Brexit and online learning in Europe
Little England triumphs
Well, Little England has triumphed at last. The votes in suburban and industrial England and Wales were enough to defeat Londoners, Scots...
Talking numbers about open publishing and online learning
Please forgive me here for a little self-indulgence. By sheer coincidence, two statistics converged yesterday.
2 million blog post hits
First, I passed the 2 million...
French version of ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ now available
The French version of 'Teaching in a Digital Age', L'enseignement a l'ère numerique', is now available from here.
I am very grateful to Contact North|Contact Nord...
EDEN 2016: Re-imagining Learning Environments
The EDEN conference
I have just attended the annual conference of the European Distance and E-Learning Network in Budapest, Hungary.
EDEN is one of my favourite conferences...
Technology and alienation: symptoms, causes and a framework for discussion
This is the second post on the topic of technology, alienation and the role of education, with a particular focus on the consequences for...
Technology, alienation and the role of education: an introduction
Is there a problem here?
I live a 30 minute drive from the U.S. border, and like many of my fellow Canadians (and many U.S....
Building an effective learning environment
I was asked by the Chang School of Continuing Studies at Ryerson University to do a master class on this topic at their ChangSchoolTalks...
Why digital technology is not necessarily the answer to your problem
World Bank (2016) World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends. Washington, DC: World Bank.
What is the report about?
This 359 page report, partly funded by Canada’s Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade,...
Developing a next generation online learning assessment system
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2016) An Adaptive Trust-based e-assessment system for learning (@TeSLA) Barcelona: UOC
This paper describes a large, collaborative European Commission project headed by...
An example of online experiential learning: Ryerson University’s Law Practice Program
Alexandris, G., Buontrogianni, M, and Djafarova, N. (2015) Ground-breaking program for Ontario Law School Graduates - Virtual Law Firms, Berlin: OEB Conference
Online, experiential learning
Experiential learning...