Another perspective on the personalisation of learning online
I gave a keynote presentation last week at a large educational conference in the Netherlands, ‘Dé Onderwijsdagen’ (Education Days). I was asked to talk about the...
Recorded webinar on use of media in higher education
The second of four webinars on my open, online textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, was 'broadcast' last Tuesday (3 November 2015) by Contact North. In...
Book review: A History of the Open University
Weinbren, D. (2105) The Open University: A History Manchester: Manchester University Press/The Open University, 274 pp + notes, £18.99, C$31.61, US$22.30 (paperback edition)
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Book review: Teaching and Learning in Digital Worlds
Gisbert, T. and Bullen, M. (2015) Teaching and Learning in Digital Worlds: Strategies and Issues in Higher Education Tarragona Spain: Publicacions Universitat Rovira i...
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...
UBC develops an institutional strategy for learning technologies
Bates, S. et al. (2015) UBC’s Learning Technology Ecosystem: Developing a Shared Vision, Blueprint & Roadmap Vancouver BC: University of British Columbia
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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...
Nine questions to ask when choosing modes of delivery
This is the fifth of five posts on choosing modes of delivery for Chapter 10 of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...
Desperately seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of face-to-face teaching
This is the fourth of five posts on choosing modes of delivery for my online open textbook Teaching in a Digital Age. The post...