Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Una mirada personal sobre el uso de tecnologías digitales en la formación de docentes...

Ileana Farré, a quien solicité una mirada personal sobre el uso de tecnologías digitales en la formación de docentes, es profesora en el Instituto...

A personal view of the use of learning technologies in teacher education in Argentina

Ileana Farré is a professor at a Teacher Training Institute (Instituto Superior de Formación Docente 803) in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia, Argentina. I have asked...

Spanish version of ‘Managing Technology in Higher Education’ now available

 Bates, A. and Sangra, A. (2012) La gestión de la tecnología en la educación superior Barcelona ESP: Octaedro:ICE-UB The Spanish version of 'Managing Technology in...

The importance of redesign in online learning: the NCAT experience

Twigg, C. (2012) Improving Learning and Reducing Costs: Initial Project Outcomes from Changing the Equation The Learning MarketSpace, July The results of a major program aimed at...

Is online learning really cracking open the public post-secondary system?

I suspect that I'm not the only one who has been 'disengaged' from the online world of online learning for the past few weeks,...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 6: Set appropriate learning goals

In this post I argue that you need to think about what kinds of goals could best be achieved in an online course, rather...

The status of online learning in Canada in 2012

Contact North (2012) Online Learning in Canada: At a Tipping Point Sudbury ON: Contact North Contact North's report Contact North in Ontario has just published a...

Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 5: Master the technology

In this post I argue that taking the time to be properly trained in how to use standard learning technologies will in the long...

Nine Steps to Online Learning: Step 4: Build on existing resources

In this post I argue that using existing online resources rather than re-inventing the wheel will save a good deal of instructor time compared...

Examples from Ontario colleges of faculty development in online learning

This is the third in a series of guest blogs on innovative developments in online learning in Ontario post-secondary institutions. (The first was examples...