Online Self-organizing Social Systems: The Decentralized Future of Online Learning
Like the short item I posted to DEOS a couple of weeks ago and expanded in a number of posts copied (I think) to the Global Learn Day List, this paper discusses the concept of self organizing social systems in online learning. More...
The Asia Pacific e-Learning Alliance Urges the Private Sector to Partner With Governments and Academia in the APEC Region
This item isn't news, it's just another fluffy press release. But if you are interested in exporting e-learning content and solutions into Asia, you should be aware that these guys exist (if you aren't already): the Asia Pacific e-Learning Alliance is a coalition of companies formed to promote the benefits of Internet-based learning among members of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. More...
Looming Cuts for Distance Education and Educational Technology in B.C.
No sources are listed, but this month's issue of The Node is reporting that the British Columbia, Canada, government is considering the closure of Tech BC and the Open Learning Agency, two of British Columbia's (and Canada's) learing distance learning institutions. More...
Costs Negate E-learning ROI
I've commented on the high cost of learning management systems before, but this article is the first real sign that the mainstream is feeling the pinch. More...
Peer-To-Peer: The Next Hot Trend in E-Learning?
Useful article describing the ses of peer-to-peer (P2P) networking in an educational context. Three major applications are suggested: data sharing, resource sharing, and workgroup collaboration. P2P computing has been slow to take hold because users must install software on their computers. More...
New Book by Critic of Distance Education Describes Privacy Threats
It's not like we haven't heard David Noble's arguments before, but the publication of his new book - mostly a collection of his essays - still brings out the critics. More...
A Roadmap of the Future of Teaching and Learning
Stephen Downes, Dec 07, 2017, Online Educa Berlin, Berlin, Germany
This Spotlight Stage session is for policy makers and pundits, technology designers and developers, and those who by virtue of office or inclination have the voice to speak to the future, to inform the world of what we can do and what we want to do. More...
Book Review: Interaction Online By Lindsay Clandfield And Jill Hadfield
Philip J. Kerr, Adaptive Learning in ELT, 2018/02/13
Philip Kerr reviews Lindsay Clandfield and Jill Hadfield’s new book Interaction Online, calling it "a recipe book, containing about 80 different activities (many more if you consider the suggested variations)." The objective, he writes, is to address the phenomenon of underused chat and discussion areas in online English language training (ELT) services. More...
By . There was a time – six years or so ago now – when people were talking about the death of universities and the rise of MOOCs. (A collection of my previous posts on MOOCs can be found here). Among the many, many things this debate obscured was the fact that education delivered online was almost as old as the internet itself. Online education was mature, not some newfangled idea (in the Silicon Valley version of history, everything not invented in Silicon Valley either doesn’t exist or is in need of reinvention). More...
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