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My visit to the Open University of Catalonia and the eLearn Center
During September-October, I spent 10 days as a visiting Researcher at the Open University of Catalonia (UoC) in Barcelona, and specifically with the gracious and hospitable researchers, designers, and...
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November 13 CIDER Presentation: What Do Academics and Educators Do on Social...
November 16, 2013 update: This presentation was recorded and archived. Title: What Do Academics and Educators Do on Social Media and Networks, and What Do Their Experiences Tell Us About Identity and...
View ArticleArchived talk: Academics’ and Educators’ practices and experiences with...
On Wednesday, I gave a talk to the Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research focused on scholars’ (researchers and instructors’) practices and experiences with social media/networks on the open...
View ArticleUdacity, MOOCs, hammers, and the problems of education
Last week’s big news was that Udacity intends to switch its focus from higher education to corporate training. A number of colleagues have provided thoughtful responses to these news, include Michael...
View ArticleEmerging Technologies in Distance Education book downloads: Three years later
In July of 2010, I published Emerging Technologies in Distance Education with Athabasca University Press. The book was published in print (for purchase) and e-book (open access) format. In the spirit...
View ArticleJournal of academic freedom CFP
The burgeoning interest in education and educational technology is the result of a multitude of forces, pressures, and failures: demographic, political, social, technological, and economic just to...
View ArticleWhat aspects of a MOOC changed each time it was taught?
I am looking for reports (1 or 2 would suffice, really), describing what people learned the first time they taught/offered a MOOC and how they changed the design of the course the next time it was...
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2013 posts
42 blog posts later, and the lights on 2013 are about to go out. Collecting my 2013 posts in one location was a good way to think back to this year and reflect on it Because, these are days for...
View ArticleAECT RTD Professional Development Webinar on Learning Analytics
Enilda Romero-Hall and Min Kyu Kim have organized the second AECT Research and Theory division Professional Development Webinar session. Join us! Presenter: Dr. Ryan Baker...
View ArticleMA and Graduate Diploma in Learning and Technology Webinar
The School of Education and Technology at Royal Roads is offering a free webinar on January 15 [12-1pm Pacific (2pm CST)] describing the MA degree and graduate diploma we are offering in Learning and...
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The Fragmented Educator
We have a new paper available that continues our research on networked participation/learning and networked participatory scholarship. This one arises out of Royce Kimmons’ dissertation, which I had...
View ArticleHelp us understand learner experiences in Open Online Courses and MOOCs?
An invitation from George Veletsianos (Royal Roads University) and Amy Collier (Stanford University): We are conducting a study to understand students’ experiences in Open Online Courses and MOOCs. We...
View ArticleHarvardX and MITx open course reports
HarvardX and MITx released a number of reports describing their open courses. The overarching paper describing these initiatives, entitled HarvardX and MITx: The first year of open online courses is...
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On Noam Chomsky and technology’s neutrality
In a recent interview, Noam Chomsky commented on the relationship between technology and education and one of his thoughts was the following: As far as technology itself and education is concerned,...
View ArticleELI 2014, learner experiences, MOOC research, and the MOOC phenomenon
I was at the Educause Learning Initiative conference last week (#ELI2014), where I had some interesting conversations and discussions around online learning, MOOCs, research methods, and the future of...
View ArticleAECT 2014 Call for Proposals. Due Feb 24.
The last day to submit a proposal to the 2014 AECT International Convention is Feb 24th, 2014. Please consider submitting your proposal to the Research and Theory Division. The Research and Theory...
View ArticleSXSWedu 2014 events
I’ll be at SXSWedu 2014, and I’m hoping that the event has matured a bit since last year’s “learning outcomes come second” suggestion. Austin is probably the best US city to host this event as the city...
View ArticleOpen Practices and Identity: Evidence from Researchers and Educators’ Social...
I recently wrote a paper which examined the activities and practices arise when researchers and educators use social media and online networks. This is part of my ongoing work to understand open...
View ArticleNotes on #AERA14 Rigor and Realism: Doing Educational Science in the Real World
Below are my notes from the AERA 2014 session Rigor and Realism: Doing Educational Science in the Real World. The ideas are significant for learning technologies researchers focused on impacting...
View ArticleScholarly networks of care and vulnerability
I gave a presentation at the annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning conference last week focusing on aspects of networked participatory scholarship. I kept track of other sessions of interest...
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