Online learning for beginners

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Online learning for beginners
Tony Bates, online learning and distance education resources, 2016/08/23

The supposedly retired Tony Bates has authored another e-book, this one an introductoon to online learning for beginners. Here are the contents:

1. What is online learning?
2. Isn’t online learning worse than face-to-face teaching?
3. Aren’t MOOCs online learning?
4. What kinds of online learning are there?
5. When should I use online learning?
6. How do I start?
7. Why not just record my lectures?
8. Won’t online learning be more work?
9. How can I do online learning well?
10. Ready to Go

As usual the result is required reading. More...