Third edition of Teaching at a Distance is now published
The third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available from here: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev3m/
I have exported in several formats and made it public....
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,...
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...
From access to digitalisation: the changing role of online learning
I was away last week in Denmark, helping with the development of a new business degree at Aalborg University. I was there to do...
Using learning analytics to predict mastery: a flawed concept?
I'm slogging my way through the special issue on learning analytics in Distance Education, a subscription-only journal, because what is happening in this field...
Second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age now published
The second edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available at https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev2/
The first edition was published in 2015. The second edition is...
2018 review: 21st century knowledge and skills
How to develop the knowledge and skills that learners will need in the 21st century was a growing topic of discussion not just in...
Why is innovation in teaching in higher education so difficult? 3. Learning management systems
Reasons for using a Learning Management System
I pointed out in my previous post that the LMS is a legacy system that can inhibit innovation...
How serious should we be about serious games in online learning?
In the 2017 national survey of online learning in post-secondary education, and indeed in the Pockets of Innovation project, serious games were hardly mentioned...
Towards an open pedagogy for online learning
The problems with OER
I was interviewed recently by a reporter doing an article on OER (open educational resources) and I found myself being much more...