Designing research for the Ontario Online Institute
HECQO and the Ontario Online Institute
I spent a very interesting day on July 7 at the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), discussing...
Another perspective on quality
I have referred in another post to a paper by Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, who was one of the participants...
Barriers to change: two perspectives
Miller, B. (2010) The Course of Innovation: Using Technology to Transform Higher Education Washington DC: EducationSector
Batson, T. (2010) Innovation in Higher Education: It’s Not...
Simulating teacher training in a virtual world
Kolowich, S. (2010) Avatars to teach the teachers Inside Higher Education, July 7
An article about a really interesting project, TeachME, by faculty in the...
Dispelling myths
I came across some blogs about 'myths', so I thought I'd put them together.
Myth No. 1: 'A university education is becoming so costly -...
Innovate or die: a message for higher education institutions
It's funny how reports on the same issue arrive from completely different directions. These four all deal with the issue of innovation and higher...
More on epistemology, course design and e-learning
I was recently asked three excellent questions by Elizabeth O'Neill, of EducationDynamics.
How does e-learning lend itself to specific epistemologies or pedagogies (e.g. social constructivism...
Preparing faculty for online teaching
Dziuban, C. and Fusch, D. (2010) Training and Preparing Your Faculty for Teaching Online Academic Impressions, June 24
In this interview, Chuck Dziuban of the...
Strategic thinking about e-learning
On Monday and Tuesday this week (June 7 and 8) I attended the BC Educational Technology Users Group Spring Workshop at the University of...
The link between e-learning and economic development: the case of New Brunswick
This has been a busy week for me, which accounts for the low number of postings. Earlier in the week, I was conducting a...