The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part I
How many times has an author cried: 'Oh, God, I wish I'd never started on this!'? Well, I wanted to have a short section...
What students learned from an MIT physics MOOC
Colvin, K. et al. (2014) Learning an Introductory Physics MOOC: All Cohorts Learn Equally, Including On-Campus Class, IRRODL, Vol. 15, No. 4
Why this paper?
I...
Review of ‘Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda.’
Zawacki-Richter, O. and Anderson, T. (eds.) (2014) Online Distance Education: Towards a Research Agenda Athabasca AB: AU Press, pp. 508
It is somewhat daunting to review...
What UBC has learned about doing MOOCs
Engle, W. (2104) UBC MOOC Pilot: Design and Delivery Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia, a premier public research university...
Is the ADDIE model appropriate for teaching in a digital age?
Chapter 5 of my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age', is now published. In Chapter 5, I developed the concept of a learning environment.
I...
Special edition on research on MOOCs in the journal ‘Distance Education’
The August 2014 edition of the Australian-based journal, Distance Education (Vol.35, No. 2.), is devoted to new research on MOOCs. There is a guest editor,...
The success or otherwise of online students in the California Community College system
Johnson, H. and Mejia, M. (2014) Online learning and student outcomes in California's community colleges San Francisco CA: Public Policy Institute of California, 20...
A balanced research report on the hopes and realities of MOOCs
Hollands, F. and Tirthali, D. (2014) MOOCs: Expectations and Reality New York: Columbia University Teachers' College, Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education, 211 pp
We...
Research from the Michigan Virtual University on a connectivist MOOC
Ferdig, R. et al. (2014) Findings and reflections from the 'K-12 Teaching in the 21st Century' MOOC Lansing MI: Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute
We...
Contact North on How to Design an Innovative Course
Anon (2014) How to design an innovative course, Sudbury.Thunder Bay ON: Contact North
As reported in Contact North's Online Learning News:
There is a lot of pressure...