‘Rationalization’ of online learning support agencies in the Ontario post-secondary system?
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (2020) Government’s Role in Digital Learning: Review and Recommendations for the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities Toronto...
Is there an international market for Canadian online learning?
There are very few online international students in Canada (or even out of province)
In the most recent national survey of Canadian post-secondary institutions (Johnson,...
Online learning in the USA in 2018
The US Federal government recently released its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System's (IPEDS') data on enrolments in higher education for Fall 2018, which include...
Learning analytics – or learner surveillance?
Crosslin, M. (2019) Is Learning Analytics Synonymous with Learning Surveillance, or Something Completely Different? EduGeek Journal, October 30
This is an excellent, thoughtful article about...
An online app for indigenous language users: Lakota
Press Pool (2019) Breakthrough app to allow for online learning of Lakota Indian Country Today November 21
I was intrigued by this announcement, for a...
Results for 2019 survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions now available
Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (2019) National Survey of Online and Digital Learning 2019 National Report Halifax NS: Canadian Digital Learning Research Association
CDLRA has...
Should all lecturers have to have a teaching certificate? Why the answer is a...
Fredua-Kwarteng, F. and E. (2019) Should all lecturers have to have a teaching certificate? University World News, 9 November
The proposal
My colleague Clayton Wright sent...
Learning analytics in online learning: trying hard but need to do better
I have now covered all five main articles in the special August issue of the journal Distance Education on learning analytics (because it is...
MOOCs and student data privacy: a sentiment analysis
Are you still with me as I plough through the special edition on learning analytics from the journal Distance Education? I hope so. I...
Using learning analytics to predict mastery: a flawed concept?
I'm slogging my way through the special issue on learning analytics in Distance Education, a subscription-only journal, because what is happening in this field...