Reducing drop-out in online courses
Fusch, D. (2010) Improving graduation rates for online students Academic Impressions, April 8
An interview with K. Udas, the CEO of UMassOnline, who provides some...
Book review: Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Christensen Hughes, J. and Mighty, J. (eds.) (2010) Taking Stock: Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Montreal QC and Kingston ON: McGill-Queen's...
Student study time and the use of technology
Babcock, P. and Marks, M. (2010) Leisure College USA: The Decline in Student Study Time Washington DC: The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy...
Comparing apples with oranges: online vs face-to-face learning in community colleges
Smith Jaggars, S. and Bailey, T. (2010) Effectiveness of Fully Online Courses for College Students: Response to a Department of Education Meta-Analysis New...
Another view on research for the Ontario Online Institute
Maxim Jean-Louis, the President of Contact North, was one of the participants in the recent HEQCO meeting to discuss possible areas of research that...
The future of instructional design – or my heart belongs to ADDIE
On Sunday, I attended a very interesting meeting of about 50 instructional designers (what is a good collective noun for instructional designers?) from across...
Do social media result in less sensitive people?
Science Daily (2010) Empathy: College students don't have as much as they used to, study finds Science Daily, May 29
Some people have bad hair...
New gadgets in Canadian higher education
Pagliaro, J. (2010) Apple America: Why Canada’s learning technology experts say tech handouts are lackluster Macleans, May 17
Another disappointing article from a national journal,...
What do instructors need to know about teaching with technology?
I believe that we will see no real innovation, no fundamental change, in post-secondary education, at least from within, unless all instructors have basic...
A personal view of e-learning at the University of British Columbia
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (home of OLT)
It's now seven years since I resigned as Director of Distance Education and Technology at UBC,...