Online learning for beginners: 5. When should I use online learning?
This is the fifth of a series of a dozen blog posts aimed at those new to online learning or thinking of possibly doing...
Online learning for beginners: 4. ‘What kinds of online learning are there?’
This is the fourth of a series of a dozen blog posts aimed at those new to online learning or thinking of possibly doing...
Online learning for beginners: 3. ‘Aren’t MOOCs online learning?’
What are MOOCs?
Just in case you don't know what MOOCs are (massive, open online courses), they are usually courses that use video recordings of lectures...
Online learning for beginners: 2. Isn’t online learning worse than face-to-face teaching?
The short answer to this question is: no, online learning is neither inherently worse - nor better - than face-to-face teaching; it all depends on the circumstances.
The research...
Online learning for beginners: 1. What is online learning?
Getting started in online learning?
Every day, someone new either thinks about doing an online course, or is pressured into doing one. You may have...
Getting faculty and instructors into online learning
I mentioned in an earlier post that we don't always do a very good job in helping people new to the field of online learning...
Brexit and online learning in Europe
Little England triumphs
Well, Little England has triumphed at last. The votes in suburban and industrial England and Wales were enough to defeat Londoners, Scots...
Talking numbers about open publishing and online learning
Please forgive me here for a little self-indulgence. By sheer coincidence, two statistics converged yesterday.
2 million blog post hits
First, I passed the 2 million...
French version of ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ now available
The French version of 'Teaching in a Digital Age', L'enseignement a l'ère numerique', is now available from here.
I am very grateful to Contact North|Contact Nord...
Culture and effective online learning environments
Figure A 1 from the original version of ‘Teaching at a Distance’
Over the last two months I have done a couple of workshops on...