Special edition on research on MOOCs in the journal ‘Distance Education’
The August 2014 edition of the Australian-based journal, Distance Education (Vol.35, No. 2.), is devoted to new research on MOOCs. There is a guest editor,...
Choosing teaching methods for a digital age
Introduction
I'm going to try to pull together here the main conclusions following my discussion of epistemologies, learning theories and methods of teaching that I've...
The nurturing and social reform models of teaching and their relevance to connectivist online...
A counsellor and student at Empire State College, New York, which has a mentoring approach to adult education
These are the last of the teaching models discussed...
Models for teaching by doing (labs, apprenticeship, etc.)
Context
I am gradually working my way through Chapter 4 on different models of teaching for my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age.'
First drafts of...
Dialogue and discussion: critical for 21st century skills development
Introduction
First of all, thanks to the numerous people who commented on my earlier posts on Why Lectures are Dead, and on Learning Theories and...
Learning theories and online learning
Figure 3.3. Adults learning in groups in a constructivist manner - and assisted by technology
Introduction
Chapter 3 of my open textbook on 'Teaching in a...
Why lectures are dead (or soon will be)
As part of my open textbook on Teaching in a Digital Age, I am working my way through theories of learning and methods of...
Guest blog: MOOCs: Disruptor or Indicator of Something Deeper?
Introduction
I don't usually do guest blogs, and when I do it's always because I know they will be of the highest quality - and...
Submitting a doctoral thesis on online learning? Some things to keep in mind
Old people often complain that the world is going to hell in a hand-basket, that standards are falling, and it used to be better...
Conference: 8th EDEN Research Workshop on research in online learning and distance education
What: Challenges for research into Open & Distance Learning: Doing Things Better: Doing Better Things
'The focus of the event is on quality research discussed in...