Online learning for beginners: 6. How do I start?
This is the sixth in a series of a dozen blog posts aimed at those new to online learning or thinking of possibly doing it....
Online learning for beginners: 1. What is online learning?
Getting started in online learning?
Every day, someone new either thinks about doing an online course, or is pressured into doing one. You may have...
Getting faculty and instructors into online learning
I mentioned in an earlier post that we don't always do a very good job in helping people new to the field of online learning...
Brexit and online learning in Europe
Little England triumphs
Well, Little England has triumphed at last. The votes in suburban and industrial England and Wales were enough to defeat Londoners, Scots...
Talking numbers about open publishing and online learning
Please forgive me here for a little self-indulgence. By sheer coincidence, two statistics converged yesterday.
2 million blog post hits
First, I passed the 2 million...
Contact North to host the next ICDE conference in Toronto in 2017
The International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) announced at the close of this year's conference in Sun City, South Africa, that its next conference...
Australia moves backwards from online apprenticeship training
Raggatt, M. (2015) Government slammed for dumping Energise Oz electrician apprenticeship program Brisbane Times, October 10
Those of you with Netflix may have been watching the...
Book review: A History of the Open University
Weinbren, D. (2105) The Open University: A History Manchester: Manchester University Press/The Open University, 274 pp + notes, £18.99, C$31.61, US$22.30 (paperback edition)
Why you...
Conference: Distance teaching and learning, Wisconsin, 2015
What: The University of Wisconsin Distance Teaching and Learning Conference
You will discover innovative ways to teach and support online learners. Learn best strategies, practices, and solutions. Connect...
Adult learners, mobile phones and online learning
Sometimes, distance education really is distant. Damian Boyle is a workplace instructor from Northlands College who works with itinerant workers at the remote McArthur...