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Innovative online bachelor’s degree from University of Washington

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Long, K. (2013) UW to offer first all-online degree-completion program The Seattle Times, March 28 Although many universities offer online courses at the bachelor's level,...

No. 8 aha moment: web 2.0 will change everything in online learning

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This is the ninth (and last) in a series of posts about the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational technology,...

No. 6 aha moment: the convergence of online learning (from the periphery to the...

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This is the seventh in a series of posts about the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational technology, where I...

Course design and materials development guide for open learning

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Drew, S. (2013) Course design and materials development guide Johannesburg South Africa: SAIDE Saide (the South African Institute for Distance Education) has published an excellent...

MOOCs forcing traditional academics to re-think their teaching

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Rivard, R. (2013) Learning how to teach, Inside Higher Education, March 5 This is perhaps the most encouraging item of news about MOOCs so far...

No. 5 aha moment: the Web as a universal standard

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This is the sixth in a series of posts about the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational technology, where I...

No. 3 aha moment: asynchronous is (generally) better than synchronous teaching

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In an earlier post, I listed the seven ‘aha’ moments that have been the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational...

My seven ‘a-ha’ moments in the history of educational technology

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A good question I get asked a lot of questions about online learning, educational technology and distance education, but recently I was asked one that...

Webinaire pour des concepteurs et des conceptrices pédagogiques: 23 janvier

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L'Association canadienne des conceptrices et des concepteurs pédagogiques fait organizer  le 23 janvier le webinaire suivant: Atelier 3 – Conception pédagogique et choix administratifs Heure : 9...

Webinar for instructional designers: January 23

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(Le message français suivra ce message) The Canadian Association of Instructional Designers is organizing the following webinar on January 23, 2012: Workshop 3 – Instructional Design...