A hard look at Rapid eLearning
Boulet, G. (2012) Rapid eLearning: Building a House Without an Architect, eLearn Magazine, February 2012
This is an excellent article by Guy Boulet, of the Canadian Navy...
Stephen Downes’ overview of e-learning: and a little history lesson
Downes, S. (2012) E-learning Generations, Half-an-Hour, February 11
Stephen's contribution
In general, I try to complement rather than repeat what Stephen writes (which is just as...
Book review: Learning Theory and Online Technologies
Harasim, L. (2012) Learning Theory and Online Technologies New York/London: Routledge
Linda Harasim is one of the pioneers of online learning and this book brings...
IRRODL’s new issue on emergent learning
IRRODL, Vol. 12, No. 7, 2011: Special Issue: Emergent Learning, Connections, Design for Learning
The guest editors, Rod Sims and Elena Kays have collected together a...
Book review: Clark Quinn’s ‘The Mobile Academy’
Quinn, C. (2012) The Mobile Academy: mLearning for Higher Education San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley, 120 pp
The author points out that 90% of the world's...
IRRODL, Vol. 12. No. 6: an evolving web-based journal
Vol. 12, No. 6 of the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning continues to evolve the concept of the online, web-based journal.
New...
Journal: Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1 now available
Is online distance education about to collapse like the Tower of Babel? So asks Jon Baggaley
Distance Education, Vol. 32, No. 1, May 2011
The academic...
Instructional design: the times they are a’changing
Last week I attended a very interesting workshop, called Just ID, at the University of British Columbia. The workshop was organized with the support of...
IRRODL on Connectivism
IRRODL (the International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning) has just published a very special issue focused on connectivism.
Connectivism claims to be...
New issue of IRRODL focuses on learning designs
Sorry to be a little late in catching up with this, but the latest edition of the International Review of Research in Open and...