MIT introduces credit-based online learning
Bradt, S. (2015) Online courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree MIT News, October 7
MIT is famous for...
Answering questions about teaching online: assessment and evaluation
Following on from my Contact North webinar on the first five chapters of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, and my blog post...
MIT and German research on the [appalling] use of video in xMOOCs
Hansch, A. et al. (2015) Video and Online Learning: Critical Reflections and Findings From the Field Berlin DE: Alexander von Humbolt Institut für Internet und...
Choosing a ‘good’ post-secondary online learning program
I am constantly asked to recommend 'good' online learning programs. This is a difficult question to answer, as it’s impossible for any single person to...
Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age: key takeaways
I have now completed and published Chapter 11, 'Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age', for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...
10 key takeaways about differences between classroom, blended, online and open learning
Lucky readers: you get a bonus! This is really a brief summary of all of the ten previous posts on this topic, which constitute...
A future vision for OER and online learning
For each chapter of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, I am developing imaginary but hopefully realistic scenarios. In this scenario,...
The implications of ‘open’ for course and program design: towards a paradigm shift
I am usually very cautious not to use the term 'paradigm shift', but I do believe that the term is justified by the implications of...
What do we mean by ‘open’ in education?
"I'm just a committed and even stubborn person who wants to see every child getting quality education"
Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Prize speech, 2014
This is the...
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...