Are our higher education systems about to collapse from within?
Dalhousie University's Faculty of Computer Science uses Daedalus software to track students' learning objectives across and between courses,enabling the measurement of the progression of...
Book review: ‘Creating the University of the Future’ by Ehlers and Eigbrecht (eds.)
Ehlers, U-D. and Eigbrecht, L. (eds) Creating the University of the Future A Global View on Future Skills and Future Higher Education Springer VS...
A personal history: 18. Developing the first online programs at UBC – and in...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 17. Innovation in distance education at UBC
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 15. How technology changed distance education in the mid 1990s
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history: 8. The start of the digital revolution
1985 was a significant year for me. I got my first desk-top computer and discovered the Internet.
The state of technology in 1984
It is hard...
A personal history: 2. Researching the BBC/Open University broadcasts
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
A personal history of open learning and educational technology: 1. The start of the...
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning....
Some reflections on the future of open and distance education following ICDE conference
The ICDE 2023 conference in Costa Rica has prompted me to think about the future of open and distance education. I want to go...
Day 2 of the ICDE conference in Costa Rica
This was, from my perspective, much better than the first day: two good keynotes and one session that was worth the whole trip.
Keynotes
I went...