Friday, June 20, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Key characteristics of learners in a digital age and their influence on the design...

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In my previous post, I outlined some key components of learning environments, which will form part of Chapter 5 of my open textbook, 'Teaching...

Learning environments: a critical component of the design of online teaching

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I have now published the first four chapters of my open textbook 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. These chapters have greatly benefited from your feedback. I...

Choosing teaching methods for a digital age

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  Introduction I'm going to try to pull together here the main conclusions following my discussion of epistemologies, learning theories and methods of teaching that I've...

Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy?

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I've been on holiday the last two and a half weeks, but also doing some writing for my open textbook on teaching in a...

Synergies between online learning, on-campus teaching and flexible learning

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Kiczcales, G. (2014) Online to improve on-campus Digital Learning Blog, UBC, Vancouver BC, April 14. UBC's flexible learning strategy Nearly two weeks ago, Eric Grimson, the Chancellor...

Contact North on Online Learning, Innovation, Flexibility and Open Educational Resources

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Contact North's humble office in Sudbury, OntarioContact North continues to produce a range of interesting short pieces on different aspects of online learning. (Disclaimer:...

Concepteur(e)s pédagogiques: faire bien avec rien

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Quel: ACCP (L'association canadienne des concepteurs et des conceptrices pédagogiques) offre un 'webinar mousquetaire' qui s'appelle: Tous pour un, au sujet de: Faire bien avec rien...

Blogs and wikis in formal higher education: examples of open education

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  Raths, D. (2014) An e-portfolio with no limits Campus Technology, March 2 This is an article on a project by the University of Mary Washington,...

Instructional design, the academy and industry: a ‘blended’ event

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What: The Academy and Industry: Exploring Instructional Design Roles In a professional discipline, sometimes there can be uneasy tensions between those in the Academy (i.e. professors...

Teaching assistants, adjunct faculty and online learning

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I am struggling these days with the issue of who should teach online courses, in terms of qualifications and status, and in particular, the...