Some thoughts on the future of public higher education
One of the responses I had to my series on the coming crisis to post-secondary education in Canada was: 'Well, what do you think...
Rethinking the purpose of online learning: 2. Using online learning to reduce the costs...
This is the second of three posts examining the purpose of online and digital learning. In the first post I looked at the government...
Why is innovation in teaching in higher education so difficult? 2. Legacy systems
In my first post in this series, I looked at the role of accreditation agencies in blocking innovation. I suggested that while they may...
‘Making Digital Learning Work’: why faculty and program directors must change their approach
Bailey, A. et al (2018) Making Digital Learning Work Boston MA:The Boston Consulting Group/Arizona State University
Getting blended learning wrong
I've been to several universities recently...
Stanford University to be fully online by 2025?
Today I have received a tip from a close colleague that Stanford University is planning to build a partnership with Alphabet Inc., the owner...
How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?
I was recently asked if I would answer a couple of questions from students in Royal Roads University's course 'Leveraging Technology in Higher Education'...
Webinar on choosing modes of delivery and the role of face-to-face teaching in an...
On Tuesday I gave another in the Contact North series of webinars designed around my open, online textbook for faculty and instructors, Teaching in...
What the Conference Board of Canada thinks about online learning
Grant, M. (2016) Learning in the Digital Age Ottawa: Conference Board of Canada
The Conference Board of Canada bills itself as 'the foremost independent, evidence-based,...
Recording of webinar on choosing modes of delivery
This morning I gave my third webinar in the Contact North series based on my online, open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. There were...
Rethinking learning spaces in a digital age: an example from Singapore
Hohenadel, K. (2015) Singapore’s New “Learning Hub” Rethinks University Classroom Design in the Internet Age SLATE, March 12
I have written in earlier posts about the...