By . HEQCO produced a fascinating report on skills last week, which I want to explore in depth. Unfortunately, it has put a few people’s backs up because of a couple of poorly-chosen sentences in a covering press release, which I will also explore. More...
By . The Logic, a new subscription journalism outlet dedicated to Canadian innovation and tech policy, had a couple of great stories about a month ago that are worth highlighting simply to remember the general poverty of the standard U-15/Universities Canada line about higher education and economic growth. More...
By . This is the third of five posts reviewing developments in online learning during 2018. The first looked at AI and synchronous learning, and the second looked at open universities and open education. All are based on reflections of my work during 2018. More...
By . 2018 was not a good year for open and/or distance teaching universities, at least in several of the more economically advanced countries. The expansion of conventional universities into online learning, and government funding policies, have resulted in student enrolment in open or distance teaching universities falling dramatically or at least stagnating while online enrolments in the rest of the system grow rapidly. More...
By . Although I’m trying to retire, or at least ease up a little, 2018 turned out to be a really busy work year for me. In the end, my various activities did allow me to get a pretty good view of what’s going on in online learning, at least in Canada, although any report such as this is going to be partial and personal. More...
By . This report is by Learning House, an online program management service recently acquired by John Wiley and Sons. The authors surveyed four key areas in higher education and the opportunities for growth in the near and distant future. More...
By . The Canadian Digital Learning Research Association has just finalised the results from the 2018 national survey. The full technical report has been completed in English and is being translated into French. A shorter, more concise public report is currently being prepared. These reports will be published on January 11. More...
By . I’m struggling to understand how artificial intelligence is going to impact on post-secondary education, and in particular on online learning, at least over the next five to ten years. I hope you will join me as I continue to explore this topic over several blog posts. My strategy here is to look at several recent specific developments where AI is either being used or proposed, then follow this with one or two posts where I set out my conclusions. More...
The Government and higher education institutions should do more to support students who live away from campus – often in the parental home – and who commute long distances to study, according to a new report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI). More...
The 180-degree flip by the Office for National Statistics may seem embarrassing for policymakers but it is more embarrassing for the official accountants, who are changing how they regard investment in higher-level skills. More...
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