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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...

A personal view of the use of learning technologies in teacher education in Argentina

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Ileana Farré is a professor at a Teacher Training Institute (Instituto Superior de Formación Docente 803) in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina. I have asked...

What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs

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  TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...

“What should we do about MOOCs?” – the Board of Governors discusses

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By accident, a microphone was left switched on at a medium sized state university's Board of Governors meeting last week. In the best tradition...

Is online learning really cracking open the public post-secondary system?

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I suspect that I'm not the only one who has been 'disengaged' from the online world of online learning for the past few weeks,...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 9: Evaluate and innovate

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In this post I discuss the importance of evaluating each offering of an online course, how best to do this, and then the importance...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 8: Communicate, communicate, communicate

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© Care2, 2012In this post I stress the importance of ongoing, continuing communication between instructor and students in an online environment, and in particular...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 7: Design course structure and learning activities

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In this post the importance of providing students with a structure for learning online and setting appropriate learning activities is discussed. Indeed, I will...

Virtual and real bone surgery: the power of animation

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First, an apology. You may have noticed a reduction in the number of my posts the last few weeks. The reason: bone surgery. I...