Which Canadian university has the most online courses (for credit)?
Nice little trivia question for you.
The answer: it could well be Université Laval, in Québec City. If you don't read Lefil, Université Laval's newspaper...
What does ‘8% of Canadian post-secondary is online’ mean?
Studying at home: and saving the college money
I've had one or two comments from people at presentations commenting that our recent finding from the...
Why Canada needs five new digital learning universities
Following the results from the recent national survey of online learning and distance education in Canadian universities and colleges, and also my work for...
New enrolment data for online learning in Canadian universities and colleges
Helped a great deal by Jeff Seaman of the Babson Survey Research Group, I have spent the last few weeks (when not on holiday...
First Nations art and dance, a new campus, and moving to sustainable open education:...
I apologise for the lack of blog posts these last couple of months. I have been busy analysing and writing up data on course...
Book review: Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas
Qayyum, A. and Zawacki-Richter, O. (eds.) Open and Distance Education in Australia, Europe and the Americas: National Perspectives in a Digital Age Singapore: Springer, US$24+
Why...
Book review: Open and Distance Non-formal Education in Developing Countries
Latchem, C. (2018) Open and Distance Non-formal Education in Developing Countries Springer: Singapore
The author
I was about to review this book when I was informed of...
A new survey of online learning in Canadian universities and colleges for 2018
The News
Following the success of the 2017 national survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary education, an invitation to participate in the 2018 version...
Is there online learning in North Korea?
Kang, T-J. (2018) Online learning in North Korea The Diplomat, May 25
You may have noticed that North Korea has been in the news quite...
Athabasca University’s Centre for Distance Education to close
The news
As my mother used to say when she had the goods on me, 'A little birdie told me...'. Well, a (different) little birdie...