2020: another failure at retirement
Each year I like to do a sort of annual report, for my own benefit. (My review of 2020 is in another post). My...
A review of online learning in 2020
2020: Goodbye - and don't come back
What a terrible year. 1.63 million horrible, choking deaths from the coronavirus, and 73 million infected to date....
Post-Pandemic Lesson 1: Online and blended learning will increase substantially post-COVID-19
This is the first of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here.
“…in blended learning, student performance improves over both...
10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World from Covid-19 for Canadian universities and colleges
2020: Resilience and adaptability
“Canada responded amazingly well to the challenge of adapting to an existential threat to its post-secondary education system. The system...
Why, ‘logically’, online learning is superior to face-to-face teaching
The issue
I came to this conclusion in the middle of the night by worrying at the distinction between synchronous and asynchronous learning. (Yeah, I...
Network security, international students and online learning
Lohrmann, D. (2020) Online learning still struggles - especially with security, government technology, September 20
Eckhart, B. (2020) To use or not to use virtual...
Research reports on Covid-19 and emergency remote learning/online learning
Post last up-dated: 9 June, 2021
Since March 2020, there has been a flurry of research on emergency remote learning. Most published research up to...
Happy vacations, everyone! And a reflection on online learning during Covid-19
The need for a break
I am hoping that you will be taking a well-earned break soon. It's been clear to me that almost without...
What have we learned from Covid-19 about the limitations of online learning – and...
Being realistic about the strengths and weaknesses of online learning
I have spent a good part of my career defending and promoting online learning and...
Re-defining online learning and distance education in 2020
This blog is almost 12 years old. I now have nearly 4,500 posts on the site. Many of the old posts are accessed frequently...