Harvard’s current thinking on MOOCs
John Harvard's Journal (2013) Online evolution accelerates, Harvard Magazine, March-April, 2013
This article provides an insight in the thinking and plans for Harvard's use of...
No. 3 aha moment: asynchronous is (generally) better than synchronous teaching
In an earlier post, I listed the seven ‘aha’ moments that have been the most seminal ‘discoveries’ in my researching and working in educational...
No. 1 aha moment: media are different
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In a previous post, I listed the seven 'aha' moments that have been the most seminal 'discoveries' in my researching and...
Measuring the growth of online learning: the Babson College 2012 survey
Allen, I.E. and Seaman, J. (2013) Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States Wellesley MA: Babson College/Quahog Research Group
Based...
Grants for research on blended learning – from a lecture capture company
Nagel, D. (2013) Grants support research into blended, distance learning Campus Technology, January 7
Echo360, a vendor of a range of educational technology, including lecture...
Why predicting online learning developments is risky but necessary
Before drawing up my outlook for 2013, I want to discuss the important topic of prediction in online learning, in particular how predictions are...
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...
Full report on the Open University of Catalonia now available
Contact North (2012) The Open University of Catalonia: Fully Online Multi-lingual Innovation-focused Accredited Sudbury ON: Contact North
In an earlier post I wrote about current research...
Distance Education journal: November 2012 edition
Volume 33, No. 3 of Distance Education does not have a particular theme. But all the articles in one way or another discuss critical factors...
Research and development in online learning from the Open University of Catalonia
Two weeks ago I visited two open universities (the UK OU and the Open University of Catalonia) and a research lab of the Institute...