Just released! Seven Videos on the Effective Use of Video
The most important lesson from 50 years of research in educational technology
I was asked some time ago: 'What is the most important thing you...
A personal history: 26. How to be an independent consultant in online and digital...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 25. Why I was fired at UBC and a case study...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 24. A Ritual in Borrowed Clothes
I hope you are now settled back in the saddle after the hectic opening of the new semester. (At last, I can get on...
New journal on open, distance and digital education: a review
Welcome back!
What with Covid, post-Covid and AI mania, it's been a challenging four and a half years for all in open, distance and especially...
A personal history: 23. Open and distance learning in Australia and New Zealand –...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 22. Innovating in distance education at the Open University of Portugal...
Summer is getting more dangerous in Canada as forest fires destroy the lovely town of Jasper, Alberta, and the surrounding national park. Let's hope...
A personal history: 21. Open and distance learning in Japan and South Korea
Enjoying summer
I hope you are all having a well-earned break. Here in Vancouver we are enjoying a wonderful summer. I hope you are finding...
A global perspective on digitalization in higher education
Vol. 16, No.2 of the Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education (JCIHE) explores digitalization in the COVID and post-COVID era in 13 countries...
Four questions about the newly proposed Open European University
On the 28 June (2024) a proposal for an Open European University that is "student-centred, inclusive, digital and green" has been supported by the...