Lessons from Stanford University’s move to remote learning
Bliss, C. (2020) Stanford makes strides to improve online learning in pandemic environment, Stanford News, August 17
Stanford University received responses from 6,000 of their...
How can the Canadian federal government help the post-secondary system post-Covid19?
The most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
Ronald Reagan
The Feds and post-secondary education in...
Research reports on Covid-19 and emergency remote learning/online learning
Post last up-dated: 9 June, 2021
Since March 2020, there has been a flurry of research on emergency remote learning. Most published research up to...
Could Online Teaching Change Higher Ed for the Better? An interview for Top Hat
I was interviewed recently for Top Hat's blog. Top Hat is a commercial publisher of online and digital educational resources based in Toronto. It...
What Teaching and Learning Centres should focus on in time of pandemic and beyond:...
I was interviewed earlier this week by Nadia Naffi, a professor in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Laval, (Québec City)...
The NEW, new normal: an interview for CBCRadio on the future of universities post-Covid-19
One of my favourite radio programs is CBC Radio's Spark, with Norah Young. Each week Spark presents the latest in technology and culture.
The next...
Video of discussion of impact of Covid-19 on online learning
The MALAT program
Royal Roads University runs an excellent Master of Arts in Learning and Technology (MALAT). This program is the first master of arts...
Online learning and the fall semester: advice for decision-makers
I really do not envy those university and college administrators trying to work out what to do for this coming fall semester. This will...
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...
12 shortish videos on Teaching in a Digital Age
The videos
At the request of the Commonwealth of Learning, I have, with their help, developed 12 short videos introducing the main themes of my...