US$20 million for research into the use of AI for STEM online education
Yes! Weekly (2021) NSF Investing $20 million in effort to transform online education for adults, August 16
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on July 29,...
Quality and equity in digital learning: a policy brief from the Commonwealth of Learning
Commonwealth of Learning (2021) Quality and equity in digital learning: a policy brief Burnaby BC: Commonwealth of Learning
About the policy brief
The Commonwealth of Learning...
Five free keynotes on online learning for streaming into virtual conferences
Sleepless nights and global learning
I received many requests last year to deliver keynotes into virtual conferences. These requests came from all around the world....
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...
The Learning and Training Conference December 8-9
Just a reminder that the Learning and Training Conference 2020 is still accepting registrations (click on the above image for more details).
Although, together with...
Can artificial intelligence transform higher education? What does research say?
The answer
Not yet.
The research
Springer Open has just published the editorial of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education's special issue on artificial...
Video of discussion of impact of Covid-19 on online learning
The MALAT program
Royal Roads University runs an excellent Master of Arts in Learning and Technology (MALAT). This program is the first master of arts...
Five webinar recordings on the myths and realities of online learning now publicly available
About the webinars
Contact North has now made publicly available recordings of the five webinars on the Myths, Realities, Opportunities and Challenges of Online Learning...
Two webinars on the future of online learning next week
I am offering two quite different webinars next week on the future of online learning.
Contact North
This will be the last in my series of...
Online learning in 2020: perfect vision in the Year of the Rat
No, no firm predictions from me for 2020 other than more of the same from 2019, plus something unexpected. However, I will suggest three...