Monthly Archives: June 2012

Independent learning: myth or prerequisite? (#OMDE)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

Learners as independent and autonomous agents sound a bit like we require them to be like the Lone Ranger (without Tonto), or possibly resemble Don Quixote chasing after windmills in the company of a co-opted Sancho Panza? Are the notions … Continue reading →

Posted in OMDE601 | Tagged autonomous learners, collaboration, cooperative learning, correspondence education, distance education, e-learning, education, education in south africa, faculty, higher education, independent learning, interactive learning, mobile learning, open distance learning, pedagogy, self-efficacy, South Africa, technology, ubiquitous learning | 4 Comments

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is… A reflection on higher education in flux (#OMDE)

Posted on June 18, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

[Image retrieved from http://www.wallpaperhere.com/Animals/Other/It_s_a_Bird_It_s_a_Plane_71751%5D Since humankind’s early days on the planet, we were interested in (and at times obsessed with) classifying animals, birds, vegetation and alas, fellow humans. Humankind’s survival depended on the ‘correct’ classification between dangerous and harmless snakes, … Continue reading →

Posted in OMDE601 | Tagged Czerniewicz, David Weinberger, distance education, e-learning, education in south africa, higher education, knowledge production, learning\, mobile learning, MOOCs, OMDE, open distance learning, Paul Prinsloo, teaching, Tierney, Unisa, Zymunt Bauman | 2 Comments

What’s in a name? Reflections on the way we describe our teaching… (#OMDE601)

Posted on June 11, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

[Image retrieved from http://news.howzit.msn.com/quotes-of-the-week-may-11?page=13, 28 May 2012] In the beginning there was … correspondence education, then distance education(DE), then open distance learning (ODL), then open distance and e-learning (ODeL), then bring-your-own-device (BYOD) learning, then flipped classrooms … – and so … Continue reading →

Posted in OMDE601 | Tagged distance education, e-learning, education in south africa, Esbenhade, higher education, identity, Kundera, memory, mobile learning, open distance learning, regime, technology | 3 Comments

Change in distance education: Burning platforms or burning Rome?(#OMDE601)

Posted on June 4, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

[Images retrieved from http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article23541.html and http://www.youtube.com/channel/fK6RK4HFxJGXX1LxHHaH6w, 4 June 2012] The notion of a ‘burning platform’ is the latest addition to ‘management speak’ in higher education and my immediate context as an open distance learning (ODL) institution is no exception. This term joins … Continue reading →

Posted in OMDE601 | Tagged burning platform, distance education, higher education, opn distance learning (ODL), postal services, student support, technology, Unisa | 7 Comments

Monthly Archives: June 2012

Independent learning: myth or prerequisite? (#OMDE)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it is… A reflection on higher education in flux (#OMDE)

What’s in a name? Reflections on the way we describe our teaching… (#OMDE601)

Change in distance education: Burning platforms or burning Rome?(#OMDE601)

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