Compressing the time of online courses
Shaw, M. et al. (2013) An Evaluation of Student Outcomes by Course Duration in Online Higher Education Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Vol. 16, No....
2020 Vision: Outlook for online learning in 2014 and way beyond
Taking the long view
Doug Saunders in the Globe and Mail on January 4 wrote an interesting piece on prediction, entitled: "Gadgets alone don't make...
University of Florida Online launches first undergraduate programs this month
Moran, C. (2013) UF expands opportunities for four-year degrees UF News, September 27
State University System of Florida (2013) UF Online Comprehensive Business Plan, 2013-2019 Gainsville,...
Productivity and online learning redux
Summarizing the previous posts
In previous posts (see end of this post), I tried to identify a range of areas where online learning might enable...
Look back in anger? A review of online learning in 2013
Well, where did 2013 go? It seems like only last week I was writing the 2012 review!This year, I did better with my predictions...
Leadership in open and distance education universities
The conference
For 20 years, the Standing Committee of Presidents (SCOP) of the members of the International Council of Distance Education (ICDE) has provided a...
A Franco-Canadian forum on MOOCs
The conference
Last week was a hell of a week. I was at a two-day conference in Lyon, France (jet-lagged most of the time with...
Improving productivity in online learning: can we scale ‘the learning that matters most’?
The story so far
This is a continuation of the discussion on whether online learning can increase educational ‘productivity.’ Previous posts in this series include:
Technology,...
“Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated”: a retrospective of my work
Brindley. J. and Paul, R. (2013) Understanding the building blocks of online learning: Through the writings and research of pre-eminent online learning expert, Dr. Tony...
Education across space and time: Distance Education, Vol. 34, No.2
This special edition of the Australian-based Distance Education journal presents a selection of papers originally submitted to the Open and Distance Learning Association of...