The following information came from the Canadian Initiative for Distance Education Research (CIDER) website. October 1, 2014 Meta-analysis of the CoI Framework Madelaine Befus, Athabasca University This presentation focuses on exploring the shape and scope of the corpus of CoI…

CALL FOR PAPERS – SPECIAL ISSUE E-Learning and Digital Media (www.wwwords.co.uk/elea) DIGITAL LITERACIES IN THE US SOUTH GUEST EDITORS: Heather M. Pleasants & Ryan M. Rish Digital literacy practices have often been celebrated as means of transcending the constraints of…

Learning styles: Research and Expert Opinion from Chuck Hodges

NEPC Panel 2014 – What Do We Know, and What Should We Know, About Virtual Schools? from Michael Barbour

We invite you to the September CIDER session, the first session of our tenth anniversary season and the launch of a special ten-part Community of Inquiry Webinar Series. This free, online session will feature Drs. Marti Cleveland-Innes, D. Randy Garrison,…

Layering: A Presentation Technique from Jon Schwabish

A Glance Back at Charles A. Wedemeyer from Pongid, LLC on Vimeo.

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: August 30, 2014 Handbook of Research on Gaming Trends in P-12 Education A book edited by Dr. Donna Russell (University of Missouri, USA) and Dr. James Laffey (University of Missouri, USA) Introduction The…

Date/Time: July 24 at 12:00 pm (EST) — 45 minutes Topic: Building a Research Agenda using Design-Based Research (DBR) Panelist: Dr. Susan McKenney and Dr. Thomas Reeves Registration: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=v0o9j6tm6llu Abstract and Presenters: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RkYZXc7nMM5OIwTdEzpr2btV9mi7Dx-CeAa1w5xqbX4/edit?usp=sharing

Improving Student Retention in Online Learning Thursday, May 15, 2014 – 12:08pm Online learning continues to grow and make up a larger percentage of enrollments in higher education. However, over the years, institutions often report higher attrition rates for online…

PLUTO Institute — Presence and Engagement from Patrick Lowenthal

Improving Retention in Online Courses — Inside HigherEd webinar from Patrick Lowenthal

Meridian is issuing a call for submissions for publication in 2014, especially manuscripts that focus on Online Teacher Professional Development (oTPD). This area of teacher training has received some attention since the publication of Online Professional Development for Teachers: Emerging…

Notes and handouts hetl-handout

Assistant, Associate, Full Professor of Instructional Technology Department of Professional Studies Position Available 8/15/2014 http://www.southalabama.edu/departments/academicaffairs/resources/academicaffairspostings/PS_7466_Open%20Rank_IT.pdf

Sloan Consortium – 2014 Sloan-C Awards for Excellence in Online Teaching and Learning CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Awards and Recognition Committee of the Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) invites nominations for the Sloan-C 2014 awards for outstanding contributions to the field of…

Recording: https://connect.athabascau.ca/p3qce7xhgqc/

Goes a little too far in my opinion but worth a watch

Rewriting the syllabus from Jesse Stommel

Lead Presenters: Amy Collier (Stanford University, USA), Jen Ross (University of Edinburgh, UK)

Keynoter Jim Groom, University of Mary Washington, shares innovations that support the ethos of open environments for online teaching and learning. (takes a minute or two to load)

Call for Papers Special Issue on “the state of the art in smart learning” in Springer’s Smart Learning Environments Journal [Open Access Journal: Publication fee will be waived for accepted papers] IMPORTANT DATES Full papers due : 20 July 2014…