Transforming university teaching and learning: UBC’s strategy for flexible learning
Flexible Learning Implementation Team (2014) Flexible Learning - Charting a Strategic Vision for UBC (Vancouver Campus. Vancouver BC: Office of the Provost, University of British...
Online learning, faculty development and academic freedom
The move to 'professionalize' teaching
One of the issues that came up at last week's conference for university Boards of Governors was the growing need...
What do Boards of Governors need to know about online learning?
CUBA
I was in Ottawa on Friday, attending the Canadian Universities Boards of Governors Association annual conference (CUBA). Boards of Governors at universities, at least in...
Synergies between online learning, on-campus teaching and flexible learning
Kiczcales, G. (2014) Online to improve on-campus Digital Learning Blog, UBC, Vancouver BC, April 14.
UBC's flexible learning strategy
Nearly two weeks ago, Eric Grimson, the Chancellor...
Look back in anger? A review of online learning in 2013
Well, where did 2013 go? It seems like only last week I was writing the 2012 review!This year, I did better with my predictions...
Leadership in open and distance education universities
The conference
For 20 years, the Standing Committee of Presidents (SCOP) of the members of the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) has provided a...
Examining the potential and reality of open educational resources: the 2013 COHERE conference
COHERE (Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research) runs one of my favourite annual conferences. It is relatively small (around 75), the participants are...
Tom Carey’s reflections on the HEQCO report on online learning and productivity: 1-Catching a...
Carey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan and Review of the...
Commonwealth of Learning celebrates 25 years of operation
CoL's lifelong learning for farmers projectKanwar, A. (2013) Celebrating COL's 25th Anniversary Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning
I had the privilege of attending COL’s Board of Governors Reception...
What happened in online learning over the summer? – 2
This is the second summary post of some newsworthy items that happened over mainly July and August.
MOOCs
Peters, M. (2013) Massive Open Online Courses and Beyond:...