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...
Another perspective on the personalisation of learning online
I gave a keynote presentation last week at a large educational conference in the Netherlands, ‘Dé Onderwijsdagen’ (Education Days). I was asked to talk about the...
EDUCAUSE looks beyond the (current) LMS environment: is it a future we want?
Brown, M, Dehoney, J., Millichap, N. (2015) The Next Generation Digital Learning Environment: A Report on Research EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
What is it about?
EDUCAUSE has published...
Defining skills for a digital age
ACT (2105) Unpacking "Career Readiness" Iowa City IA: Act Inc.
ACT Inc, the organisation that designs and administers the most widely used high school standardised tests...
Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age: key takeaways
I have now completed and published Chapter 11, 'Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age', for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...
The implications of ‘open’ for course and program design: towards a paradigm shift
I am usually very cautious not to use the term 'paradigm shift', but I do believe that the term is justified by the implications of...
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...
A ‘starter’ bibliography on design models for teaching and learning
For the increasing number of students doing Masters' dissertations or Ph.D's on course or instructional design I have collected together for convenience all the references...