Online learning and (k-12) schools: do we need a different curriculum for online learning?
This is the third in a series of posts on online learning in the (k-12) school sector.
The first was What needs to be done...
How to address the skills agenda in higher education: a German perspective
Ehlers, U-D. (2020) Future Skills: the future of learning and higher education Karlsruhe, Germany: Herstellung und Verlag, pp. 311
What is this book about?
This free,...
Recordings of Contact North/ATD’s Learning and Technology Conference now available
The conference
I'm still catching up on all the posts I meant to write during 2020 but have been too busy to do.
Contact North and...
A review of online learning in 2020
2020: Goodbye - and don't come back
What a terrible year. 1.63 million horrible, choking deaths from the coronavirus, and 73 million infected to date....
Post-Pandemic Lesson 5. COVID-19 resulted in innovative teaching, but will it stick?
This is the fifth of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here.
“…we need to take a more holistic approach,...
The importance of ‘intangibles’ in teaching and learning
I'm going to raise a fundamental epistemological issue here about how we know things to be true. This starts off fairly abstractly but like...
What is the difference between competencies, skills and learning outcomes – and does it...
Bumping into neighbours outside a branch public library can sometimes stimulate a lot of thought. I ran into a fellow consultant (our neighbourhood is...
Online learning and international forestry: a webinar series
Are you interested in (or have been forced into) teaching forestry or related areas online?
If so, the The Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management...
How can the Canadian federal government help the post-secondary system post-Covid19?
The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
Ronald Reagan
The Feds and post-secondary education in...
Could Online Teaching Change Higher Ed for the Better? An interview for Top Hat
I was interviewed recently for Top Hat's blog. Top Hat is a commercial publisher of online and digital educational resources based in Toronto. It...