What happened in online learning over the summer? – 1
I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break in the Northern Hemisphere. This has been the best summer since I moved to...
MOOCs, MIT and Magic
MOOC panel: Dan Hastings, Anant Agarwal, Tony Bates, Sanjay Sarma, John Daniel
In my previous post, there were two sessions at the LINC 2013 conference...
MIT, learning technologies, and developing countries: lessons in technology transfer
This week I spent three days at the MIT LINC (Learning International Networks Consortium) conference in Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, with the theme: 'Realizing the Dream:...
California buzzing with online learning
Cotterell, S. (2013) UC Online aims to increase number of courses offered online The California Aggie, January 22
Powell, S. (2013) CSU rolls out expansion of...
Online learning set to expand and become a core function in Ontario’s universities and...
Contact North (2013) An Overview of the Strategic Mandate Agreement Proposals Prepared by Ontario’s Public Colleges and Universities: Online Learning Set to Expand and...
Sir John crosses to the dark side? Public universities and outsourcing online learning
PR Newswire (2012) Online Learning Pioneer, Sir John Daniel, Joins Academic Partnerships as Senior Advisor PRNewswire, December 4
From the article:
Academic Partnerships announces that international online...
Serving remote and rural communities: lessons from 25 years of Contact North
Paul, R. (2012) Contact North: A Case Study in Public Policy Sudbury ON: Contact North
From the report:
In the April 22, 1986 Speech from the...
Webinar on the results from the VISCED project
When: Monday, 10 December 2012, between 15.00 - 16.00 CET (9.00 am - 10.00 am EST)
Participation is free but you need to register online...
U.S. ‘quality’ consortium to offer online credit courses
Krache, D. (2012) Leading colleges announce, for-credit online courses Schools of Thought, CNN News, November 16
Using a common portal called Semester Online, 10 leading...
MOOCs move into credit-based higher education
Kolowich, S. (2012) MOOCs for credit, Inside Higher Education, October 29
This article reports on an interesting deal signed between Coursera and Antioch University. Antioch is...