Conrad, D. (ed.) (2023) Research, Writing and Creative Process in Open and Distance Education: Tales from the Field Cambridge UK: Open Book Publishers Overview This is a fascinating and extremely valuable book, especially (but not only) for newcomers to the field of open and distance learning. There is a wealth of wisdom here about the […]

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As faculty and instructors return to campus, here are some publications that may be of interest, if you can find the time during the pressure of starting a new semester: Contact North’s Online Learning News: After a short summer break, Contact North’s two-weekly newsletter is back, promoting (among other things): a webinar on September 6 […]

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Tyton Partners (2023) Time for class: bridging student and faculty perspectives on digital learning, Boston MA Muscanell, N. (2023) 2023 Faculty and Technology Report: A First Look at Teaching Preferences since the Pandemic EDUCAUSE, August 21 Bates, T. (2023) Key Issues in Teaching and Learning Resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic Natural Sciences Education, May 17 […]

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Although the third edition of Teaching in a Digital Age was completed only in August, 2022, recent developments in AI, such as ChatGPT, has required some changes to Chapter 9, Section 4. These have now been made. The changes are not major, but do take into account developments in generative and large language models and […]

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J’ai le plaisir de vous annoncer que la troisième édition de “L’enseignement à l’ère numérique” a été entièrement traduite en français par une merveilleuse équipe de l’Université de Québec à Trois-Rivières, dirigée par France Lafleur et sa collègue Sophie Breton-Tran. La troisième édition tient compte de l’impact de la Covid-19 et de l’apprentissage à distance […]

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I hope you are having a wonderful summer break. If so all the more reason to read ‘Teaching in a Digital Age‘. This is now the third edition, published in August 2022, and takes account of the impact of Covid-19, with new chapters on virtual and augmented learning, serious games and artificial intelligence. Since its […]

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Heller, R. (2022) The Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education SpringerBriefs in Education: Singapore Good news: this is an open access book. The second good news is that it is relatively short (80 pages). This means that you can easily access and read it within a day or so (well, the holiday season is approaching). […]

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I want to ask the question: are our current institutional models – universities, polytechnics, colleges – fit for purpose in the 21st century, or do we need innovation in the form of institutions that are differently designed, organised, managed and financed? Or are our existing institutions flexible enough to accommodate the changing demands of the […]

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Overall reflection on Part IV The reviews of individual chapters in Part IV of the Handbook of ODDE, Chapters 28 to 39, have been posted separately (see Organization, Leadership and Change in Open, Distance and Digital Education: book review, Part 1 and Organization, Leadership and Change in Open, Distance and Digital Education: book review, Part […]

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Zawacki-Richter, O. and Jung, I. (2023) Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Learning Singapore: Springer Review of ‘Organization, leadership and change’: Part 2 You may remember I have already reviewed 33 chapters, including the first six chapters of Part IV.  This post will review the remaining six chapters in Part IV, on organization, leadership and change. The […]

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I realise, dear readers, that you have all been waiting with bated breath for the next instalment of my review of the Handbook of ODDE. The last one came out as long ago as February 17. ‘What,’ I hear you asking, ‘has he been doing?’ Events, dear boy – events The British Prime Minister, Harold […]

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I’m coming up to my 84th birthday next month, and once again I am considering my future work, if any. This has resulted in deciding on the main issues I would need to get on top of if I was to continue as a specialist in digital learning. These come down to two categories: those […]

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Davis, V.L. (2023) WCET Primer for Higher Education: General Brief on Generative AI Boulder, CO: WCET If you are not a member of WCET, I highly recommend this open access primer on Generative AI, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. The paper provides a brief description of how generative AI works (in layman’s terms), some examples,  […]

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This is a post for the many instructors who have asked (especially during the pandemic): ‘But how do you motivate students to learn online?’ Student engagement symposium, Thompson Rivers University The Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC, yesterday held a Student Engagement Symposium for faculty and staff. […]

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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 part of the Meso-level perspective. I have already reviewed Part II, on History, Theory and Research, and Part III on Global Perspectives and Internationalization There are […]

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  In 2012 I linked to a Financial Times article that listed the top online business schools worldwide. That link is now dead and anyway, that was 11 years ago. What about now? Financial Times The Financial Times issued rankings in 2022 for 10 online MBAs worldwide, ranked on the following criteria: salary today (equivalent […]

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Buckingham Shum, S. (2023) Athabasca University – Oppose direct political interference in universities Change.org A petition has been started (already with 230 signatures) on Change.org about the following: On Feb 1, 2023, the AU President Professor Peter Scott was dismissed, without notice and without explanation, at the instigation of the Minister for Advanced Education, Government […]

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Zawacki-Richter, O. and Jung, I. (2023) Handbook of Open, Distance and Digital Learning Singapore: Springer Part III of this open textbook is on Global Perspectives and Internationalization, and is the second part of the Macro-level perspective. I have already reviewed Part II, on History, Theory and Research. There are a total of 13 chapters plus […]

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Well, the gunfight at the Athabasca University corrall is finally over. It was announced a couple of days ago that the university and the government have finally reached agreement on the location of AU staff. A further 30 staff will move to live in or near the town of Athabasca (down from the original government […]

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Contact North | Contact Nord is creating a hub on teachonline.ca that pulls together and highlights key applications of AI in higher education, with a focus on practice and practical applications. At the Hub you will be able to find articles, analyses, book reviews, and on-demand webinars on AI and higher education covering: The latest […]

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