This Manifesto for England presents key proposals to leverage digital learning in schools, without large increases in expenditure. The manifesto aims to enhance the quality and accessibility of K-12 education through technology.
The Tutors Association "Online School of the Year" shortlist of 5 published today
Abstract for our talk for "What schools can learn from virtual schools (and online universities)" for 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.
The Special Issue of the MDPI Journal "Education Sciences" 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 virtual school teachers. Its full title is “Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned and Implications for Digital K-12 and Other Sectors of Education” (Guest Editors: Paul Bacsich, Sara de Freitas and Bieke Schreurs). The deadline for submissions is now 1 October 2024.
Slides for my presentation during OER Week (7 March 2024) for the National eLearning Center webinar "The Future of Open Education: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities"
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 growth of interest in microcredentials - however, few of the many papers on the topics focus on the situation for postgraduate programmes. Yet the development … Continue reading Credit transfer for online masters programmes
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 out for this in the next two months as part of a larger publication, a multi-chapter book, from the National Taiwan Normal … Continue reading Digital Learning Book Chapter
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 is 1 April 2024. This Special Issue aims to consolidate cutting-edge research and insights into K-12 virtual schools in order to serve as a comprehensive resource for … Continue reading Special Issue “Virtual Schools for K-12 Education: Lessons Learned”
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 begin building upon the latest information the wiki holds. The wiki is devoted to virtual learning in education - at all levels (schools, colleges and universities) … Continue reading Relaunch – Virtual Education Wiki
Opening up learning 