That was the year, that was: main trends in 2015
Well, here we are at the end of another year. Doesn't time fly! So here is my look back on 2015. I'll do this...
Innovation in online teaching in a Mexican university
The University of Guadalajara
I spent last week in and around Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco in Mexico. The Universidad de Guadalajara, whose origins go...
Another perspective on the personalisation of learning online
I gave a keynote presentation last week at a large educational conference in the Netherlands, ‘Dé Onderwijsdagen’ (Education Days). I was asked to talk about the...
Spotlight on online experiential learning at Ryerson University
A week or so ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Digital Education Strategies team at the G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing...
MIT introduces credit-based online learning
Bradt, S. (2015) Online courses + time on campus = a new path to an MIT master’s degree MIT News, October 7
MIT is famous for...
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...
Book review: Teaching and Learning in Digital Worlds
Gisbert, T. and Bullen, M. (2015) Teaching and Learning in Digital Worlds: Strategies and Issues in Higher Education Tarragona Spain: Publicacions Universitat Rovira i...
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...
MIT and German research on the [appalling] use of video in xMOOCs
Hansch, A. et al. (2015) Video and Online Learning: Critical Reflections and Findings From the Field Berlin DE: Alexander von Humbolt Institut für Internet und...
EDUCAUSE looks beyond the (current) LMS environment: is it a future we want?
Brown, M, Dehoney, J., Millichap, N. (2015) The Next Generation Digital Learning Environment: A Report on Research EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative
What is it about?
EDUCAUSE has published...