Sunday, December 22, 2024
Online Learning and Distance Education Resources — Moderated by Tony Bates, Research Associate, Contact North | Contact Nord

Designing online learning for the 21st century

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This being the time of year when many Canadian post-secondary institutions offer faculty development opportunities, I have been busy the last two or three...

Desire2Learn moving to ‘predictive analytics’ with IBM

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Sorry for the gap in posts over the last week. Funny how work gets in the way of blogging. I've been visiting some universities...

Why learning management systems are not going away

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Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive Developments, Alternative Options...

Discussion of MOOCs: more links and questions

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Rodriguez, O. (2012) Vast Lurker and No-lurker Participation in Open Online Courses: MOCCs and the AI Stanford-like courses respectively Osvaldo Rodriguez, March 3 Siemens, G....

LinkedIn as a community of practice for online learning?

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LinkedIn is beginning to develop as an interesting area for discussions on online learning. I've been 'lurking' in the discussions below, and I'm sure...