Exams and online courses: why proctoring is the wrong issue
Many instructors struggle with assessment of any kind, but particularly with online assessment if they have never taught online before. What they try to...
Third edition of Teaching at a Distance is now published
The third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age is now available from here: https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/teachinginadigitalagev3m/
I have exported in several formats and made it public....
Discussing the response of school systems to Covid
Online learning and distance education: in conversation with Dr. Tony Bates, 25 February, 2021
Why the interview?
This is a 40 minute video recording of an...
Book review: Teaching in the Post Covid-19 Era
Fayed, I. and Cummings, J. (2021) Teaching in the Post Covid 19 Era Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 764 pp
This is a longish post - you...
Stephen Downes latest contribution to the theory of connectivism: an overview
Downes, S. (2022) Connectivism, Half an Hour, 9 February
Stephen Downes has just published an article in his blog that:
presents an overview of connectivism, offering...
Has online learning gone backwards because of the pandemic?
Back to the classroom model
I was recently struck by a comment my former colleague Diana Laurillard made in a podcast for Mark Nichols' excellent...
Two surveys on academic integrity in online learning during the pandemic
Colby, E. (2022) Concern about Academic Integrity in Online Courses Decreased Among College Instructors After Experience with Remote Instruction Higher Ed Dive 26 January
Wiley (2020)...
Investigating Indigenous learners’ experience of online learning
Davey, R.C.E. (2019) "It will never be my first choice to do an online course": Examining Experiences of Indigenous Learners Online in Canadian Post-Secondary...
Curriculum design and the teaching of 21st century skills
Rayner, P.J. (2021) Curriculum and program renewal: an introduction Edubytes, November
Chadha, D. (2006) A curriculum model for transferable skills development Engineering Education, Vol.1, No....
Book Review: Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development
Jagannathan, S. (ed.) (2021) Reimagining Digital Learning for Sustainable Development: How Upskilling, Data Analytics and Educational Technologies Close the Skills Gap Routledge: New York/London,...