Teaching assistants, adjunct faculty and online learning
I am struggling these days with the issue of who should teach online courses, in terms of qualifications and status, and in particular, the...
Getting started in writing an open textbook
What format?
This week saw further development in my odyssey to write my first open textbook. I met with the very helpful people at BCcampus...
My vision for an open textbook
As I announced in an earlier post, I'm planning to explore the idea of writing and publishing an open textbook, on the topic of...
Why I decided to try open publishing
In an earlier post, I announced that I was going to write a textbook for open publishing and track my progress through a series...
Writing an open textbook: tracking an author’s perspective
Image © to thePC, 2014One of the key developments in online learning is the open textbook. These are textbooks that are published and available...
Tracking online learning in the USA – and Ontario
Allen, I. and Seaman, J. (2014) Grade Change: Tracking Online Learning in the United States Wellesley MA: Babson College/Sloan Foundation
This is the eleventh annual report...
2020 Vision: Outlook for online learning in 2014 and way beyond
Taking the long view
Doug Saunders in the Globe and Mail on January 4 wrote an interesting piece on prediction, entitled: "Gadgets alone don't make...
The cost of being a student in Canada – and where to find online...
vouchercloud is a Canadian discount coupon website and they have a selection of student specific coupons. They have produced the above infographic focusing on the cost of being a student in...
Happy holidays with my 2,000th post
I'd like to wish all readers of this blog a merry Christmas, happy Hanuka, or a fantastic holiday, whatever your faith or lack of...
Productivity and online learning redux
Summarizing the previous posts
In previous posts (see end of this post), I tried to identify a range of areas where online learning might enable...