Post-Pandemic Lesson 1: Online and blended learning will increase substantially post-COVID-19
This is the first of 10 Lessons from a Post-Pandemic World. For the other nine, click here.
“…in blended learning, student performance improves over both...
10 Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World from Covid-19 for Canadian universities and colleges
2020: Resilience and adaptability
“Canada responded amazingly well to the challenge of adapting to an existential threat to its post-secondary education system. The system...
Why school boards need to listen to online learning professionals
Guzman, Y. (2020) Students miss out and teachers feel overwhelmed as school boards blend in-person and virtual classes The Globe and Mail, November 1
As...
Why, ‘logically’, online learning is superior to face-to-face teaching
The issue
I came to this conclusion in the middle of the night by worrying at the distinction between synchronous and asynchronous learning. (Yeah, I...
Defining blended learning: Farmer’s theory-based models
Farmer, H. (2020) 6 Models for Blended Synchronous and Asynchronous Online Course Delivery, EDUCAUSE Review, 18 August
Multiple models
I have argued elsewhere that blended learning...
Online learning and international forestry: a webinar series
Are you interested in (or have been forced into) teaching forestry or related areas online?
If so, the The Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management...
Research reports on Covid-19 and emergency remote learning/online learning
Post last up-dated: 9 June, 2021
Since March 2020, there has been a flurry of research on emergency remote learning. Most published research up to...
Designing hybrid learning in a Covid-19 era: a video of my presentation to CiCan...
I had the privilege on June 12 to give a 37 minute Zoom presentation and discussion to members of Colleges and Institutes Canada, a...
What have we learned from Covid-19 about the limitations of online learning – and...
Being realistic about the strengths and weaknesses of online learning
I have spent a good part of my career defending and promoting online learning and...
Re-defining online learning and distance education in 2020
This blog is almost 12 years old. I now have nearly 4,500 posts on the site. Many of the old posts are accessed frequently...