The challenge of converting MOOCs (or anything else) into college credits
Kolowich, S. (2012) The online pecking order Inside Higher Education, August 2
This article takes a careful and detailed look at different ways that students...
What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs
TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...
The impact of online learning on the future of higher education: a response to...
Anderson, J., Boyles, J., and Rainie, L. (2012) The Future Impact of the Internet on Higher Education Washington DC: The Pew Research Center’s Internet...
Is online learning really cracking open the public post-secondary system?
I suspect that I'm not the only one who has been 'disengaged' from the online world of online learning for the past few weeks,...
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...