Sunday, December 22, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Opening up: chapter one of Teaching in a Digital Age

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I've not been blogging much recently, because (a) I've been on holiday for a month in the Mediterranean and (b) I've been writing my...

A balanced research report on the hopes and realities of MOOCs

Hollands, F. and Tirthali, D. (2014) MOOCs: Expectations and Reality New York: Columbia University Teachers' College, Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education, 211 pp We...

Tracking online learning in the USA – and Ontario

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 Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2014) Grade Change: Tracking Online Learning in the United States Wellesley MA: Babson College/Sloan Foundation This is the eleventh annual report...

Look back in anger? A review of online learning in 2013

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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...

Examining the potential and reality of open educational resources: the 2013 COHERE conference

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COHERE (Collaboration for Online Higher Education and Research) runs one of my favourite annual conferences. It is relatively small (around 75), the participants are...

The World Academy Forum on the Future of Global Higher Education.

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I just came back from this conference at the University of California at Berkeley that took place between October 2-3. The World Academy of Art...

Tom Carey’s reflections on the HEQCO report on online learning and productivity: 2 –...

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Carey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan and Review of the...

A review of the HEQCO report on productivity and quality in online learning in...

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The view from HEQCO, TorontoCarey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan...

The beginning of the end of the lecture hall?

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The conference in Orlando University Business is a magazine that focuses on equipment and facilities, including IT and AV systems. UB thus has its pulse...

Queen’s University’s report on online learning

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  Senate Academic Planning Task Force (2013) Draft Report March 2013 Kingston ON: Queens University Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, was one of the first universities...