(Almost) free books on online learning
I did a big clear-out over the holiday period and found a whole batch of brand new printed copies of three of my books....
2018 review: 21st century knowledge and skills
How to develop the knowledge and skills that learners will need in the 21st century was a growing topic of discussion not just in...
2018 review of online learning: open pedagogy
Sorry, folks - Christmas caught up to me faster than my blog writing. Still two more posts to do on 2018. I intended to...
Why is innovation in teaching in HE so difficult? 4. Integrating online and distance...
This is the fourth and final post in this series. The previous three were:
1. The accreditation agencies?
2. Legacy systems
3. Learning management...
Why is innovation in teaching in higher education so difficult? 3. Learning management systems
Reasons for using a Learning Management System
I pointed out in my previous post that the LMS is a legacy system that can inhibit innovation...
Is Blackboard dying? The latest instalment in LMS wars.
Feldstein, M. (2018) Canvas Surpasses Blackboard Learn in US Market Share, eLiterate, July 8
Kroner, G. (2018) Sensationalizing LMS Market Share in an Era of Fake News,...
How serious should we be about serious games in online learning?
In the 2017 national survey of online learning in post-secondary education, and indeed in the Pockets of Innovation project, serious games were hardly mentioned...
Active learning at the Royal Military College of Canada
The RMC
Following my trip to the UK Open University, I visited the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario, where I was a keynote speaker...
Open and remote labs from the UK Open University
On my recent visit to the UK Open University, I had the privilege of a guided tour of the Open University's remote labs. These...
Learning analytics, student satisfaction, and student performance at the UK Open University
Rienties, B. and Toetenel, L. (2016) The impact of learning design on student behaviour, satisfaction and performance: A cross-institutional comparison across 151 modules, Computers in...