By . A look at new tools and new opportunities to create an instructional experience that is not only different, but better, taking online learning in mainstream higher ed to the next level. More...
Students will have access to courses at 500 colleges
By . Maine college students will soon have seamless access to hundreds of higher education courses in 35 states thanks to a multi-state program to which the state has just been accepted. More...
Most Popular of 2015, No. 10: 5 skills of successful online faculty
By . Not all faculty are created equal for online learning, argues a new report. More...
Take an online ‘farm to fork’ journey
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3 Truths and 5 Recommendations for Online Programs
By Joshua Kim. Have you been involved in a project where you transitioned a program from on-ground to online. Read more...
An Online Training Course to Learn How to Teach Online
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. An Online Training Course to Learn How to Teach Online
Sylviane Bachy, Marcel Lebrun, Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 2016/01/04
I'm not really a fan of this sort of case study, but I found myself liking this paper in spite of myself. It's a description of a methodology employed over two offerings of a course that teaches people how to learn online. More...
2016 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. 2016 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions
Andy Hicken, Web Courseworks, 2015/12/29
No real surprises here, but I appreciate the slightly different take offered by Andy Hicken. At the top opf the hype cycle are badges. MOOCs and xAPI are on the way down. More...
Tacit Knowledge Acquisition and Dissemination in Distance Learning
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Tacit Knowledge Acquisition and Dissemination in Distance Learning
Annel Ketcha, Jokull Johannesson, Paul Bocij, The European Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 2015/12/28
This is quite a good discussion of the concept of tacit knowledge, how it evolved since its original description in Polanyi, and focusing on the the "organisational view supporting the articulation of tacit knowledge" by people like Nonaka and Takeuchi. More...