Zuckerberg’s Frankenstein
Prosecutor: Dr. Frankenberg, are you aware that there is a monster roaming the countryside, stealing all the villagers' personal information?
Dr. Frankenberg: Yes, sir, I...
‘Humans Wanted’: online learning and skills development
Royal Bank of Canada (2018) Humans Wanted Toronto ON: Royal Bank of Canada
I have at last got hold of a full copy of this...
Stanford University to be fully online by 2025?
Today I have received a tip from a close colleague that Stanford University is planning to build a partnership with Alphabet Inc., the owner...
Virtual reality for midwives: an Australian example
Connolly, B. (2018) How virtual reality is transforming learning at the University of Newcastle, CIO, 8 March
This article includes a couple of nice, short videos...
Assessing the dangers of AI applications in education
Lynch, J. (2017) How AI will destroy education, buZZrobot, 13 November
I'm a bit slow catching up on this (I have a large backlog of...
Have we reached a tipping point in teaching science and engineering online?
This post lists several new developments in delivering science and engineering online. These developments join a list of other efforts that are listed below...
Five old educational technologies
Etherington, C. (2018) Five educational technologies, circa 1918 ELearning inside news, January 1
Despite rumours, I was not around in 1918, but this article is...
Virtual Reality and education: some thoughts
I spent a very interesting evening this week at a Vancouver VR Community event at Mobify's headquarters in downtown Vancouver. Mobify is a provider...
DIY online courses on Facebook
Hughes, M. (2017) Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses - what could possibly go wrong? The Next Web, 1 June
It has been a...
Tracking innovations in online learning in Canada
I've not been blogging much recently because, frankly, I've been too busy, and not on the golf course or ski slopes, either. (Yeah, so...