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Tag Archives: open distance learning
What I heard, what I did not hear and what I wish I had heard… Reflections on the World Conference on Online Learning, Toronto, 2017
Recently I’ve had the privilege of attending the World Conference on Online Learning in Toronto, organized and hosted by Contact North I Contact Nord. What a conference it was! At times, it resembled a medieval marketplace or bazaar with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Contact North, distance education, higher education, online learning, open distance learning
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Kangaroo courts on student success in distance education
It is that time of the year again when students’ examination results are scrutinized and various investigations held to determine not necessarily why students failed, but more importantly, who can we held accountable for the state of affairs. Mostly, (however … Continue reading
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Tagged distance education, open distance learning, student retention, student success
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Silence as counter-narrative in higher, open, distance and e-learning
At the start of 2014 it is important to claim a space in the blogosphere by making predictions for 2014 or analysing the trends in 2013. Writing a blog on being silent or ‘pausing’ is therefore most probably strange (or … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, distance education, e-learning, education, higher education, Nicoli Humphry, open distance learning, power, silence
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Alliances of hope: breaking cycles of poverty and despair
Amidst increasing concerns that higher education does not seem to make a dent in unemployment rates; many stakeholders (including students) ask various questions not only with regard to the purpose of higher education, but also about its curricula, assessment strategies, … Continue reading
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Tagged e-learning, education, Henry Giroux, higher education, neoliberalism, open distance learning, unemployment, Zygmunt Bauman
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2013 – An African making sense of signals and noise in higher and distance education (#etmooc)
Disclaimer: I write this overview of some of the challenges facing higher and distance education in Africa in 2013, from the specific context of my location in South Africa. I cannot, however, speak on behalf of Africa. Even my identity … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, distance education, education in south africa, higher education, Nate Silver, open distance learning
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Why I blog…
I posted my first blog on 10 September 2011. Personally, it was a huge step. My blogging “career” most probably started during 2010-2011 when I wrote an internal institutional blog or communique on matters pertaining to open distance learning (ODL). … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, distance education, higher education, open distance learning, Rainer Maria Rilke
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