A new online learning platform from New Zealand
Open Polytechnic (2015) Open Polytechnic launches online learning platform Lower Hutt NZ: Open Polytechnic
I'm not sure the world needs another LMS (sorry, an 'online learning...
Next steps for the European HE system
Klemenčič, M. and Ashwin, P. (2015) What's next for Europe? Inside Higher Ed, May 26
As my holiday in Italy draws to a close, I...
Update on online learning in Africa
Anderson, M. (2015) Out of Africa: e-learning makes further education a reality for tens of thousands The Guardian, May 20
The opening this week of the...
Rethinking learning spaces in a digital age: an example from Singapore
Hohenadel, K. (2015) Singapore’s New “Learning Hub” Rethinks University Classroom Design in the Internet Age SLATE, March 12
I have written in earlier posts about the...
My five wishes for online learning in 2015
Predictions, schmedictions. No-one can guess the future but we can at least say what we would like to see. So here are my five...
Students as a criterion for media selection in online learning
Decisions are being made every day by government, institutions, teachers and students about technology use in education. How are these decisions made? What criteria...
Why the fuss about MOOCs? Political, social and economic drivers
The end of MOOCs
This is the last part of my chapter on MOOCs for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. In...
A New Zealand analysis of MOOCs
Shrivastava, A. and Guiney, P. (2014) Technological Development and Tertiary Education Delivery Models: The Arrival of MOOCs Wellington NZ: Tertiary Education Commission/Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua
Why this...
Getting ready for the EDEN Research workshop
I'm now in England, about to attend the EDEN Research Workshop on research into online learning that starts tomorrow (Sunday) in Oxford, with the event...
WCET’s analysis of U.S. statistics on distance education
U.S.Department of Education (2014) Web Tables: Enrollment in Distance Education Courses, by State: Fall 2012 Washington DC: U.S.Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics
Hill,...