Nine Steps to Online Learning: Step 4: Build on existing resources
In this post I argue that using existing online resources rather than re-inventing the wheel will save a good deal of instructor time compared...
E-portfolios, Sakai, and ‘new paradigms’
Batson, T. (2012) The Wait is Over: The LMS and the ePortfolio Merge to Serve a Culture of Learning Campus Technology, May 16
In this article,...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 3: Work in a Team
In this post I argue that one of the strongest means of ensuring quality is to work as part of a team.
This is the...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 2: Decide on what kind of online...
This is the third in a series of 10 posts on designing quality online courses. The first two posts (which should be read before...
Nine steps to quality online learning: Step 1: Decide how you want to teach...
In an earlier post, I summarised nine steps in developing quality online courses. In this and subsequent posts I will discuss in more detail...
Video of presentation on ‘Designing online learning for the 21st century’
Université Laval has now made available the full video version on my presentation on this topic. It can viewed here: Apprentissage et enseignement à l'ère...
More examples of hybrid learning: University of Texas at Austin
Following up on examples of hybrid learning from Ontario, I am focusing here on UT Austin’s Course Transformation Program (CTP).
The CTP is a five year, $3...
New book on learning design
Laurillard, D. (2012) Teaching as a Design Science: Building Pedagogical Patterns for Learning and Technology New York/London: Routledge, 258 pp, from $40
This book is just...
Study on barriers to online learning in traditional universities and colleges – not
Bacow, L. et al. (2012) Barriers to Adoption of Online Learning Systems in U.S. Higher Education New York: Ithaka
Purpose of the study
The purpose of this...
Nine steps to quality online learning: introduction
I developed these nine steps in response to requests about how to ensure quality when starting an online course or program. Now there are...