2018 review: 21st century knowledge and skills
How to develop the knowledge and skills that learners will need in the 21st century was a growing topic of discussion not just in...
‘Humans Wanted’: online learning and skills development
Royal Bank of Canada (2018) Humans Wanted Toronto ON: Royal Bank of Canada
I have at last got hold of a full copy of this...
More webinars on ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’
Last year I did a series of five webinars on topics from my online, open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age.' These proved to...
Welcome back and what you may have missed in online learning over the summer
I hope you all had a great summer break and have come back fully charged for another always challenging year in teaching. I thought...
French version of ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ now available
The French version of 'Teaching in a Digital Age', L'enseignement a l'ère numerique', is now available from here.
I am very grateful to Contact North|Contact Nord...
Technology and alienation: symptoms, causes and a framework for discussion
This is the second post on the topic of technology, alienation and the role of education, with a particular focus on the consequences for...
Building an effective learning environment
I was asked by the Chang School of Continuing Studies at Ryerson University to do a master class on this topic at their ChangSchoolTalks...
A full day of experiential learning in action
On Wednesday, February 17, the Chang School of Continuing Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, put on an impressive one day conference, called ChangSchoolTalks, focused on...
That was the year that was: what you read on my blog in 2015
I find it a fun exercise to analyse the statistics for my blog at the end of the year, to see what were the...
That was the year, that was: main trends in 2015
Well, here we are at the end of another year. Doesn't time fly! So here is my look back on 2015. I'll do this...