A new way to look at the costs of digital media in education
I said it was going to be fun looking at the costs of digital media in education, but it wasn't. When I came to...
Ease of use as a criterion for technology selection in online learning
I felt myself cringing as I wrote this section for my book on 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. Talk about do what I say...
A ‘starter’ bibliography on MOOCs
For the increasing number of students doing Masters' dissertations or Ph.D's on MOOCs I have collected together for convenience all the references made in...
Why MOOCs are only part of the answer for higher education
OK, except for the next post, which will be a list of publications on MOOCs for graduate students studying the topic, and a scenario for...
Why the fuss about MOOCs? Political, social and economic drivers
The end of MOOCs
This is the last part of my chapter on MOOCs for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. In...
The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part 2: learning and assessment
The writing of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, has been interrupted for nearly two weeks by my trip to England for the...
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...
Comparing xMOOCs and cMOOCs: philosophy and practice
The story so far
For my open textbook Teaching in a Digital Age, I am writing a chapter on different design models for teaching and learning....
The strengths and weaknesses of competency-based learning 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...
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...