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A competences scheme for European universities
A competences scheme for European universities Many papers on “universities of the future” do not ground their visions in a wider vision of society. If they assume anything by default, it is a version...
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Continuation of earlier blog
This blog continues my earlier blogging activities (after a long interval of more attention to twitter and wikis) that you can find at elearning compendia Paul
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Open Educational Resources in Adult Education/Adult Learning in the European...
I have been commissioned at Sero to do a report for the Culture and Education Committee of the European Parliament on OER in Adult Education in the EU, to report by mid-March 2015. In this I will be...
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Cloud to help Arab Open University provide more support to students and...
pbacsich:Always interesting to me to hear more about what open universities are doing around the world Originally posted on Cloud World Series: Cloud to help Arab Open University provide more support...
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Distance learning data collection and enrollment patterns in Australia, UK,...
There is a very interesting article from OBHE, the Observatory for Borderless Higher Education, on distance learning enrollments in Australia, UK, and USA – featured on their front page. This looks at...
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Adult Education and Open Educational Resources – new report by Sero for...
Adult Education and Open Educational Resources is a 140-page “Study”, written by Sero, released by the European Parliament research office on 15 October 2015. It reviews the current use of Open...
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New logo
As part of the site revamp we now have the official Matic Media Ltd logo on the web site. The balls are not fairy lights (despite Christmas approaching) but the five levels of the Pick&Mix system...
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New beta repository of policy-related studies on OER
Responding to demand from researchers and policy analysts we are gradually copying all the public reports from the EU-funded POERUP project and all our associated OER-relevant projects onto a...
View ArticleHappy New Year for 2022 including education
As I write this based in the UK in early January 2022 here like in many other countries we are wrestling with the issues caused by the rise of the Omicron variant of Covid. Yet one can be reasonably...
View ArticleRelaunch – Virtual Education Wiki
Visit the wiki: http://openeducation.wiki/wiki/Main_Page This week sees the official relaunch of the Virtual Education Wiki on March 9th. Matic Media is excited to re-engage the Wiki community and...
View ArticleOER World Map
Did you know that OER World Map data is held in the Virtual Education Wiki? Visit the wiki.
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Special Issue “Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and...
Special Issue of the MDPI journal “Education Sciences” on “Virtual Schools” (online K-12 providers). Authors are invited to submit research articles to this Special Issue. The deadline for submissions...
View ArticleDigital Learning Book Chapter
Coming soon! A short book chapter written by Paul Bacsich and Charlotte Doody on “Trends and Issues of Digital Learning in the United Kingdom”, looking at blended and online learning in schools. Look...
View ArticleCredit transfer for online masters programmes
The topics of credit transfer between academic programmes and Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) before studying a new programme have a growing literature, the more so with the recent explosive...
View ArticleAI&OER Developments in UK K-12 Education
I was asked by the National eLearning Centre of Saudi Arabia to speak on that topic for their webinar The Future of Open Education: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities on 7 March 2024. Attached are...
View ArticleSpecial Issue of the journal “Education Sciences” on “Virtual Schools”– call...
Overview The Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools to serve as a comprehensive resource for researchers, policy makers, school leaders and...
View Article“What schools can learn from virtual schools (and online universities)”
This is the abstract of our presentation to the EDEN DLE 2024 Annual Conference “Learning in the Age of AI: Towards Imaginative Futures“, to be held in Graz, Austria, 16-18 June 2024, now accepted by...
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