Tracking online learning in the USA – and Ontario
Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2014) Grade Change: Tracking Online Learning in the United States Wellesley MA: Babson College/Sloan Foundation
This is the eleventh annual report...
Productivity and online learning: an summary of the main concepts
This is the first of two final posts in the series on whether online learning can increase educational ‘productivity.’ In this post I discuss...
An explanation of how ACE accredits MOOCs
Book, P. (2103) ACE as Academic Credit Reviewer–Adjustment, Accommodation, and Acceptance WCET Learn, July 25
Over the next few weeks, WCET will publish a series of...
Innovation, quality and digital resources: the LINQ 2013 conference
No - it's not Anita Ekberg in front of the Trevi fountain - it's Rory McGreal!
The LINQ 2013 conference, held in May in Rome,...
Discussing drop-out rates in MOOCs
Rivard, R. (2013) Measuring the MOOC drop-out rate Inside Higher Education, March 8
A good, balanced discussion about how 'success' in MOOCs should be measured,...
MOOCs forcing traditional academics to re-think their teaching
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...
Who benefits from online learning?
Di Xu & Shanna Smith Jaggars (2013) Adaptability to Online Learning: Differences Across Types of Students and Academic Subject Areas New York: Community College...
No. 3 aha moment: asynchronous is (generally) better than synchronous teaching
In an earlier post, I listed the seven ‘aha’ moments that have been the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational...
Outlook for online learning in 2013: online learning comes of age
FunTab Class 9.1 Android ICS Tablet: will 2013 be the year of the tablet?
In a previous post, I talked about the difficulties in making...
The role of information sciences in online learning: a review of IRRODL, Vol. 13,...
An overview of the papers
IRRODL (the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) has once again produced a fascinating themed edition, this...