Book review: A History of the Open University
Weinbren, D. (2105) The Open University: A History Manchester: Manchester University Press/The Open University, 274 pp + notes, £18.99, C$31.61, US$22.30 (paperback edition)
Why you...
Some (further) thoughts about ‘agile’ learning design
In my online, open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, I felt I needed a separate section on agile learning design, to capture some...
Defining skills for a digital age
ACT (2105) Unpacking "Career Readiness" Iowa City IA: Act Inc.
ACT Inc, the organisation that designs and administers the most widely used high school standardised tests...
Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age: key takeaways
I have now completed and published Chapter 11, 'Ensuring quality teaching in a digital age', for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...
Seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of computing
This is the fourth post on the unique characteristics of different media, for my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age.
This was a fun one...
Seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of video
Figure 9. The Open University on iTunesU
This is the third post on the unique characteristics of different media, for my open textbook, Teaching in a...
A ‘starter’ bibliography on MOOCs
For the increasing number of students doing Masters' dissertations or Ph.D's on MOOCs I have collected together for convenience all the references made in...
EDEN research papers: OERs (inc. MOOCs), quality/assessment, social media, analytics and research methods
EDEN has now published a second report on my review of papers submitted to the EDEN research workshop in Oxford a couple of weeks ago....
Why the fuss about MOOCs? Political, social and economic drivers
The end of MOOCs
This is the last part of my chapter on MOOCs for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. In...
A review of MOOCs and their assessment tools
Chauhan, A. (2014) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS): Emerging Trends in Assessment and Accreditation Digital Education Review, No. 25
For the record, Amit Chauhan, from...