More developments in teaching science online
Matthews, D. (2018) Scepticism over Google plan to replace labs with virtual reality, Times Higher Education, June 7
The Harvard Gazette (2018) Virtual lab to extend reach...
How serious should we be about serious games in online learning?
In the 2017 national survey of online learning in post-secondary education, and indeed in the Pockets of Innovation project, serious games were hardly mentioned...
Open and remote labs from the UK Open University
On my recent visit to the UK Open University, I had the privilege of a guided tour of the Open University's remote labs. These...
Have we reached a tipping point in teaching science and engineering online?
This post lists several new developments in delivering science and engineering online. These developments join a list of other efforts that are listed below...
Virtual Reality and education: some thoughts
I spent a very interesting evening this week at a Vancouver VR Community event at Mobify's headquarters in downtown Vancouver. Mobify is a provider...
Tracking innovations in online learning in Canada
I've not been blogging much recently because, frankly, I've been too busy, and not on the golf course or ski slopes, either. (Yeah, so...
What I learned at Drexel University in National Distance Learning Week
Fear and loathing in Philadelphia
On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, I found myself in Philadelphia on U.S. Presidential Election day, and even more importantly, the...
French version of ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ now available
The French version of 'Teaching in a Digital Age', L'enseignement a l'ère numerique', is now available from here.
I am very grateful to Contact North|Contact Nord...
EDEN 2016: Re-imagining Learning Environments
The EDEN conference
I have just attended the annual conference of the European Distance and E-Learning Network in Budapest, Hungary.
EDEN is one of my favourite conferences...
A full day of experiential learning in action
On Wednesday, February 17, the Chang School of Continuing Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, put on an impressive one day conference, called ChangSchoolTalks, focused on...