I’ve long been fascinated by studies on time factors in online learning. The issues of teacher time are especially relevant given the high cost of teachers, the threat to the […]
MOOCs and Distance Education Institution...
A few months ago I was asked to do a short piece for the Commonwealth of Learning on MOOCs. It is posted on their web site, but I thought I would post […]
Two Days, three Museums, two Cathedrals ...
This is my first blog post from my 2 month position as a visiting professor at the open University of Catalonia (UOC). UOC is a 100% distance University (like Athabasca […]
A Publishing Primer for Education Grad s...
Ask any academic, and they will get into a long discourse about the value of publishing scholarly work, the politics of doing it, the challenges and the outlets. Although you […]
God’s Hotel: A doctor, a hospital and a
A book review: I stumbled onto this book in the public library and I guess the title first attracted me. But fear not, the book does no proselytizing and contains […]
MOOCs as community??
Here at Athabasca University we’ve finally begun serious talk about our approach to MOOCs. We are working through two models, trying to decipher the pros and cons of each or both. […]
Business Models for Online Education
The latest issue of the Online Journal of Distance Education Research has an article that tries to define a “3rd” university model. Rubin, B. (2013). University Business Models and Online Practices: A Third Way. […]
Buddhism and Thailand
This month, I enrolled in a 4 week course on Buddhism led by a member of our Unitarian Congregation here in Edmonton. I’ve always been interested in Eastern religions and […]
"Connectivying" your course
The article that Jon Dron and I published in IRRODL Anderson, T., & Dron, J. (2011). Three generations of distance education pedagogy. International Review of Research on Distance and Open […]
MOOC pedagogy and accreditation
Most of the cacophony of comments and posts about MOOCs and their disruptive potential has focused on their free cost to students, high enrolments, superstar teachers and high prestige Universities. […]