Category Archives: Oped12

Unfit for purpose – adapting to an open, digital and mobile world (#oped12) (#CFHE12)

Posted on October 8, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

How important is it for a higher distance education institution to ‘fit’ into its local context? Is fitting into a local context more important than fitting into a global context? What happens when a higher distance education institution loses its … Continue reading →

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Is the future of higher and distance education asynchronous, open and just-in-time (#oped12)?

Posted on October 1, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

Just in case, just in time, just enough, just for me… What do these say about our degree structures, the time (and resources) our students need to complete full qualifications designed in a bygone era and where the reality of … Continue reading →

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Of kittens and tigers in open education (#oped12)

Posted on September 24, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

In a blog post in 2003, George Siemens wondered whether OER, at that stage, was not just (yet another) cute kitten.  It is almost incomprehensible that one would find someone who does not love cute kittens, and therefore, by the … Continue reading →

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Fifty shades of grey in higher and distance education (#oped12)

Posted on September 17, 2012 by opendistanceteachingandlearning

Not a day goes past without someone, somewhere claiming a new form of higher and distance education whether it is a new type of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), a Little Open Online Course (LOOC) or various degrees of for-profit … Continue reading →

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