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10 key takeaways about differences between classroom, blended, online and open learning

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Lucky readers: you get a bonus! This is really a brief summary of all of the ten previous posts on this topic, which constitute...

A future vision for OER and online learning

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For each chapter of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age, I am developing imaginary but hopefully realistic scenarios. In this scenario,...

The implications of ‘open’ for course and program design: towards a paradigm shift

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I am usually very cautious not to use the term 'paradigm shift', but I do believe that the term is justified by the implications of...

Integrating open textbooks, open research and open data into teaching

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This is the third of five posts on open education for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. The previous two posts...

Making sense of open educational resources

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This is the second of five posts on open education from Chapter 10 of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age. The...

Nine questions to ask when choosing modes of delivery

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This is the fifth of five posts on choosing modes of delivery for Chapter 10 of my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital...

Desperately seeking the unique pedagogical characteristics of face-to-face teaching

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This is the fourth of five posts on choosing modes of delivery for my online open textbook Teaching in a Digital Age. The post...

Deciding on modes of delivery

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This is the first of a series of five posts that look at the following: deciding whether a whole course or program should be offered wholly...

Deciding on appropriate media for teaching and learning

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This is the final section of Chapter 9, Choosing and using media in education, for my online open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age....

Networking (and novelty) as criteria for media selection

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Almost there! This section covers the 'N' in the SECTIONS model for the chapter on media selection for my online open textbook, Teaching in...