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(Almost) free books on online learning

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I did a big clear-out over the holiday period and found a whole batch of brand new printed copies of three of my books....

Advice requested on ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’

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Welcome back, readers. I hope you had a great holiday break. Perhaps like you, I've been thinking about my plans for 2019. I was determined...

2018 review: 21st century knowledge and skills

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How to develop the knowledge and skills that learners will need in the 21st century was a growing topic of discussion not just in...

2018 review of online learning: open pedagogy

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Sorry, folks - Christmas caught up to me faster than my blog writing. Still two more posts to do on 2018. I intended to...

Summary of the 2018 survey of online learning in Canadian colleges and universities

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The Canadian Digital Learning Research Association has just finalised the results from the 2018 national survey. The full technical report has been completed in...

2018 review: open universities and open education

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Yesterday I reviewed developments in AI and synchronous learning during 2018, and rated them as follows: the hype factor (as the 'media' see it) ...

Another perspective on AI in higher education

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Klutka, J. et al. (2018) Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education: Current Uses and Future Applications Louisville Ky: Learning House This report is by Learning House,...

Athabasca University moves to the cloud

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I'm struggling to understand how artificial intelligence is going to impact on post-secondary education, and in particular on online learning, at least over the...

A discussion on the risks and benefits to education of AI and automation

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I was interviewed recently by Cecília Tomás, a Ph.D. student at Universidade Aberta, the Portuguese Open University, for her thesis on the Internet of...

First Nations art and dance, a new campus, and moving to sustainable open education:...

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I apologise for the lack of blog posts these last couple of months. I have been busy analysing and writing up data on course...