A United Nations online university for the poorest countries in the world: dream or...
Reference:
United Nations (2025): 'Online university or other equivalent platform to support university-level science, technology, engineering and mathematics education in the least developed countries' New...
Book Review: Mega-Universities and Opening Education by Design
Nichols, M. (ed.) 2025 Mega-Universities and Opening Education by Design ICDE, Oslo, Norway
Preliminaries
I haven't been posting much recently, reflecting my fully retired status. However,...
Book review: Handbook of Open Universities Around the World
Mishra, S. and Panda, S. (eds.) (2025) Handbook of Open Universities Around the World New York: Routledge, 692 pp.
Who are the authors?
Sanjaya Mishra is...
A personal history: 31 – Learning Catalan – and about Catalunya
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: 30. A (history) lesson on e-learning research from the Open University...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
Some thoughts on the implications of AI for teaching and learning in higher education
What a co-incidence!
A few months ago, I wrote a series of blog posts on the crisis in higher education, arguing that it had become...
A Review of Contact North’s AI Trades Explorer Pro
AI Trades Explorer Pro
I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students, instructors and administrators.
Contact...
A Review of Contact North’s AI Pathfinder Pro
AI Pathfinder Pro
I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students, instructors and administrators.
Contact North...
An evaluation of Contact North’s AI tools for teachers/instructors: Faculty Assistant
AI Teaching Assistant Pro
I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students, instructors and administrators.
Contact...
An evaluation of Contact North’s AI tools for teachers/instructors: Multiple choice questions
Evaluating AI tools for teaching and learning
I am in the process of evaluating a suite of AI tools from Contact North, Ontario, for students,...