Examining ethical and privacy issues surrounding learning analytics
Drachsler, H. et al. (2016) Is Privacy a Show-stopper for Learning Analytics? A Review of Current Issues and Their Solutions Learning Analytics Review, no. 6,...
An excellent guide to multimedia course design
Centre for Extended Learning (2016) How do we create useful online learning experiences? Waterloo ON: University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo's Centre for Extended...
Who has the most expensive higher education system for students?
Kirby, P. (2016) Degrees of Debt: Funding and finance for undergraduates in Anglophone countries London, UK: The Sutton Trust
The answer, in a comparison between the major...
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I have done no blogging over the last month or so as my wife and I have been taking a long vacation which included...
A national survey of university online and distance learning in Canada
Martel, C. (2015) Online and distance education capacity of Canadian universities Montreal QC: EduConsillium
At last we have a national survey of online learning in...
Technology and alienation: online learning and labour market needs
Introduction
This is the third in a series of posts on technology, alienation and online learning, and the first one that deals directly with online...
Is video a threat to learning management systems?
Bersin, J. (2016) Will video-based learning kill the LMS? Chief Learning Officer, February 15
This article raises a question that has been on my mind...
The future of learning content – and campus bookstores
Ellis, T. (2016) Developing a course content strategy University Business, February
This article has made me realise the still massive difference between what actually happens...
MIT aims to expand its research into learning
Chandler, D. (2016) New initiatives accelerate learning research and its applications MIT News, February 2
The President of MIT has announced a significant expansion of the...
Why digital technology is not necessarily the answer to your problem
World Bank (2016) World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends. Washington, DC: World Bank.
What is the report about?
This 359 page report, partly funded by Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade,...