the answer for higher education

OK, except for the next post, which will be a list of publications on MOOCs for graduate students studying the topic, and a scenario for...