Virtual and real bone surgery: the power of animation
First, an apology. You may have noticed a reduction in the number of my posts the last few weeks. The reason: bone surgery. I...
Online Learning and Personal Change: the Movie
Vancouver Community College organized a stimulating faculty development workshop in April called 'Technology Trends and the Courage to Adapt', about the challenge technology presents...
Examples of hybrid online learning from Ontario
Judith Tobin of Contact North has been collecting examples of innovation in online learning from the 20 universities and 24 colleges in the Ontario...
A short critique of the Khan Academy
Bean, E. (2012) Wrath of Khan?: Deconstructing the online learning academy Detroit Web 2.0 Examiner, March 12
Eric Bean is an educator who has signed up...
Pedagogical roles for video in online learning
The underuse of video in post-secondary online learning
Video is not being used enough in online learning in post-secondary education. When used it is often...
Using interactive video for patient health education
Along with thousands of other people over 65, I''m scheduled for a partial knee replacement this summer. As part of the excellent pre-operational education...
JET&S: Special journal issue on technology supported cognition and exploratory learning
The Journal of Educational Technology and Society, Vol. 15, No.1, has a special edition on technology supported cognition and exploratory learning.
From the editorial:
The IADIS CELDA...
Launch of Arabic e-learning portal for business education
© Tony Bates, 2012 Creative Commons License
Curley, N. (2012) Arabic e-Learning Portal Nibras.com Launches, Offering Online Business Education, Wamda, February 8
Jabbar Internet Group has launched...
Rice University develops free online physics textbooks
Smith, M. (2010) Why Pay for Intro Textbooks? Inside Higher Education, February 7
Rice University, using the Connexions platform, is offering online Introductory Physics textbooks...
e-learning outlook for 2012: will it be a rough ride?
© Firehorse Blog, 2012
Another year, and online learning, e-learning, learning technologies, educational technologies, digital learning, or whatever you call it or them, will continue...