Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

A review of MOOCs and their assessment tools

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Chauhan, A. (2014) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS): Emerging Trends in Assessment and Accreditation Digital Education Review, No. 25 For the record, Amit Chauhan, from...

The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part 2: learning and assessment

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The writing of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, has been interrupted for nearly two weeks by my trip to England for the...

The dissemination of research in online learning: a lesson from the EDEN Research Workshop

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The EDEN Research Workshop I'm afraid I have sadly neglected my blog over the last two weeks, as I was heavily engaged as the rapporteur...

The strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs: Part I

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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

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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...

Comparing xMOOCs and cMOOCs: philosophy and practice

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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....

What is a MOOC?

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MOOCs as a design model I have already covered seven different design models for teaching and learning in Chapter 6 of my open textbook, Teaching in...

More on MOOCs, communities of practice, and artificial intelligence

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Sometimes blogging can be a lonely activity, sending an arrow into the air to land I know not where. But sometimes I am privileged to...

The role of communities of practice in a digital age

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The story so far I have published the first five chapters of my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age'.  I am now working on Chapter...

What UBC has learned about doing MOOCs

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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...