By Doug Lederman. Hot topics included questions about which students are well suited for online learning and whether they're the ones policy makers are nudging into online programs, plentiful rhetoric about "big data" and alternative credentials, and much hand-wringing about the potential impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning on the work force, and about the state of the humanities. More...
Online Learning: A 2-Voiced Case for Ambivalence
Wading into the rip currents of online learning evangelism and countersurging cries of alarm about the corporatization of higher ed, Steve Mentz and Christopher Schaberg seek steady footing. More...
Online learning comes to life on the court
Techno-News Blog. Returning to the classroom more than 20 years after finishing high school was a major and slightly daunting step for Olympic medalist and WNBL coach. More...
Providence High students embrace online learning days
Techno-News Blog. While the college preparatory services offered by Providence High School are generally geared toward the classroom, the co-educational Catholic school offered its students a different type of university feel recently. More...
UM System wants 25,000 enrollment boost by 2023, says e-learning is key
Techno-News Blog. The University of Missouri System hopes for a 25,000-student enrollment surge over the next five years thanks to an online learning revamp it began planning this fall. That would put total enrollment at 100,000 students in 2023. More...
UK and Australian universities launch ‘co-created’ online degree
Techno-News Blog. FutureLearn course will offer certificates from both Deakin and Coventry. Two universities on opposite sides of the world have launched a co-created online postgraduate degree. In one of the first collaborations of its kind, Australia’s Deakin University and Coventry University in the UK are offering a postgraduate course in entrepreneurship on the FutureLearn platform, drawing on research and expertise at both institutions. More...
Remplacement de courte durée des enseignants : le CNED propose une solution
Le remplacement de courte durée des enseignants est un problème récurrent pour les établissements. Le CNED semble avoir trouvé une solution, qu’il expérimente actuellement en région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Plus...
E-Learning in the UK
E-Learning in the UK
A survey of e-learning in the U.K. shows that while it has become an essential part of the learning landsape, the CD-ROM remains the dominant delivery vehicle and that student attitudes remain a major obstacle. More...
E-Learning and Sustainability
This paper "review(s) major trends in e-learning and attempt(s) to draw out their implications in terms of the sustainability of e-learning." The author "stresse(s) the interaction between the development and implementation of technology, the organization of education and educational institutions and the role of teachers and trainers." The whole sustainability angle doesn't do a lot for me (because this is usually a prelude to cutting support for something, or privatizing it), but as Scott Leslie points out, the paper "could well be considered a survey of most of the discussions I have seen unfolding both in ed tech blogs and other forums for the past 2 years." Certainly, the author goes beyond the traditional discussions of learning objects and online courses, exploring some of the new models and arguments found here and elsewhere. More...
Designing and Developing E-Learning Projects: A Three-Tiered Approach
Designing and Developing E-Learning Projects: A Three-Tiered Approach
Saul Carliner excerts from his forthcoming book, The E-learning Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Online Learning , in eLearn magazine, identifying three major types of projects, from small (bronze) to huge (gold). More...