Canadian Elearning Workshop 2004
Good coverage of today's Elearning workshop in Vancouver, including my own talk this morning. The meeting is a summary of projects funded by CANARIE, including our own eduSource project. More...

Students tune in to View Surgery
Six years ago in The Future of Online Learning I wrote that investments in videoconferencing technology were a waste of money. And, of course, the money spent on dedicated systems using expensive ISDN connections were just that. But with the advent of video over IP and with the emergence of really big screens (thanks to digital projectors), everything changes. More...

QThe Edinburgh Scenarios
Some interesting content now posted on the Learning Circuits blog outlining four scenarios describing e-learning in the next decade. This is all in preparation for an event launched by Scottish Enterprise and Global Business Network, who have been asking experts about eLearning for their projectsions. More...

How to Incorporate Self-Directed Learning in Your Online Course
Laura Lynch, LearnDash, 2018/08/28
This article is introductory but it's good advice and offers a good starting point for generating your own ideas about creating self-directed learning. The two most important principles, I think, as as follows: "Turn over the keys... one of the hallmarks of self-directed learning is that it requires instructors to turn control of the learning experience over to the learners themselves"; and "Give them a challenge," especially a community challenge. More...

Spitball brings the blockchain to decentralise elearning
Alex Hamilton, IBS Express, 2018/08/23
This is very similar to other blokchain applications to create DRM-like capabilities in e-books and other publications. For example, Scenarix is a company that has worked with NRC to build blockchain publishing solutions; it anticipates rolling out its Bookchain application for general use in October of this year. More...