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Unravelling online training in 3 questions

KnowledgeOne

Online training, distance learning, open distance learning, digital learning, MOOC… are some of these terms one and the same? Are we dealing with entirely different modalities of learning? Why is it more accurate nowadays to talk about elearning or online learning rather than distance learning?

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Growth of online learning

eFront

Their online school was made available for several major telecommunications networks; including PC-Link, AppleLink, AOL and CompuServe amongst others. These developments in online educational accessibility led to a greater number of students pursuing online learning. 1994, the very first online curriculum was introduced by CALCampus.

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Implications for Online Learning - 2012 Canada Copyright Reform

E-Learning Acupuncture

Contact North , Ontario's Distance Education and Training Network, has published a very useful summary of the profound copyright changes in Canada that have occurred in 2012 (to date!) If you are a teacher, instructional designer or distance learning administrator then it will definitely pique your interest.

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14 Articles on MOOCs

Jay Cross

An online phenomenon gathering momentum over the past two years or so, a MOOC integrates the connectivity of social networking, the facilitation of an acknowledged expert in a ?eld Participant support on massive open online courses | Kop | The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. What is a MOOC?

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

The first keynote was presented to the European Universities Continuing Education Network (EUCEN) at the University of Bergen , Norway and was entitled ‘The Traditional University is Dead – Long live the Distributed University!’ Online Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. London: Network Continuum. Wheeler, 2000a).

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Saluting a hero

Learning with e's

He was rewarded for his service to sport and his single-minded support for cancer charities with a knighthood in 2002. I was honoured to receive a fellowship from the European Distance and e-Learning Network last year in Lisbon. I was at the US Distance Learning Association awards in Washington D.C.

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What is Online Learning? Brief History, Benefits & Limitations

learnWorlds

Period/Year Key Developments in Online Learning 1960s Beginnings of computer-based training (CBT) using mainframe computers. 1980s Emergence of teleconferencing and satellite-based distance learning. 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) launches OpenCourseWare, making course materials freely available online.