Brexit and online learning in Europe
Little England triumphs
Well, Little England has triumphed at last. The votes in suburban and industrial England and Wales were enough to defeat Londoners, Scots...
Developing a next generation online learning assessment system
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2016) An Adaptive Trust-based e-assessment system for learning (@TeSLA) Barcelona: UOC
This paper describes a large, collaborative European Commission project headed by...
An example of online experiential learning: Ryerson University’s Law Practice Program
Alexandris, G., Buontrogianni, M, and Djafarova, N. (2015) Ground-breaking program for Ontario Law School Graduates - Virtual Law Firms, Berlin: OEB Conference
Online, experiential learning
Experiential learning...
What is the role of Canadian universities in indigenous education?
Universities Canada (2015) Universities Canada principles on Indigenous education Ottawa: Universities Canada, June 29
Yesterday was Canada Day, and I am very proud to be Canadian....
What can past history tell us about the Athabasca University ‘crisis’?
It's not just the Greeks who are having problems financially, even though they are getting all the headlines. In earlier posts I commented on Athabasca University's...
Athabasca University’s troubles grow
Bako, O. (2015) AU taskforce releases sustainability report, The Athabasca Advocate, June 9
I hate to rely on third-party reports, but a thorough web search...
Yale University to offer an online master of medical science
Korn, M. (2015) Yale Will Offer Web-Based Master of Medical Science Degree Wall Street Journal, March 10
This for me is much more significant than the...
A future vision for OER and online learning
For each chapter of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, I am developing imaginary but hopefully realistic scenarios. In this scenario,...
Mode of delivery: Learners as a determining factor
This is the third of five posts on choosing between different modes of delivery as part of Chapter 10 for my online open textbook,...
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...