That was the year that was: what you read on my blog in 2015
I find it a fun exercise to analyse the statistics for my blog at the end of the year, to see what were the...
That was the year that was: what I did in 2015
No, I didn't die and get a Viking funeral at sea from my grandchildren, as did Billy Connelly in the wonderfully funny movie "What...
That was the year, that was: main trends in 2015
Well, here we are at the end of another year. Doesn't time fly! So here is my look back on 2015. I'll do this...
Innovation in online teaching in a Mexican university
The University of Guadalajara
I spent last week in and around Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. The Universidad de Guadalajara, whose origins go...
U.S. university/college financing ‘stabilizing’
Unauthored (2015) Stability and Modest Growth Expected for U.S. Colleges, Inside Higher Ed, December 3
Lederman, D. (2015) 'Stabilizing' Financial Picture, Inside Higher Education, July 8
These two...
What students spend on textbooks and how it affects open textbooks
Hill, P. (2015) Bad Data Can Lead To Bad Policy: College students don’t spend $1,200+ on textbooks, e-Literate, November 8
Caulfield, M. (2015) Asking What Students Spend...
University of Central Florida introduces online adaptive learning
Russon, G. (2015) UCF offers high-tech homework tailored to students, Orlando Sentinel, November 23
This article presents a short written account and a video of the...
Recording of webinar on choosing modes of delivery
This morning I gave my third webinar in the Contact North series based on my online, open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. There were...
Low-cost online courses in film and media studies: do they work?
Alexander, I. (2015) Over 30,000 students took these online film and media courses Film Industry Network, November 17
I haven't been following Udemy, the former...
Another perspective on the personalisation of learning online
I gave a keynote presentation last week at a large educational conference in the Netherlands, ‘Dé Onderwijsdagen’ (Education Days). I was asked to talk about the...