Saturday, June 21, 2025
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

October Webinars from the Canadian Association of Instructional Designers (English and French)

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ATELIER DE L’ACCP - CAID WORKSHOP / WEBINAIRE - WERBINAR  The Canadian Association of Instruction Designers invites you to a second series of interface workshops. L’Association...

Daniel’s comprehensive review of MOOC developments

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Daniel, J. (2012) Making sense of MOOCs: Musings in a maze of myth, paradox and possibility Seoul: Korean National Open University This is the most...

My summer paranoia: computers will replace teachers in higher education

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I had a strange dream last night. I was in discussion with an editor from a publishing company about the draft of a new...

Developing a strategy for lifelong learners in Canadian universities and colleges (and its implications...

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© Pat Cegan's 'Source of Inspiration', 2012 Council of Ontario Universities (2012) Increased numbers of students heading to Ontario universities Toronto ON: COU Changing demographics This press...

Why Canadians lag in mobile learning

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Steinberg, S. (2012) Mobilicity research suggests smartphones play increasing role in education Mobilicity Newsroom, August 9 A survey conducted for the Canadian mobile phone company, Mobilicity...

Thoughts on the pedagogy of Coursera-style MOOCs

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Knox, J. et al. (2012) MOOC pedagogy: the challenges of developing for Coursera ALT Online Newsletter, August 8 This article, from the designers of one of...

A sustaining innovation: a case of competency-based online learning

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Fain, P. (2012) Competing with competency Inside Higher Education, August 6 This article describes in some detail Kentucky's community colleges competency-based online learning programs under...

What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs

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  TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...

The importance of redesign in online learning: the NCAT experience

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Twigg, C. (2012) Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Initial Project Outcomes from Changing the Equation The Learning MarketSpace, July The results of a major program aimed at...

“What should we do about MOOCs?” – the Board of Governors discusses

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By accident, a microphone was left switched on at a medium sized state university's Board of Governors meeting last week. In the best tradition...