From access to digitalisation: the changing role of online learning
I was away last week in Denmark, helping with the development of a new business degree at Aalborg University. I was there to do...
‘Rationalization’ of online learning support agencies in the Ontario post-secondary system?
Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (2020) Government’s Role in Digital Learning: Review and Recommendations for the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities Toronto...
Is there an international market for Canadian online learning?
There are very few online international students in Canada (or even out of province)
In the most recent national survey of Canadian post-secondary institutions (Johnson,...
Online learning in 2020: perfect vision in the Year of the Rat
No, no firm predictions from me for 2020 other than more of the same from 2019, plus something unexpected. However, I will suggest three...
Online learning in the USA in 2018
The US Federal government recently released its Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System's (IPEDS') data on enrolments in higher education for Fall 2018, which include...
Whatever happened to 2019 – and online learning?
Looking at the traffic on my web site last week suggests many of you have already headed off for the holidays to a probably...
Learning analytics – or learner surveillance?
Crosslin, M. (2019) Is Learning Analytics Synonymous with Learning Surveillance, or Something Completely Different? EduGeek Journal, October 30
This is an excellent, thoughtful article about...
Results for 2019 survey of online learning in Canadian post-secondary institutions now available
Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (2019) National Survey of Online and Digital Learning 2019 National Report Halifax NS: Canadian Digital Learning Research Association
CDLRA has...
Should all lecturers have to have a teaching certificate? Why the answer is a...
Fredua-Kwarteng, F. and E. (2019) Should all lecturers have to have a teaching certificate? University World News, 9 November
The proposal
My colleague Clayton Wright sent...
Learning analytics in online learning: trying hard but need to do better
I have now covered all five main articles in the special August issue of the journal Distance Education on learning analytics (because it is...