Can artificial intelligence transform higher education? What does research say?
The answer
Not yet.
The research
Springer Open has just published the editorial of the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education's special issue on artificial...
New podcast on the future of online learning and higher education post-Covid 19
Mark Nichols is developing a very useful and interesting series of podcasts called Leaders and Legends of Online Learning.
I was the first person Mark...
Two webinars on the future of online learning next week
I am offering two quite different webinars next week on the future of online learning.
Contact North
This will be the last in my series of...
Online enrolments after Covid-19: a prediction, part 2 – policy implications
My prediction
In my previous post, I predicted that over the next 10 years, fully online learning will grow to about 20-25% of all course...
What should we be doing about online learning when social distancing ends?
Transitioning from panic to control
Planning is a bit of a luxury in a crisis. You do triage until you can get back to normal....
Advice to those about to teach online because of the corona-virus
En español: Consejos para quienes están a punto de enseñar en línea debido al Coronavirus
With the reports of more and more institutions closing campuses...
Canadian post-secondary enrolments: the role of online learning
Statistics Canada has published its latest report on student enrolments for the academic year 2017-2018. This coincides with the data from the latest report...
Online learning in the USA in 2018
The US Federal government recently released its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System's (IPEDS') data on enrolments in higher education for Fall 2018, which include...
Book review: Open and Distance Education Theory Revisited
Jung, I. (ed.) Open and Distance Education Theory Revisited Singapore: Springer, 122 pp, US$44.99 (ePub issue); US$29.95 per chapter
Why this book?
This book, edited by...
Why are there few online programs in Canada’s Far North?
What is north in Canada?
In a country as vast as Canada, 'north' is always relative. Sudbury (46º N) is considered to be in Northern...