Tuesday, November 19, 2024
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Emerging business models for MOOCs

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Gilfus Education Group (2012) Coursera will profit from 'free' courses, competition heats up, Gilfus Education Group blog, undated, accessed November 12 Gilfus Education Group, an independent...

Questions answered about British Columbia’s digital open textbook plan

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Gilmore, D. (2012) B.C. to lead Canada in offering students free, open textbooks, British Columbia Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology, October 16 Klassen, T. (2012)...

Are we right to fear computers in education – or in life?

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In this post, I'm going to look at some fun fiction about computers, then raise some questions about whether our fears are rational, or...

COHERE conference on blended learning

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I was privileged to be the key speaker at a conference organized by Canada's Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research (COHERE) and the...

The global attack on public higher education

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  Revolution in the streets Two days of my holiday were spent in the lovely city of Madrid. We witnessed there, just outside our hotel, the...

How to make an omellette without breaking eggs: innovation and open-ness in university teaching

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It has been impossible for me to blog about online learning over the last four weeks because I have been on holiday for most...

On the road again

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I am speaking on innovation in higher education at the EFQUEL conference this week in Granada, Spain. I will be speaking on the difference...

My summer paranoia: computers will replace teachers in higher education

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I had a strange dream last night. I was in discussion with an editor from a publishing company about the draft of a new...

Developing a strategy for lifelong learners in Canadian universities and colleges (and its implications...

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© Pat Cegan's 'Source of Inspiration', 2012 Council of Ontario Universities (2012) Increased numbers of students heading to Ontario universities Toronto ON: COU Changing demographics This press...

Una mirada personal sobre el uso de tecnologías digitales en la formación de docentes...

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Ileana Farré, a quien solicité una mirada personal sobre el uso de tecnologías digitales en la formación de docentes, es profesora en el Instituto...