Low-cost online courses in film and media studies: do they work?
Alexander, I. (2015) Over 30,000 students took these online film and media courses Film Industry Network, November 17
I haven't been following Udemy, the former...
Using 2D virtual reality for online role playing
Koechli, L. and Glynn, M. (2014) Diving into Lake Devo: Modes of Representation and Means of Interaction and Reflection in Online Role-Play IRRODL, Vol. 15,...
Spotlight on online experiential learning at Ryerson University
A week or so ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Digital Education Strategies team at the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing...
Research on ‘academic innovation centres’ supporting online learning
Bishop, M. and Keehn, A. (2015) Leading Academic Change: An Early market Scan of Leading-edge Postsecondary Academic Innovation Centers Adelphi ML: William E. Kirwan centre...
Using MOOCs to help refugees
Yohannes, M. and Bhatti, J. (2015) Migrants get help through German online university, USA Today, October 29
This article reports on Kiron University, a non-profit university set...
Contact North to host the next ICDE conference in Toronto in 2017
The International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) announced at the close of this year's conference in Sun City, South Africa, that its next conference...
Don’t want to retire? Alternatives to dying on campus
Kaskie, B. et al. (2012) Promoting Workplace Longevity and Desirable Retirement Pathways Within Academic Institutions TIAFF-CREF Institute, March
Marcus, J. (2015) Aging faculty who won’t leave thwart...
Using scenarios to develop ‘soft’ skills
Boller, S. (2013) Best Practices for Using eLearning in Soft Skills Training Bottom Line Performance, July 13
I blogged recently about the link between online learning...
MIT introduces credit-based online learning
Bradt, S. (2015) Online courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree MIT News, October 7
MIT is famous for...
Australia moves backwards from online apprenticeship training
Raggatt, M. (2015) Government slammed for dumping Energise Oz electrician apprenticeship program Brisbane Times, October 10
Those of you with Netflix may have been watching the...