Online learning and (k-12) schools: do we need a different curriculum for online learning?
This is the third in a series of posts on online learning in the (k-12) school sector.
The first was What needs to be done...
Online learning and (k-12) schools: 2. Technology and cost issues
This is the second in a series of posts on online learning in the (k-12) school sector. The first was What needs to be...
What needs to be done about online learning in the school sector? 1. An...
The challenge
On balance, although there are many shortcomings and issues, the post-secondary/higher education level has managed relatively well in finding alternatives to in-class teaching...
How to address the skills agenda in higher education: a German perspective
Ehlers, U-D. (2020) Future Skills: the future of learning and higher education Karlsruhe, Germany: Herstellung und Verlag, pp. 311
What is this book about?
This free,...
Developing digital literacy for a digital world: a Québec report
Conseil supérieur de l’éducation (2020). Éduquer au numérique, Rapport sur l’état et les besoins de l’éducation 2018-2020, Québec, Le Conseil, 96 p.
In November, in...
Recordings of Contact North/ATD’s Learning and Technology Conference now available
The conference
I'm still catching up on all the posts I meant to write during 2020 but have been too busy to do.
Contact North and...
Why Maryam Tsegaye’s prizewinning video is so important for online learning: your challenge
In case you missed the news item in early December, Maryam Tsegaye, a 17 year old from Fort McMurray, Alberta, won the 2020 Breakthrough...
Why Maryam Tsegaye’s prizewinning video is so important for online learning: my 12 reasons
The main reason this video is so important for online learning is that Maryam demonstrates so well many of the educational affordances of video,...
Online learning and law schools during the pandemic
Thomson Reuters Institute (2020) Law Schools and the Global Pandemic Thomson Reuters (no date: report accessed December 19), pp.16
Holiday reading (for me)
I'm going to...
A review of online learning in 2020
2020: Goodbye - and don't come back
What a terrible year. 1.63 million horrible, choking deaths from the coronavirus, and 73 million infected to date....