A personal history: 14. Strategic planning, nuclear weapons, and the OLA
I am writing an autobiography, mainly for my family, but it does cover some key moments in the development of open and online learning. I thought I would share these as there seems to be a growing...
View ArticleOrganization, Leadership and Change in Open, Distance and Digital Education:...
Zawacki-Richter, O. and Jung, I. (2023) Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Learning Singapore: Springer Part IV of this open textbook is on Organization, Leadership and Change, and is the first...
View ArticleStaying Online: a new book by Robert Ubell
Ubell, R. (2022) Staying Online: How to Navigate Digital Higher Education New York/London: Routledge, 180 pp This book was published on September 7, 2021, and is now available (paperback: US$31.96)....
View ArticleNew podcast on the future of online learning and higher education post-Covid 19
Mark Nichols is developing a very useful and interesting series of podcasts called Leaders and Legends of Online Learning. I was the first person Mark interviewed and he has now extended this series...
View ArticleOntario: leading Canada in online learning
A couple of months ago, the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA) provided eCampus Ontario, one of the survey’s main sponsors, with a regional report on the survey results for Ontario....
View ArticleA brighter future for Athabasca University?
Coates, K. (2017) Independent Third-Party Review of Athabasca University Saskatoon, SK This report, 45 pages in length plus extensive appendices, was jointly commissioned by the Government of Alberta...
View ArticleAdvice to the Alberta government on Athabasca University’s sustainability report
McKinnon, P. at al. (2015) The Future is Now: Report of the Presidential Task Force on Sustainability Athabasca AB: Athabasca University The university kindly provided me with a pdf copy of the report,...
View ArticleTransforming university teaching and learning: UBC’s strategy for flexible...
Flexible Learning Implementation Team (2014) Flexible Learning – Charting a Strategic Vision for UBC (Vancouver Campus. Vancouver BC: Office of the Provost, University of British Columbia The...
View ArticleQueen’s University’s report on online learning
Senate Academic Planning Task Force (2013) Draft Report March 2013 Kingston ON: Queens University Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, was one of the first universities worldwide to offer distance...
View ArticleUBC is going big with online and flexible learning
Yesterday (March 11), Stephen Toope, the president of the University of British Columbia, sent an e-mail to all faculty announcing a strategy to increase flexible learning across all the university’s...
View ArticleOutlook for online learning in 2013: online learning comes of age
FunTab Class 9.1 Android ICS Tablet: will 2013 be the year of the tablet? In a previous post, I talked about the difficulties in making predictions in online learning. Bearing in mind the hazardous...
View ArticleThe University of Western Sydney goes for blended learning – big time!
Griffith, C. (2012) University to roll out 11,000 Apple iPads, The Australian, December 20 All new students enrolling in first year courses in the autumn of 2013 will receive a free iPad. Faculty...
View ArticleNew resources for online educators from Contact North
Over the last few months, Contact North has been gradually adding an impressive range of online resources to its Educator Portal. As well as the numerous articles already available for free downloading...
View ArticleBook: Managing Technology in Higher Education now available
Bates, A. and Sangrà, A. (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning San Francisco: Jossey-Bass/John Wiley & Co. Now out! The book is available...
View ArticleBook review: Changing Cultures in Higher Education
Ehlers, U-D. and Schneckenberg, D. (eds. ) Changing Cultures in Higher Education: Moving Ahead to Future Learning Heidelberg/London/New York: Springer, 610 pp, US$129.00 What the book is about The...
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A brighter future for Athabasca University?
Mid-career retraining is seen as one possible focus for Athabasca University’s future Coates, K. (2017) Independent Third-Party Review of Athabasca University Saskatoon, SK This report, 45 pages in...
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Advice to the Alberta government on Athabasca University’s sustainability report
McKinnon, P. at al. (2015) The Future is Now: Report of the Presidential Task Force on Sustainability Athabasca AB: Athabasca University The university kindly provided me with a pdf copy of the...
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Transforming university teaching and learning: UBC’s strategy for flexible...
UBC campus, Vancouver BC Flexible Learning Implementation Team (2014) Flexible Learning – Charting a Strategic Vision for UBC (Vancouver Campus. Vancouver BC: Office of the Provost, University of...
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Queen’s University’s report on online learning
Senate Academic Planning Task Force (2013) Draft Report March 2013 Kingston ON: Queens University Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, was one of the first universities worldwide to offer distance...
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UBC is going big with online and flexible learning
UBC's Vancouver campus Yesterday (March 11), Stephen Toope, the president of the University of British Columbia, sent an e-mail to all faculty announcing a strategy to increase flexible learning across...
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