Call for visionary papers on the future of open education
The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) –part of the Joint Research Center of the European Commission – in a study for Director General Education...
Online learning in 2012: a retrospective
Well, 2012 was certainly the year of the MOOC. Audrey Watters provides a comprehensive overview of what happened with MOOCs in 2012, so I...
Webinar on the results from the VISCED project
When: Monday, 10 December 2012, between 15.00 - 16.00 CET (9.00 am - 10.00 am EST)
Participation is free but you need to register online...
Book proposes a regional organization for distance education in Eastern Europe/West Asia
Demiray, U. (2012) Leadership role for Turkey for ICDEEEWA Midas eBooks
This free e-book (in English), by Urgur Demiray of the Turkish Anadolu University, looks...
OER and social inclusion: review of special edition of ‘Distance Education’
Distance Education, the journal of the Australian Open and Distance Learning Association (ODLAA), has just published a special edition on OER and social inclusion....
European universities: re-form or die; but what about Canada?
Grove, J. (2012) Long, cold financial winter lies ahead for Europe's academy Times Higher Education, February 9
What's happening in Europe
This is a really depressing,...
Book review: Quality assurance in distance education and e-learning
Jung, I. and Latchem, C. (2012) Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Distance Education and e-Learning New York/London: Routledge
What the book is about
'There is relatively...
Posts from a foreign land: Online Educa 2011, No. 3: Public Education ( #oeb11...
Introduction
This is the last of three posts on the Online Educa Berlin 2011 conference and here I focus on the three education sessions I...
Posts from a foreign land: Online Educa 2011, No. 1 ( #oeb11 )
Why I'm here
This will be the first of several posts on this year's Online Educa Berlin conference. This is the first time I have...
From dream to reality: why implementation is as important as goal setting in e-learning
Two recent developments have brought home clearly the need to consider and discuss implementation strategies at the same time as setting educational goals. The...