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,...
Tom Carey’s reflections on the HEQCO report on online learning and productivity: 2 –...
Carey, T., & Trick, D. (2013). How Online Learning Affects Productivity, Cost and Quality in Higher Education: An Environmental Scan and Review of the...
Conference on science education at Western University
I was at the Western Conference on Science Education on July 10-11. I gave a a public lecture on designing teaching for 21st century...
The beginning of the end of the lecture hall?
The conference in Orlando
University Business is a magazine that focuses on equipment and facilities, including IT and AV systems. UB thus has its pulse...
No. 5 aha moment: the Web as a universal standard
This is the sixth in a series of posts about the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational technology, where I...
No. 4 aha moment: Computers for communication, not as teaching machines
This is the fourth in a series of posts about the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational technology, where I...
The role of information sciences in online learning: a review of IRRODL, Vol. 13,...
An overview of the papers
IRRODL (the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) has once again produced a fascinating themed edition, this...
An archive of alI I know about online learning
At the recent COHERE conference I delivered two keynotes:
Meeting the challenge of technology: are we failing as managers?
Designing university teaching to meet the needs...
What’s right and what’s wrong about Coursera-style MOOCs
TED Talks: Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education
Daphne Koller, one of the two founders of Coursera, describes some of the key features...