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Why learner support is an important component in the design of teaching and learning

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The story so far Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...

Dialogue and discussion: critical for 21st century skills development

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Introduction First of all, thanks to the numerous people who commented on  my earlier posts on Why Lectures are Dead, and on Learning Theories and...

Does distance education socialize students? A study from Québec

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Loisier, J. (2014) Socialisation des Etudiants en FAD au Canada Francophone Montréal QC: REFAD REFAD (the Canadian francophone distance education network) has published a very...

Teaching assistants, adjunct faculty and online learning

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I am struggling these days with the issue of who should teach online courses, in terms of qualifications and status, and in particular, the...

Is Athabasca University moving away from tutoring?

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Nolais, J. (2014) Concerns dialed up over ‘call-centre model’ at Alberta’s Athabasca University Metro: Calgary, January 27 More signs of trouble at 'Canada's Open University', as...

2020 Vision: Outlook for online learning in 2014 and way beyond

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 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...

Productivity and online learning redux

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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...

Leadership in open and distance education universities

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 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...

Improving productivity in online learning: can we scale ‘the learning that matters most’?

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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

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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...