Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 9: Evaluate and innovate
In this post I discuss the importance of evaluating each offering of an online course, how best to do this, and then the importance...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 8: Communicate, communicate, communicate
© Care2, 2012In this post I stress the importance of ongoing, continuing communication between instructor and students in an online environment, and in particular...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 7: Design course structure and learning activities
In this post the importance of providing students with a structure for learning online and setting appropriate learning activities is discussed. Indeed, I will...
The status of online learning in Canada in 2012
Contact North (2012) Online Learning in Canada: At a Tipping Point Sudbury ON: Contact North
Contact North's report
Contact North in Ontario has just published a...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 5: Master the technology
In this post I argue that taking the time to be properly trained in how to use standard learning technologies will in the long...
European forum on quality in e-learning: promoting innovation in education
The Alhambra, Granada (photo: © Tony Bates, 2009)
What
EFQUEL (the European Foundation for Quality in e-Learning) is holding a three day forum on '“Learning for Open...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 3: Work in a Team
In this post I argue that one of the strongest means of ensuring quality is to work as part of a team.
This is the...
A new blended model for a for-profit/not-for-profit college aimed at Latinos in the USA
Fain, P. (2012) New college, new model, Inside Higher Education, May 7
This is a nugget for those interested in new business models for universities.
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Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 1: Decide how you want to teach...
In an earlier post, I summarised nine steps in developing quality online courses. In this and subsequent posts I will discuss in more detail...
Harvard joins the MITx project
Lavoie, D. (2012) EdX Online Learning Project Announced By Harvard, MIT Huffington Post, May 2
Harvard University has joined the MITx project, now renamed edEX, supported...