Building an effective learning environment
I was asked by the Chang School of Continuing Studies at Ryerson University to do a master class on this topic at their ChangSchoolTalks...
Some comments on synchronous online learning technologies
Last week was a week of synchronous online sessions for me. I did 'virtual' keynotes into conferences in Tehran, Iran, and Beirut, the Lebanon, as...
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the first fully online course
The first fully online course?
I was talking to Linda Harasim earlier this week (we both live and work in the Vancouver area). Linda is...
Automation or empowerment: online learning at the crossroads
You are probably, like me, getting tired of the different predictions for 2016. So I’m not going to do my usual look forward for...
A Happy Online Learning New Year for 2016
I wish all the readers of this blog a wonderful New Year. May your online courses be innovative, fun and highly effective in developing...
That was the year that was: what you read on my blog in 2015
I find it a fun exercise to analyse the statistics for my blog at the end of the year, to see what were the...
That was the year that was: what I did in 2015
No, I didn't die and get a Viking funeral at sea from my grandchildren, as did Billy Connelly in the wonderfully funny movie "What...
That was the year, that was: main trends in 2015
Well, here we are at the end of another year. Doesn't time fly! So here is my look back on 2015. I'll do this...
My life in Wordle
I received this 'gift' from the Inholland Research Group Teaching and Learning with Technology. They took my 'full' CV (over 60 pages) and ran it...
Answering questions about teaching online: assessment and evaluation
Following on from my Contact North webinar on the first five chapters of my book, Teaching in a Digital Age, and my blog post...