12 shortish videos on Teaching in a Digital Age
The videos
At the request of the Commonwealth of Learning, I have, with their help, developed 12 short videos introducing the main themes of my...
Online learning and Covid-19: Internet coverage in Canada
Policy
Many commentators have raised the question of inequity due to lack of Internet coverage. So what actually is the coverage like in Canada?
According to...
Crashing into online learning: a report from five continents – and some conclusions
I am beginning to come across reports of how different countries around the world are moving to online learning as a result of Covid-19,...
Two successful approaches to moving on-campus courses online due to Covid-19
Schaffhauser, D. (2020) Distance Learning Ramp-up: A Strategic View Campus Technology, April 23
Phelps, J. (2020) SNHU to cut tuition from $31,000 to $10,000, revamp...
First data on the shift to emergency online learning
Lederman, D. (2020) How Teaching Changed in the (Forced) Shift to Remote Inside Higher Education, April 22
Who did the study?
This is a report of...
2. Emergency online learning and inequity: developing countries
One term, many contexts
If I was uncomfortable writing my previous post, I am even more uncomfortable about writing this one. 'Developing countries' is not...
Emergency online learning and inequity: developed countries
I have come across a number of articles (see for instance Brown and Salmi, 2020), and received several e-mails, pointing out that a sudden...
Online enrolments after Covid-19: a prediction, part 2 – policy implications
My prediction
In my previous post, I predicted that over the next 10 years, fully online learning will grow to about 20-25% of all course...
Online enrolments after Covid-19: a prediction, part 1
GastaGoesGlobal
I really enjoyed participating in Tom Farrelly's 'GastaGoesGlobal' yesterday. This was an online multi-person presentation in the Irish 'Gasta' style, where every presenter had...
What should we be doing about online learning when social distancing ends?
Transitioning from panic to control
Planning is a bit of a luxury in a crisis. You do triage until you can get back to normal....