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Serendipity

Learning with e's

It was 1996, and a period of great technological transformation, and the project aimed to set up distance learning centres in hard-to-reach rural areas. I learnt a lot about new technologies, the concept of distance learning, and interestingly, a lot about people and local politics! Unported License.

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What has been and what is yet to come

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It's fitting then that this year, Tallinn is also the host city for the annual European Association for Distance Learning (EADL). What has been and what is yet to come by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

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People, politics and pedagogy

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Photo by David Bushell on Geograph In a previous incarnation I was Training Manager for a distance learning project called RATIO back in 1996. RATIO was a three year project funded by the European Union and as a team we were tasked to establish 40 learning centres across the rural areas of South West England. Unported License.

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Interview with Terry Anderson

Learning with e's

He is one of the pioneers of online and distance learning, and currently serves as the editor of the influential online open access journal International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning ( IRRODL ). Steve: Thank you for agreeing to take the time out of your busy schedule for this interview, Terry.

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What if they threw a party and none of us came?

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Some publishers, particularly those running open access journals, are reversing the business model - and offering all contents free to any reader online, whilst the authors pay to have their work published. Other business models involve advertising and/or sponsorship. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

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My last blog post focused on the disruptive forces that are currently assailing businesses and the public sector. Distance Learning 1(3), 11-17. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. I argued that there are two kinds of disruption. The second kind of disruption enables our journey to a better place.

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10Q: David White

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Alfred Marshall described economics as the study of people in the general business of life. The best education has something to do with sharing our excitement about the business of life. Creativity and innovation have something to do with business and policy and politics. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.