A personal view of the use of learning technologies in teacher education in Argentina
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
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
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?
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
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
© 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
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
First, an apology. You may have noticed a reduction in the number of my posts the last few weeks. The reason: bone surgery. I...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 6: Set appropriate learning goals
In this post I argue that you need to think about what kinds of goals could best be achieved in an online course, rather...
The status of online learning in Canada in 2012
Contact North (2012) Online Learning in Canada: At a Tipping Point Sudbury ON: Contact North
Contact North's report
Contact North in Ontario has just published a...