03 Nov Online Courses are not textbooks
Coffee and A Book by @sincerelymedia (Unsplash) As many of us move towards the reality of teaching online, potentially for a longer duration than we ever expected to, it's important...
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09 Dec Using Reddit in Higher Education
This story highlights a use case for using Reddit for an online educational technology course at a large university in Canada. Why use reddit? The first question that some may ask, is ‘Why...
21 Aug Screen Real Estate for Online Learning
What is Screen Real Estate? Whenever you visit a website, either on your phone, tablet or PC, there are certain things you’ll see first that grab your attention. Screen Real Estate refers...
12 Feb The Rocky Romance between EdTech and IT
Having worked in Ed Tech for almost 20 years, there is one thing that keeps coming up on an almost daily basis, a fundamental challenge in the way EdTech is...
30 Dec The Role of Education in a post-truth world
A round earth, not a flat one. It’s scary to think that with the rise of what has now become a household word, ‘fake news’ is officially a threat to the future...
24 Oct What makes a good online discussion?
Let’s talk about discussion spaces. And let’s be honest about them. They are still the most ubiquitous, easy to engage with and most accessible way of facilitating interaction within an online...
24 Aug To Host or not to host your VLE? That is the question.
The following is a draft chapter excerpt from Distance Learning Management.When looking at a new platform for your distance learning program, inevitably the question of hosting will come up, that...
04 Apr Social Learning Networks and the end of the LMS
Since the 1980s, the world has had technology that allows for the sharing of information. This is what the internet is built upon. This is what e-commerce literally capitalized on....
09 Feb The Many Definitions of Open Education
When I first heard of Open Education a few years back, it was from David Wiley’s concept of Four R’s that I read about in a blog post. Since then...
23 Nov Open Textbooks: The Missing Link
After attending #opened15 last week, there were lots of sessions talking about open textbooks. Some folks are for, and some against, with Amanda Coolidge weighing in this morning on the...
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