By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Re: Why Did e-Learning Go Bust in the USA?
A spirited debate has eruped following the publication of Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to e-Learning and Why by Robert Zemsky and William F. Massy. Probably the best response comes from Carol A. Twigg and is reporduced here in this DEOS post from Catherine Chambers. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. E-Learning 2.0
Slides from my online presentation today for the Canadian Institute for Distance Education Research (CIDER). I argue that e-learning is evolving into a distributed and learner centered mode. You'll notice that they look a lot like the last three sections from the presentation I gave a couple of days ago (except these have been optimised for easy download). The recording from the session, which was held using Elluminate, should be available on the CIDER website soon. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, June 3, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. E-Learning: A Kaleidoscope of Options
My talk to the Canadian Association of Police Educators in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. PowerPoint Slides and audio (MP3), part one and part two. Once again, I'm speaking in a large concrete room (funny how things like that come in clusters) so the sound quality is again iffy. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, May 18, 2005 [Refer][Research][Reflect]. More...
L'innovation pédagogique est une priorité (Apprendre autrement) avec, en particulier, la nouvelle modalité AFEST (Action de Formation en Situation de Travail) et la réaffirmation de l'intérêt, non plus des Actions de Formations Ouvertes et à Distance (FOAD) mais des actions, si j’ai bien compris, de Formation tout Ou en partie A Distance (FOAD). Plus...By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Filling up Experiences at the Online Learning Filling Station
Like Derek Morrison, I have rolled my eyes at the thought of using a PDA, this after my less than fruitful experience with an iPaq a few years ago. I wonder whether my thoughts would change with one of the newer devices. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Introduction to elearning - Part 1
The content of George Siemens's presentation will be familiar to readers of his work, and the presentation delivers what it promises in the title. Designers will be interested in the tool he uses to present the material, Articulate Presenter, which creates Flash-based presentations (a demo version is available at the site). More...
By . There is evidence from the two national surveys of online learning in Canadian post-secondary education that video is increasingly being used in both fully online and blended learning. More...By . 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. This report is now available for downloading from the CDLRA website. More...By Kevin Kelly. In Part 1 of this series we looked at and compared seven online course design rubrics as they are today. In Part 2 we looked at why these rubrics have become more important to individuals, programs, institutions, and higher education systems. In this segment, Part 3, I'll review what's missing from the rubrics, what's next, and how various stakeholders are going, or should go, beyond what the current course design rubrics assess. More...
By Kevin Kelly. In Part 1 of this series, I compared seven online course design rubrics that are used by multiple institutions to improve the quality, accessibility, and consistency of individual courses. The institutions do this with an eye toward offering online degree programs, credentials, and certificates. More...
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