Mode of delivery: Learners as a determining factor
This is the third of five posts on choosing between different modes of delivery as part of Chapter 10 for my online open textbook,...
My five wishes for online learning in 2015
Predictions, schmedictions. No-one can guess the future but we can at least say what we would like to see. So here are my five...
Educational technology 30 years on: why hasn’t education changed much?
Bates, A.W. (ed.) (1984) The Role of Technology in Distance Education London/New York: Routledge/Taylor and Francis
For some inexplicable reason, Routledge, of the publishing group Taylor...
A New Zealand analysis of MOOCs
Shrivastava, A. and Guiney, P. (2014) Technological Development and Tertiary Education Delivery Models: The Arrival of MOOCs Wellington NZ: Tertiary Education Commission/Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua
Why this...
Transforming university teaching and learning: UBC’s strategy for flexible learning
Flexible Learning Implementation Team (2014) Flexible Learning - Charting a Strategic Vision for UBC (Vancouver Campus. Vancouver BC: Office of the Provost, University of British...
Is there a Canadian market for American online programs?
Identifying the market
I got a phone call last week from an international consultancy company contracted on behalf of a major U.S. state university, wanting...
Kuali Foundation goes commercial
Straumsheim, C. (2014) Kuali Foundation: If you can't beat them....., Inside Higher Education, August 25
While there are several providers of open source learning management...
Washington State Community College System plans online competency-based associate degree
The Olympian (2014) Competency-based learning makes college credit more accessible for all The Bellingham Herald, June 3
The State of Washington is introducing a new...
What do Boards of Governors need to know about online learning?
CUBA
I was in Ottawa on Friday, attending the Canadian Universities Boards of Governors Association annual conference (CUBA). Boards of Governors at universities, at least in...
Why successful consortia for online learning are so difficult
Fishman, R. (2013) State U Online Washington DC: The New America Foundation
Fishman, R. (2014) Seeking Your Input on Online Consortia and Online Community Colleges WCET...