Designing online learning for the 21st century
This being the time of year when many Canadian post-secondary institutions offer faculty development opportunities, I have been busy the last two or three...
Roundup of news on online developments in US higher education
Having been on the road for the last two weeks, I've accumulated a backlog of material for the blog. Here I'm providing a very...
Examples of hybrid online learning from Ontario
Judith Tobin of Contact North has been collecting examples of innovation in online learning from the 20 universities and 24 colleges in the Ontario...
Why learning management systems are not going away
Contact North has just published online a series of six short papers (10-12 pages) under the title of Learning Management Systems: Disruptive Developments, Alternative Options...
New resources for online educators from Contact North
Over the last few months, Contact North has been gradually adding an impressive range of online resources to its Educator Portal. As well as the numerous articles...
Pedagogical roles for audio in online learning
'Sounds, such as the noise of certain machinery, or the background hum of daily life, have an associative as well as a pure meaning,...
A short critique of the Khan Academy
Bean, E. (2012) Wrath of Khan?: Deconstructing the online learning academy Detroit Web 2.0 Examiner, March 12
Eric Bean is an educator who has signed up...
Pedagogical roles for video in online learning
The underuse of video in post-secondary online learning
Video is not being used enough in online learning in post-secondary education. When used it is often...
Discussion of MOOCs: more links and questions
Rodriguez, O. (2012) Vast Lurker and No-lurker Participation in Open Online Courses: MOCCs and the AI Stanford-like courses respectively Osvaldo Rodriguez, March 3
Siemens, G....
More reflections on MOOCs and MITx
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Downes, S. (2012) What a MOOC Does - #Change 11 Half and Hour, March 1
An overly simplified version of the discussion so...