One business case for OER examined
Law, P. and Perryman, L.-A. (2017) How OpenLearn supports a business model for OER Distance Education, Vol. 38, No. 1
The journal: 'Distance Education'
Distance Education...
Latest data on USA distance education enrolments
Digital Learning Compass (2017) Distance Education Enrolment Report 2017 Wellesley MA
A new partnership for the analysis of distance education data in the USA
First, a little...
One reason we are not getting enough engineers in Canada: the professional associations
From nearly 2,500 posts over nine years, none has generated so many comments as Can you teach 'real' engineering at a distance?
What you will see...
What counts when you cost online learning?
Poulin, R. and Straut, T. (2017) Distance Education Price and Cost Report Boulder CO: WCET
This highly controversial report has generated considerable discussion in WCET's...
A report on university distance education in Québec
Conseil supérieur de l'éducation (2015) La formation à distance dans les universités québécoises: un potential à optimiser Québec: Gouvernement du Québec
This report is now...
Tracking innovations in online learning in Canada
I've not been blogging much recently because, frankly, I've been too busy, and not on the golf course or ski slopes, either. (Yeah, so...
Is there light at the end of the tunnel for Athabasca University?
Climenhaga, D. (2017) Athabasca U’s future seems brighter as Saskatchewan prof named to conduct sustainability review Albertapolitics.ca, January 19
Climenhaga, D. (2016) Alberta Government names five new...
Maintenant publié: Les 10 fondamentaux de l’enseignement en ligne pour le personnel enseignant et...
Contact Nord est venu de paraître l'édition française de 'The 10 Fundamentals of Teaching Online for Faculty and Instructors.'
Ces guides visent à examiner quelques...
Latin American version of 10 Fundamentals of Teaching Online now available
Professor Selin Carrasco, of la Universidad de la Punta in San Luis, Argentina, has developed a Latin American version (in Spanish, of course) of...
2016: The Year I Failed Retirement
The new age of retirement
I decided in April 2014 'to stop (nearly) all professional activities from now onwards'. I argued that 'it is dangerous...